In 1781, Agnes Lee fired the
cannon that warned Guilford
residents of the British landing at
Leete's Island. She courageously
protected her daughters from the
Tories, who were British defectors
living within the community, and
assisted her . . . — — Map (db m272170) HM
1643 • 1702
On this site lived Andrew Leete, principal preserver of the Charter of Conn. from usurper Sir Edmund Andross, 1687, member of the Conn. General Court granting charter to Yale College 1701 — — Map (db m57125) HM
This nature trail is dedicated to the memory of Anne R. Conover in recognition of her contribution to the cause of preserving the tidal wetlands of Connecticut, and to her vision in protecting 200 acres of tidal wetlands that today form the . . . — — Map (db m248812) HM
This building was constructed in the 1870s as a barn, workshop, and shed when the property was known as the Old Stone House Farm. It was originally located much closer to the back of the Whitfield House.
During the 1930s, the Whitfield House . . . — — Map (db m248396) HM
The barn complex is made up of three barns and additions assembled over a period of about eighty years.
The first barn was an embarkment barn facing south constructed shortly before the house was built in 1844. It has a traditional hay loft on . . . — — Map (db m260280) HM
This house was built facing the Green in 1770 and was drawn here by 70 oxen in 1829. It was owned by Dr. Lyman Beecher father of Henry Ward Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin — — Map (db m299369) HM
This two part building has been reconstructed from measured drawings and remnants of the original which stood until 2003.
The lower of the structures is the older and dated to the early nineteenth century. It functioned as a wagon shed and . . . — — Map (db m259627) HM
American Legion Post 48, Guilford
Commemorates the 100th. Year of
its Founding, Honoring Members
Past, Present & Future
Oct. 9, 1919 - Oct. 9, 2019 — — Map (db m275479) HM
Charcoal was made by carefully constructing a pile of wood, covering it with sod, igniting it, and then controlling oxidation.
This leveled circular area was the site of charcoal production on the Dudley Farm dating back to the early . . . — — Map (db m259390) HM
Chickens of the American barnyard are long descended from domesticated jungle fowl of India and Asia going back beyond 4000 years.
Chickens are the most common birds, however North American farms often include turkeys, ducks, geese, guinea . . . — — Map (db m260050) HM
The parish was organized in 1744, by Samuel Johnson, father of Episcopacy in Connecticut and first president of King's College (later Columbia University). The first structure (1750) was located inside the Green, surrounded by poplars. (Later the . . . — — Map (db m260105) HM
As a gathering place,
the Green once accommodated
several churches, including Christ
Episcopal Church (the Church of
England). Can you find the
ground plaque located 58 feet
from this spot, which marks its
original site? The . . . — — Map (db m272962) HM
We whose names are hereunder written, intending by God’s gracious permission to plant ourselves in New England, and if it may be, in the southerly part about Quinnipiack, we do faithfully promise each to other, for ourselves and our families and . . . — — Map (db m266473) HM
Enslaved by minister of
congregational church
Rented to grandfather of
Harriet Beecher Stowe
for labor at this site 1775-1777
to pay a later owner's debts — — Map (db m266225) HM
Built by Dan Collins in 1772, then purchased by Amos Seward in 1814. A later addition on the north side housed a post office kept by Seward, the town's fourth postmaster. When a major fire destroyed buildings to the south in 1872, firemen were . . . — — Map (db m264907) HM
In the previous house on this site, owned by David and Ruth Naughty, lived the slaves Montros and Phillis and their enslaved children, including Pompey, Flora, Moses, Aaron, Abel, and Candace. Dr. Redfield built this federal-style "mansion house." . . . — — Map (db m264905) HM
Dr. John Redfield House originally stood on the green next to the Town Hall, taken down in 1942 & reconstructed on this site by Judge & Mrs. George C. Conway — — Map (db m248409) HM
The Dudley Farm was established for Erastus Dudley, a prosperous North Guilford farmer who was proprietor of a tannery and various mills. North Guilford's agricultural heritage is preserved in this 19th-century farm museum, which includes a . . . — — Map (db m272172) HM
Dudley Farm Historic District has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2023 by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m258790) HM
The Tidal Marsh and the Watershed You are now standing 1.5 miles from the mouth of the East River. All water within the East River watershed, which covers half of Guilford and one third of Madison, flows downhill through a network of streams . . . — — Map (db m248820) HM
Erastus Dudley built his house on this location sometime after 1812. He purchased the
land totaling 35 acres along with a barn from his brother Loveman shortly after he and his
brothers had inherited their grandfather Jared's property.
