National Historic Landmark · single-family detached home · Guilford, Connecticut

Whitfield, Henry, House

Historic house in Connecticut in Guilford, Connecticut. Added to the National Register in 1972, and a National Historic Landmark.

Open to visitNational Historic LandmarkListed 1972American colonial architectureJ. Frederick Kelly
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What it is

Wikipedia · Henry Whitfield House

The Henry Whitfield House is a historic house located in Guilford, Connecticut, one-half mile south of the town green. Construction began in 1639, when a group of English Puritans, including Reverend Henry Whitfield and his family, entered into an agreement with the Menunkatuck band of the Quinnipiac tribe and renamed the area Guilford. It is the oldest house in Connecticut and the oldest stone house in New England. It also served as a fort to protect the community with its massive stone walls. Henry Whitfield was a Puritan minister who had come from England to flee religious persecution, and the settlers built the house for him. It was remodeled in 1868 and opened to the public in 1899 as the Henry Whitfield State Museum, the first Connecticut state museum. It was restored in 1902–04 and again in the 1930s, and it was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1997. It was named a State Archeological Preserve in 2006.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
AddressOld Whitfield St., Guilford, CT
CountyNew Haven County
ListedNov 27, 1972
Reference number72001327
ArchitectJ. Frederick Kelly
Type of placesingle-family detached home
StyleAmerican colonial architecture
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources1 buildings

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

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Open to the public
AddressOld Whitfield St., Guilford, CT
Coordinates41.27787, -72.67594 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitWeir Farm National Historical Park · 40 mi · on Park Atlas
Federal campgrounds nearbyHop Brook Lake Recreation Area 26 mi · Northfield Brook Lake Group Shelters 36 mi
This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 72001327. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.