Pelatiah Leete House, Guilford

Name: Pelatiah Leete House
Address: Guilford, United States

#16 among attractions in Guilford

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The Pelatiah Leete House is a historic house at 575 Leete's Island Road in Guilford, Connecticut, United States. Built in 1710 by Pelatiah Leete, it is the oldest surviving house associated with the locally prominent Leete family, who were among the founders of the New Haven Colony. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. ()

Built: 1710 (314 years ago)Coordinates: 41°15'55"N, 72°43'28"W

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Pelatiah Leete House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Henry Whitfield House, Medad Stone Tavern, Hyland House Museum, Stony Creek Puppet House.

2.7 miE
Specialty museum, Museum, History museum
Henry Whitfield House, Guilford
69 min walk • The Henry Whitfield House is a historic house located in Guilford, Connecticut, down the street from the town green. This house dates from 1639, having been built just before the town of Guilford was settled. It is the oldest house in Connecticut and the oldest stone house in New England.
2 miNE
Museum, History museum
Medad Stone Tavern, Guilford
51 min walk • The Medad Stone Tavern is a historic house museum at 191 Three Mile Course in Guilford, Connecticut. Built in 1803 but never actually used as a tavern, it is well-preserved example of early 19th-century Federal period architecture. It is now maintained as a museum by a local historical society.
2.7 miNE
Historical place, Museum, History museum
Hyland House Museum, Guilford
68 min walk • The Hyland House Museum or Hyland-Wildman House is a historic house museum at 84 Boston Road in Guilford, Connecticut. Built in 1713, it is one of the town's best-preserved houses of that period. It has been open to the public as a museum since 1918, under the auspices of a local historic preservation group.
1.3 miW
Concerts and shows, Theater
Stony Creek Puppet House, Branford
35 min walk • The Stony Creek Puppet House was a theater in the Stony Creek section of Branford, Connecticut, near New Haven and the famed Thimble Islands. Built in 1903 as a movie theater, it became the home for community theater and summer stock productions.
0.8 miW
Church
Pine Orchard Union Chapel, Branford
22 min walk • Pine Orchard Union Chapel is a historic nondenominational chapel at 25 Chapel Drive in Branford, Connecticut. Built in 1897, it is one of a modest number of seasonal resort chapels built along the Connecticut coastline, and a particularly fine example of one with Queen Anne styling.
2.5 miNE
41°16'60"N • 72°40'60"W
Greene Art Gallery, Guilford
63 min walk • Art gallery, Shopping, Museum
2.3 miNE
Winery, Farm, Wine tours
Bishop's Orchards, Guilford
59 min walk • Bishop's Orchards is an agricultural operation in Guilford, Connecticut, that serves as a farm, retail market, tourist attraction and winery. Bishop's Orchards began operating as a family farm in 1871.
2.4 miNW
Colonial architecture
John Hoadley House, Branford
61 min walk • The John Hoadley House is a historic house at 213 Leete's Island Road in Branford, Connecticut. Built about 1810, it is a well-preserved example of late colonial architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
2.1 miNW
Colonial architecture
House at 29 Flat Rock Road, Branford
54 min walk • 29 Flat Rock Road is a historic house in Branford, Connecticut. Probably built in the second half of the 18th century, it is a well-preserved example of a modest period farmhouse, a type of which relatively few now survive in the town. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
2.7 miNE
Neighbourhood, Colonial architecture, Greek Revival architecture
Guilford Historic Town Center, Guilford
69 min walk • Guilford Historic Town Center is a large historic district encompassing the entire town center of Guilford, Connecticut, in the United States. It is centered on the town green, laid out in 1639, and extends north to Interstate 95, south to Long Island Sound, west to the West River, and east to East Creek.
1.3 miW
Gothic Revival architecture
Isaac C. Lewis Cottage, Branford
34 min walk • The Isaac C. Lewis Cottage is a historic house at 255 Thimble Islands Road in Branford, Connecticut. Built in 1882, it is a well-preserved example of an eclectically styled Victorian seaside summer house.

Pelatiah Leete House, Guilford

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Pelatiah Leete House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)