Elisha Pitkin House, Guilford

Name: Elisha Pitkin House
Address: Guilford, United States

#10 among attractions in Guilford

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The Elisha Pitkin House is a historic house at 173 High Woods Drive in Guilford, Connecticut. With a construction history estimated to date to 1690, it is one of Connecticut's small number of surviving 17th-century buildings. It was moved to this site in 1955 from its original site in East Hartford, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. ()

Coordinates: 41°18'56"N, 72°42'7"W

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Guilford United States

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Elisha Pitkin 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.

2.9 miSE
Specialty museum, Museum, History museum
Henry Whitfield House, Guilford
75 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.
2.2 miS
Museum, History museum
Medad Stone Tavern, Guilford
56 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.
2.6 miSE
Historical place, Museum, History museum
Hyland House Museum, Guilford
66 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.
4.3 miSW
Concerts and shows, Theater
Stony Creek Puppet House, Branford
111 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.
4 miSW
Church
Pine Orchard Union Chapel, Branford
102 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.
2.4 miSE
41°16'60"N • 72°40'60"W
Greene Art Gallery, Guilford
63 min walk • Art gallery, Shopping, Museum
1.8 miS
Winery, Farm, Wine tours
Bishop's Orchards, Guilford
47 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.
2.9 miW
Colonial architecture
Edward Frisbie House, Branford
75 min walk • The Edward Frisbie House is a historic house at 699 East Main Street in Branford, Connecticut. Probably built about 1750, it is a fine local example of Georgian residential architecture, historically attributed to one of the area's early settlers. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
3 miW
Colonial architecture
Eliphalet Howd House, Branford
78 min walk • The Eliphalet Howd House is a historic house at 675 East Main Street in Branford, Connecticut. Probably built about 1730, it is one of the town's few surviving 18th-century houses, and a good example of a two-story Georgian colonial house. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
3.6 miSW
Colonial architecture
John Hoadley House, Branford
91 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.
3.5 miSW
Colonial architecture
House at 29 Flat Rock Road, Branford
89 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.