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CTMQ > Guilford

CTMQ’s Guide to Guilford

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CTMQ’s Guide to Guilford

Everything Guilford I’ve been exploring and writing about Connecticut since 2006. After a decade, I began compiling CTMQ guides for each town in the state. I plan on “completing” Guilford CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. If … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CTMQ Town Guides, New Post Tagged With: Guilford, New Haven County

Guilford’s Town Trails

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Guilford’s Town Trails

Guilford's Town Trails Guilford isn't a large town, but it does have a lot of trailed properties. It's another one of our towns where it seems like the town owned land bleeds into state owned land which surrounds land trust land. This used to bother me from a list-making perspective, but now I've come to really … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Guilford, New Haven County

Cockaponset State Forest Intro

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Cockaponset State Forest Intro

Cockaponset State Forest Haddam, Chester, Deep River, Killingworth, Durham, Guilford, Madison, Clinton, Westbrook, Middletown & Middlefield I listed all the towns above not because there are worth CTMQ things do within the Cockaponset in each, but just to make the point that this is a disjointed and sprawling … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, State Parks & Forests Tagged With: Chester, Clinton, cockaponset state forest, Deep River, Durham, Guilford, Haddam, killingworth, Madison, Middlesex County, westbrook

237. Henry Whitfield State Museum

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237. Henry Whitfield State Museum

Stone Cold Cool Guilford (Google Maps location) September 8, 2012 The state of Connecticut operates fewer museums than you’d think. There really are just a handful, and many of them rely on partnerships with volunteers (Old New-Gate Prison in East Granby) and/or local historical societies (Prudence Crandall House … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Guilford, historic house museums, Historic Houses, National Historic Landmarks, New Haven County

NHL: Henry Whitfield House

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NHL: Henry Whitfield House

CT National Historic Landmark Henry Whitfield House 248 Old Whitfield Street, Guilford You’re darn tootin’ this is a National Historic Landmark! One of the best, in fact... not just in Connecticut, but in the entire country. Not just because it has housed an excellent museum (since 1899!), but because it … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, National "Stuff", Superlatives Tagged With: Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Guilford, historic house museums, Historic Houses, National Historic Landmarks, New Haven County

238. Quinnipiac Dawnland Museum

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238. Quinnipiac Dawnland Museum

It Just Dawned on Me... Guilford (Google Maps location) September 8, 2012 At the time of my visit to this little one-man-show museum, I am fairly certain it was a standalone operation that just happened to be located at another museum - The Dudley Farm Museum. These days (2018 and beyond) it certainly still … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Free Museums, Guilford, native american history, New Haven County

Andrew Leete House

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Andrew Leete House

L337 H4x0r Andrew Leete House, Guilford September 2012 Now, normally this wouldn't rate enough for CTMQ. But - and this is a big but because I'm not totally sure of the history here - but, when this house is taken with several other sites around Connecticut, it makes sense to be here. That and I drove by once … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, New Post Tagged With: Dubious Claims, Guilford, Historic Houses, New Haven County, Yale

Regicide Cellar

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Regicide Cellar

No Cell Out Regicide Cellar, Guilford September 2012 Guilford has secrets. Of course, every town has secrets, but Guilford seems to have more than most towns. Granted, Regicide Cellar isn’t exactly a super exciting secret, but since you’re reading this, it must be at least mildly exciting to you. It’s mildly … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, New Post Tagged With: Dubious Claims, Guilford, Historic Houses, Hoang, Monuments and Plaques, New Haven County, regicides

236. Edith B. Nettleton Historical Room

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236. Edith B. Nettleton Historical Room

The Thorny Issue of What Is and What Is Not a Museum Guilford (Google Maps location) September 8, 2012 Rgarding my title (and ignoring the "nettle"/"thorny" pun), of course this little room at the Guilford Free Library isn't a museum. But I started making note of "local history rooms" at town libraries years … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Free Museums, Guilford, Libraries, Not Really a Museum Museum

SCCRWA Trails Intro

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SCCRWA Trails Intro

SCCRWA, OMG STFU, SRSLY? South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority Trails This page exists because years and years ago I thought that the South Central Regional Council of Governments trail listing was unique in and of itself. It included the RWA trails. I've since grown wiser and realized that the bulk of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, SCCRWA Hikes Tagged With: Bethany, Branford, East Haven, Guilford, killingworth, Madison, New Haven, New Haven County, North Branford, Orange, Seymour, Woodbridge

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