Danforth Pewter Shop Middletown Heritage Trail Site 16 Corner of Pleasant Street and South Main) This is interesting. This little colonial shop sticks out like a sore thumb here at the confluence of a bunch of busy streets in Middletown. And aside from Wesleyan University, it seems to be the most widely known of … [Read more...]
10. Russell House
Russell House Middletown Heritage Trail Site 10 350 High Street Continuing the tradition of completely useless information other than locations, the Heritage Trail brochure states, "Samuel Russell & the China trade; an elite neighborhood; presidents in Middletown." I don't understand that, so lets dig a bit … [Read more...]
Abijah Rowe House Museum
Mahmoud Abijah'd in Granby Granby (Google Maps Location) July 2008 This is one of several Salmon Brook Historical Society Museums. Writing up a museum visit on a dreary, icy-stormy day in December is always a great way to pass the idle time. Looking at the pictures and uncovering memories from a hot July day … [Read more...]
Weed-Enders House
Totally Smokin' Weed-Enders, Man Granby (Google Maps Location) July 2008 This is one of several Salmon Brook Historical Society Museums. As part of our four part museum tour of the Salmon Brook Historical Society's properties in Granby, I was granted a peek inside the Weed-Enders House. While it is … [Read more...]
Brookside Farm Museum
You'll Always Be the Thomas Avery House To Me... You'll Always Be the Smith-Harris House To Me... You'll Always Be The Brookside Farm Museum To Me East Lyme (Google Maps Location) June 2008 In 2018, The Smith-Harris House became the Brookside Farm Museum, with the tagline "Cultivating the Story: Avery, Smith and … [Read more...]
Thomas Lee House Museum
Nice, But Where's the Stripper Pole? East Lyme (Google Maps Location) June 2008 No stripper pole? No weird swing above the bed? No music studio? It stands to reason that ol' Thomas Lee was called Tommy by his mates. So you can't blame me for thinking I was going to a museum built in honor of Mr. Pam … [Read more...]
57. Thankful Arnold House Museum
For CTMQ, We Are Thankful Haddam (Google Maps Location) June 14, 2008 The Thankful Arnold House is part of The Connecticut Women's Heritage Trail and the Connecticut Historic Gardens Trail. First things first: Yes, Thankful Arnold was the name of a person. A woman, actually, who lived in a house in Haddam in … [Read more...]
Captain John Francis House Museum (Closed)
O My! Captain! You're Not a Captain! Wethersfield (Google Maps Location) June 14, 2008 Closed as a museum in 2018. O CAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is done; The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won; The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all … [Read more...]
Stanley-Whitman House Museum
Well, I Got Some Free Pie! Farmington (Google Maps Location) September 29, 2007 The Stanley-Whitman House is a National Historic Landmark and is also on the Connecticut Historic Gardens Trail. This is it. It took me 32 museums and probably 100 CTMQ write-ups altogether to get to this point - and let me … [Read more...]
Pardee-Morris House Museum
Pardee Like It's 1699 New Haven Location July 21, 2007 Summer 2010 Update: The house has re-opened! This is the very rare Zombie Museum here on CTMQ; one that rose from the dead. And in fact, I'm writing this sentence in 2020 and can report that it is still open. I will, of course, revisit and re-do this page, … [Read more...]