It’s Just… Just So… I Can’t Think of the Word Woodbridge (Google Maps location) December 2012 CT Museum #244 In what seems to have become an annual tradition, I visited another historic house museum during their December holiday party. I’ve sort of figured out how this whole thing works. (I know, I know… I’ve … [Read more...]
224. Burnham-Hibbard House
A Bit Hampered in Hampton Hampton (Google Maps location) December 11, 2011 Writing this website and traveling all over the state sometimes feels a little repetitive. Visiting our 200 or so historic house museums can get, um, let’s say Groundhog Day-ish. So what’s a guy to do to keep it fresh every time out? … [Read more...]
190. Ashbel Woodward House Museum
Franklin My Dear, I DO Give a Damn Franklin (Google Maps location) October 2, 2010 When I say “Franklin,” what image comes to mind? That children’s story turtle? A key and a kite and a bolt of lightning? Ben Franklin himself? Almost certainly not Franklin, Connecticut. Franklin is one of our smaller, … [Read more...]
189. Harriet Beecher Stowe Center
Stowe Away to This Museum Hartford (Google Maps location) September 25, 2010 Warning: Before you read any further, I want to let you know you will be complicit in aiding and abetting a crime. The crime? That of my taking pictures inside the Harriet Beecher Stowe and Katherine Seymour Day houses. Granted, my … [Read more...]
NHL: Buttolph-Williams House
CT National Historic Landmark Buttolph-Williams House 249 Broad Street, Wethersfield I visited this place in the middle of a full day of CTMQ adventures while being profiled for Connecticut Magazine. No, not because I was one of their “40 under 40” people but rather for a much better article all about goofy ol’ … [Read more...]
NHL: Charles H. Norton House
CT National Historic Landmark Charles H. Norton House 132 Redstone Hill, Plainville (Private Residence) Over the years I’ve come to learn that every town and city in Connecticut has a nice (read: "wealthier") area. Yes, even New Britain and even Bridgeport and Bristol. And it took me some time, but I finally … [Read more...]
NHL: Capt. Nathaniel Palmer House
CT National Historic Landmark Captain Nathaniel Palmer House 40 Palmer Street, Stonington (Museum) Since the Palmer house is a full-fledged museum, and since I have had the pleasure of visiting it, this NHL page will be somewhat truncated. After all, you certainly should want to read about Palmer’s whole story … [Read more...]
182. Wadsworth Mansion at Long Hill Estate
It’s a Lovely Building, For What That’s WadsWorth Middletown (Google Maps location) August 4, 2010 My visit to this place came at the end of a full day of traveling around central Connecticut for CTMQ. I had some food stops and a bunch of National Historic Landmark stops down in New Haven, but looking back upon … [Read more...]
172. King House Museum
My Day with the King of Suffield Suffield (Google Maps location) June 9, 2010 Two years prior to my King House visit, I was nearby along the beautiful route 75 in Suffield at another historic house museum, the Phelps-Hatheway Museum (my visit here), and I think it was only then that I learned of the King House … [Read more...]
219. Thomas Griswold House
I Want a CTMQ Keeping Society Guilford (Google Maps location) September 18, 2011 Years ago when I started this website and gathered up more and more museums around the state for my big list, I often questioned myself about one thing and one thing only. I knew I could visit them all in due time. I knew I could … [Read more...]
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