Hezekiah Chaffee House, Windsor

Name: Hezekiah Chaffee House
Address: Windsor, United States

#6 among attractions in Windsor

Top attraction, Museum, History museum

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The Hezekiah Chaffee House is a historic house museum on Meadow Lane in Windsor, Connecticut. Built about 1765, it is one of Windsor's largest and most elaborate Georgian brick houses. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972, and is a contributing property to the Palisado Avenue Historic District, listed in 1987. It is owned and operated by the Windsor Historic Society, which offers tours on a year-round basis. ()

Built: 1765 (259 years ago)Coordinates: 41°51'25"N, 72°38'19"W

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Windsor United States

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Hezekiah Chaffee House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: First Church in Windsor, Vintage Radio and Communications Museum, Grace Church Rectory, Farmington River Railroad Bridge.

~310 ftN
Church
First Church in Windsor, Windsor
2 min walk • The First Church in Windsor, Connecticut is the oldest Congregational church in Connecticut. Its origin can be traced back to 1630, when 140 men and women sailed out of Plymouth, England on the Mary & John. This was the first of 17 ships in the so-called Winthrop Fleet, bound for the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
0.4 miN
41°51'46"N • 72°38'27"W
Vintage Radio and Communications Museum, Windsor
11 min walk • History museum, Museum
0.6 miSW
Gothic Revival architecture
Grace Church Rectory, Windsor
15 min walk • The former Grace Church Rectory is a historic church rectory and house at 301 Broad Street in Windsor, Connecticut. Built about 1865, it is a good local example of Gothic Revival architecture executed in brick.
~900 ftW
Bridge
Farmington River Railroad Bridge, Windsor
5 min walk • The Farmington River Railroad Bridge spans the Farmington River in Windsor, Connecticut, just west of Palisado Avenue and north of Pleasant Street.
~820 ftE
41°51'25"N • 72°38'8"W
Windsor Historical Society, Windsor
4 min walk • History museum, Museum, Library
0.6 miSW
41°50'56"N • 72°38'39"W
Windsor Public Library, Windsor
16 min walk • Library
~1340 ftNE
Church
First Church Parsonage, Windsor
7 min walk • The First Church Parsonage is a historic parsonage house at 160 Palisado Avenue in Windsor, Connecticut. Built in 1852 for the new minister of the First Congregational Church, it is a well-preserved example of transitional Greek Revival-Italianate architecture in brick.
0.5 miSW
Neighbourhood, Greek Revival architecture, Gothic Revival architecture
Broad Street Green Historic District, Windsor
13 min walk • The Broad Street Green Historic District encompasses the historic late-19th century town center of Windsor, Connecticut.
0.8 miS
Georgian architecture
Loomis Homestead, Windsor
22 min walk • The Loomis Homestead in Windsor, Connecticut, is one of the oldest timber-frame houses in America. The oldest part of the house, an ell adjacent to the main house, is believed to have been built between 1640 and 1653 by Joseph Loomis who came to America from England in 1638.
0.5 miW
Greek Revival architecture
Hathaways Store, Windsor
14 min walk • Hathaways Store is a historic formerly commercial building at 32 East Street in Windsor, Connecticut. Built about 1850, it is a good local example of vernacular Italianate architecture in brick, and a reminder of the formerly industrial heritage of its immediate surroundings.
0.6 miW
Greek Revival architecture
William Shelton House, Windsor
15 min walk • The William Shelton House is a historic house at 40 Pleasant Street in Windsor, Connecticut. Built in 1830, it is a good local example of transitional Federal-Greek Revival architecture executed in brick. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

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Which popular attractions are close to Hezekiah Chaffee House?

Nearby attractions include First Church in Windsor, Windsor (2 min walk), Palisado Avenue Historic District, Windsor (4 min walk), Windsor Historical Society, Windsor (4 min walk), Farmington River Railroad Bridge, Windsor (5 min walk).

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Windsor (10 min walk)