The . . . — — Map (db m258920) HM
This small post and beam structure was built in the early 20th century. Farm mechanical work took place here and a sign on the wall referred to it as "Operation Central".
It was lengthened three feet on the west side at some point to . . . — — Map (db m260053) HM
The Dudley Form House was built in 1844 by Erastus Dudley. It was for Ruth, himself, and his son Nathan who was soon to wed Sophonia.
Its Greek Revival style was in keeping with many built during the 1840's. On the interior however, was a . . . — — Map (db m260103) HM
Faulkner's Island and its historic lighthouse have played an important role in the history of Long Island Sound. The crescent-shaped island contains no less than 3 acres and lies 3 1/2 miles south of the Guilford Harbor. It is listed in the . . . — — Map (db m247047) HM
Fire safety was uppermost in the
minds of early Guilford residents,
and for this purpose, deep fire
wells were dug on the Green for
a water supply. There remains
evidence of three of these wells,
capped by square slabs of
concrete and also . . . — — Map (db m272120) HM
On this site stood the house of Nathaniel and Mary Griswold Landon (built c. 1806). In 1931, that building was demolished to make way for the First National Store, Economy Division. The new grocery, formerly housed in a small building nearby, was . . . — — Map (db m266468) HM
An early American poet,
Fitz-Greene Halleck was honored
with a statue in New York's
Central Park. Although he
enjoyed a distinguished career in
New York City, he was born (1790)
and raised on the west side of
the Green near this spot, . . . — — Map (db m272113) HM
The flower and herb gardens have been installed over a number of years. It has not been possible to replicate the original flower gardens due to the growth of large trees along the road and behind the house. There are however, still many plants . . . — — Map (db m260098) HM
1640s
The first settlers of Guilford harvest hay from salt meadows along the East River.
1699 Howlet's Bridge is constructed.
1708 Ebenezer Hubbard comes to live in the section known as "Howlet's", named from the lots where the wolves . . . — — Map (db m248816) HM
William Leete provided
leadership through troubled times
in Guilford when the town's
spiritual leader, Reverend Henry
Whitfield, and others, returned to
England during the 1650s. A
grateful community granted him
the section of town known . . . — — Map (db m272463) HM
This town, the seventh oldest in Connecticut, was founded in 1639 by an oppressed but optimistic band of English Puritans. Henry Whitfield, a minister in Ockley, near London, was the moving spirit behind their emigration. About forty of his . . . — — Map (db m264916) HM
Built in 1884 by the Guilford Enterprise Co., this factory replaced an 1850 foundry destroyed by fire. It employed up to 50 men and, during World War II, many women. Over the years, it produced ivory buttons, wagon wheels, timer fuses for . . . — — Map (db m262378) HM
From 1859 to 1968, the Green
was the setting for the annual
Guilford Fair, staged then, as it is
now, by the Guilford Agricultural
Society. Early fairs, billed as
"cattle shows," featured a cattle
parade around the Green.
Spectators could . . . — — Map (db m272123) HM
The Green served as a burial
ground for the town's earliest
residents. It is estimated that up
to 1,500 persons were interred
below its turf, giving particular
meaning to the common Green
as a sacred place.
Soon after 1825, . . . — — Map (db m272466) HM
The Green has been owned and
used in common by Guilford
townspeople for more than three
centuries. Long ago, cattle, sheep,
geese, and swine were allowed to
wander at large by neighboring
farmers. Town records reflect
laws for controlling . . . — — Map (db m272965) HM
In Memory Of The Members
Of The United States Armed Forces
Who Served In The
Korean War
June 25, 1950
July 27, 1953
“Freedom Is Not Free” — — Map (db m57126) WM
The Big Maple property is a lowland area of about 31 acres, filling the cleft between the prominent Moose Hill and the lesser known Chestnut Hill. Through this lowland flows the Chestnut Branch of Hoadley Creek, whose headwaters are found just . . . — — Map (db m280406) HM
This house was once a wing of the 1849 Guilford Manufacturing Co. factory, which made steam engines & machinery. The company was bankrupt in three years, and by c.1865 Simeon B. Chittenden converted the wing into a dwelling; massive framing timbers . . . — — Map (db m264835) HM
In Memory Of All
The Revolutionary Soldiers
Of Guilford, Connecticut.
