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CTMQ > Historic Houses

66. Abijah Rowe House Museum

December 13, 2008 by Steve 4 Comments

Mahmoud Abijah'd in Granby Granby (Google Maps Location) July 27, 2008 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 to write said story is a bit strange. But I have no excuse … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Creepy Dolls, Damian, Granby, Hartford County, Historic Houses, Leatherman, salmon brook historical society

67. Weed-Enders House

November 6, 2008 by Steve 1 Comment

Totally Smokin' Weed-Enders, Man Granby (Google Maps Location) July 27, 2008 2015 update: See first comment below - this place has changed a bit. 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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Damian, Granby, Hartford County, Historic Houses, salmon brook historical society, Tiny Museums

60. Brookside Farm Museum

October 23, 2008 by Steve 2 Comments

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 14, 2008 In 2018, The Smith-Harris House became the Brookside Farm Museum, with the tagline "Cultivating the Story: Avery, Smith … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: East Lyme, historic house museums, Historic Houses, New London County, Town History

58. Thomas Lee House Museum

October 8, 2008 by Steve 2 Comments

Nice, But Where's the Stripper Pole? East Lyme (Google Maps Location) June 14, 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...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: East Lyme, Free Museums, historic house museums, Historic Houses, New London County

57. Thankful Arnold House Museum

September 22, 2008 by Steve 4 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Haddam, Historic Gardens, historic house museums, Historic Houses, Middlesex County, Women's Heritage Trail

Captain John Francis House Museum (Closed)

June 29, 2008 by Steve 7 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Free Museums, Hartford County, historic house museums, Historic Houses, Rarely Open, Wethersfield, wethersfield historical society

Stanley-Whitman House Museum

December 15, 2007 by Steve 3 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Farmington, Hartford County, Historic Houses, Town History

Pardee-Morris House Museum

September 2, 2007 by Steve 16 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: historic house museums, Historic Houses, New Haven, New Haven County

Pratt House Museum

July 29, 2007 by Steve 3 Comments

Another Museum To Prattle On About Essex (Google Maps Location) June 2, 2007 Flashback to October 20, 2006: Essex, CT on our way to the Connecticut River Museum; "We also passed the Pratt House, another museum in town - but it was closed." Flashback to December 10, 2006: Essex, CT on our way back to the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Creepy Dolls, Damian, Essex, essex historical society, Free Museums, Historic Houses, Hoang, Middlesex County

Hurlbut-Dunham House Museum

July 15, 2007 by Steve 1 Comment

I'd Hurl, But it Would Mess up the Decor Wethersfield (Google Maps Location) May 27, 2007 The house museum is part of the historic Wethersfield package "tour." By paying the 8 bucks at the Wethersfield History Museum, we were able to check this place next door out "for free." (Or for 3 bucks instead of 5. Or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Hartford County, Historic Houses, Town History, Wethersfield, wethersfield historical society

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