Shubel Smith House, Ledyard

Name: Shubel Smith House
Address: Ledyard, United States

#5 among attractions in Ledyard

Georgian architecture

Gallery (4)

Map

Gallery

Facts and practical information

The Shubel Smith House, also known as Stonecroft, is a historic house at 515 Pumpkin Hill Road in Ledyard, Connecticut. It was built in 1807 as the estate of Shubel Smith, a sea captain, and is one of Ledyard's finest surviving farmhouses from that period. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. The listing included three contributing buildings on a 6.5-acre area, including the Georgian Colonial house and the "Yellow Barn" as well as a smaller outbuilding. Both of the large buildings have modernized interiors, serving as a bed and breakfast called Stonecroft Country Inn. ()

Built: 1807 (217 years ago)Coordinates: 41°25'23"N, 71°59'8"W

Address

Ledyard United States

ContactAdd

Social media

Add

Ledyard

Day trips

Shubel Smith House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mohegan Sun, Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center, Foxwoods Resort Casino, Charles W. Morgan Ship.

7.2 miNW
Gambling, Casino, Hotel casino
Mohegan Sun, Montville
184 min walk • Mohegan Sun is an American casino, with 364,000 square feet of gambling space. Operated by the Mohegan Tribe, it is located on 240 acres of reservation land along the banks of the Thames River in Uncasville, Connecticut.
3.2 miN
Specialty museum, Museum, History museum
Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center, Ledyard
82 min walk • The Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center is a museum of Native American culture in Mashantucket, Connecticut, owned and operated by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation.
3.8 miNE
Casino, Gambling, Nightlife
Foxwoods Resort Casino, Ledyard
97 min walk • Foxwoods Resort Casino is a Native American hotel and casino complex owned and operated by the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation on their reservation located in Ledyard, Connecticut. Including six casinos, the resort covers an area of 9,000,000 sq ft.
4.3 miS
Museum, Ship
Charles W. Morgan Ship, Mystic
111 min walk • Charles W. Morgan is an American whaling ship built in 1841 that was active during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Ships of this type were used to harvest the blubber of whales for whale oil which was commonly used in lamps. Charles W.
3.7 miSE
Zoo
Mystic Aquarium, Mystic
96 min walk • Mystic Aquarium is a marine aquarium in Mystic, Connecticut. It is one of only two U.S. facilities holding Steller sea lions, and it has the only beluga whales in New England.
1.6 miN
Museum
Sawmill Park, Ledyard
42 min walk • The Main Sawmill, now known as Ledyard Up-Down Sawmill, is a historic 19th-century sawmill at 175 Iron Street in Ledyard, Connecticut. The sawmill was built in 1869 by Israel Brown, and is the only known operational mill of this type in the state. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.
3.5 miW
Museum, History museum
Nathan Lester House, Ledyard
90 min walk • The Nathan Lester House is a historic house museum at 153 Vinegar Hill Road in the Gales Ferry section of Ledyard, Connecticut. Built in 1793, it is a well-preserved example of an unpretentious late 18th-century farmhouse, and one of the few houses of that age left in the town.
4.3 miS
Museum
Joseph Conrad Ship, Mystic
111 min walk • Joseph Conrad is an iron-hulled sailing ship, originally launched as Georg Stage in 1882 and used to train sailors in Denmark. After sailing around the world as a private yacht in 1934 she served as a training ship in the United States, and is now a museum ship at Mystic Seaport in Connecticut.
4.3 miS
Ship
Regina M., Mystic
110 min walk • Regina M. is a Carry Away Sloop located at Mystic Seaport in Mystic, Connecticut, United States. Regina M. was built in 1900 in Passamaquoddy Bay and was used to collect herring from fish weirs and transport them to canneries on shore.
3.8 miS
41°22'13"N • 71°57'49"W
Elm Grove Cemetery, Mystic
98 min walk • Cemetery
4.3 miS
Ship
Roann, Mystic
110 min walk • Roann is an Eastern rig dragger located at Mystic Seaport in Mystic, Connecticut, United States. Roann was built in 1947 in Thomaston, Maine by Newbert & Wallace and was used to fish for flounder, cod, and haddock.

Shubel Smith House, Ledyard

Facts and practical information

Ledyard plan & book

Shubel Smith House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)