Placed By
Agnes Dickinson Lee Chapter
Daughters Of The American Revolution
1940 — — Map (db m57224) HM
In memory of
the men Of Guilford
who fell
and in honor of those who served
the grateful town erects this monument.
That their example may spread to coming generations
Uriah N. Parmelee 1st Cav • Henry B. Bullard 1st Lt Bat • . . . — — Map (db m272061) WM
Vietnam
Each peaceful dawn in this place
we are reminded of these men
who died for their country
Stephen J. Brennan P.F.C.
Ara. Crosby Jr. W.O.
Frederick W. Dauten Jr. Maj.
Dedicated May 28, 1984
Town of Guilford Conn.
God . . . — — Map (db m57124) HM
1917 1918
In Honor of Our Men and Women
Who Served in the World War
John R. Alcorn • Murrie Alcorn • Elmer Anderson • Elmore Ashman • Frank E. Barlow • David B. Beattie • John B. Beattie • Clyde G. Beckwith • Henry S. Beers • George V. Bishop . . . — — Map (db m57123) HM
World War II
1941 – 1945
John C. Rebuzzini, W.T. 1st C. U.S.N. • Edward A. Norton, Pvt. U.S.A. • Donald C. Rood, P.F.C. U.S.A. • Pascoe C. Deaton, 1st Lt. U.S.A.A.F. • Leroy W. Scranton, Jr. MM. 3rd C. U.S.N. • Nicholas J. Gervasoni, T. . . . — — Map (db m57420) HM
This "Old Stone House" was built
1639-1640 for the Reverend
Henry Whitfield, an English
minister who sailed from London
to New England with a company
of other Guilford founders—all
of them Puritan sympathizers.
The Whitfield House is . . . — — Map (db m273166) HM
Home of Abel and Anna Baldwin Chittendenon on home lot of William
Chittenden, signer of
the Guilford Covenant
1639, brother-in-law of
the Reverend Henry
Whitfield & ancestor of
Thomas Chittenden, first
Governor of Vermont. — — Map (db m282547) HM
Home of Nathaniel
Johnson brother of the
Rev. Samuel Johnson 1696-1772
Father of Episcopacy in New
England. First President
of Kings College now
Columbia University, NY
Yale 1714 Ordained 1722 — — Map (db m299376) HM
This House Built
A.D.1639
Was the Home
of
Rev. Henry Whitfield B.D.
First Minister
and
The Leader of the Founders
of Guilford
In honor of whom
this tablet is here placed on the
oldest stone house in New England
by the . . . — — Map (db m248402) HM
George Hyland
(also spelled Highland) lived on
this site as early as 1660. He was
succeeded by his grandson
Ebenezer Parmelee, an ingenious
mechanic and carpenter to whom
the main saltbox portion of the
house is attributed.
The . . . — — Map (db m272967) HM
Located here just behind the adjacent small barn was the farm ice house. Measuring 14 x 18 feet, it was used for the storage of ice harvested from the pond to the southeast. Cut from the shallow pond each winter, it would be stacked in the ice . . . — — Map (db m259394) HM
This land was deeded to the Town of Guilford by David K. Jacobs, for the pleasure and use by the citizens on October 22, 1949.
This plaque was presented by the Parks and Recreation Department on November 12, 1997 in recognition of this . . . — — Map (db m299652) HM
Arched windows show a touch of Italianate influence in this Greek Revival building. A store from the beginning, selling everything from codfish oil and molasses to dry goods, clothing, and groceries. Succeeding his brother James, Beverly Monroe was . . . — — Map (db m264914) HM
Guilford Land Conservation Trust
welcomes you to...
Jared Eliot Trails
Jared Eliot Preserve
Welcome to the Jared Eliot Preserve, a unique sanctuary along Connecticut's intensively developed coast. This property has been protected . . . — — Map (db m246596) HM
The first official documentation noting the existence of "Sluice Creek" dates back to 1645 where a private tide mill was established. Since then, The Len Hubbard Municipal Marina as we would come to know it today, has undergone several drastic . . . — — Map (db m261933) HM
The first lighting on the Green
was the result of fundraising
efforts by a group of civic-minded
women who organized in 1874 as
the United Workers for Public Improvement.
By 1897, the UWPI had erected
nearly 100 kerosene post
lanterns . . . — — Map (db m272173) HM
Grass Island's "Little Red Shack", as it is often referred to, was constructed by local druggist J. Harrison Monroe in 1914 as a summer cottage for his family. Here the Monroe family enjoyed summer activities such as fishing, picnicking and social . . . — — Map (db m262260) HM
Mother of
Abraham Baldwin
Georgia signer of the U.S. Constitution
Born in N. Guilford Connecticut 1754
Died while serving as a U.S. Senator from Georgia in 1807
Buried in Rock Creek Cemetery Washington D.C.
Placed by the District of . . . — — Map (db m299082) HM
Famous early American
theologian lived, learned,
worshipped in this area with
Aunt Benton and Uncle Lot
after mother died. Entered Yale
at age 16, graduated 1797.
Married Roxanne Foote of
Guilford 1798. Father of Henry
Ward . . . — — Map (db m269573) HM
Although predominantly agricultural for much of its history, Guilford has also been home to many other forms of commerce and industry. Some Guilford goods, like the milk produced on its dairy farms or the ice harvested to keep it cool before the . . . — — Map (db m266469) HM
Built in Federal style, with four chimneys, carved windowheads, and central hall.
Wealthy harness-maker Lathrop proudly showed his house to French General Lafayette in 1824. Judge Ralph D. Smith and grandson Bernard C. Steiner, later owners, . . . — — Map (db m264901) HM
Built by Clarence C. Markham in 1902. He sold watches and jewelry, fishing rods and guns on the ground floor, and son John W. succeeded him as a jeweler. Son Fred Sr. dispensed eyeglasses on the second floor. The only 3-story building in its . . . — — Map (db m264917) HM
Meeting House Hill Historic District has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987 by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m269660) HM
From Sachem's Head Harbor on
May 23, 1777, 170 men under the
command of Lieutenant-Colonel Return
Jonathan Meigs rowed across Long Island
Sound to raid and destroy a British supply
depot at Sag Harbor, New York. During
this engagement with . . . — — Map (db m299380) HM
The Baldwin Dudley Pond, which is a portion of the Menunkatuck or West River, is the site of what was once the crossroads and center of commerce for this part of Guilford.
Located here on the dammed up river were a Tannery, Bone Mill and Bark . . . — — Map (db m260379) HM
This mill stone was once used in a
water-powered gristmill, grinding flour
into grain. It caps a 200+/- year old
shallow, fresh water well used for fire
protection around the Guilford Green. — — Map (db m272115) HM
On this site 1750-1885 stood the Minor Bradley Tavern. Here stopped the stagecoaches which traveled the Post Road from Boston to New York, which ran diagonally across the Green. General Lafayette was a guest here at one time.
Dr. Elisabeth C. . . . — — Map (db m264906) HM
Built as the Halleck Hotel, and named for Guilford's own Fitz-Greene Halleck, a famous 19th century poet known as "The American Byron." (The posthumous unveiling of Halleck's statue in New York's Central Park was attended by President Hayes and . . . — — Map (db m264903) HM
The Munger Barn, built around 1870, was previously located on the Munger property in the town of Madison where it first functioned as a cow and hay barn during the 19th and early 20th century.
Henry Munger used the barn for sixty years prior . . . — — Map (db m258921) HM
Home of Nathaniel Elliot nephew of the Reverend Jared Elliot 1685-1763, Yale 1706 physician, botanist, agriculturist – friend of Benjamin Franklin — — Map (db m269049) HM
This fine brick structure was built by the Menunkatuck Odd Fellows, a fraternal order. The upper floors served as their lodge meeting hall. The ground floor served as the Armory for Battery A, Connecticut National Guard, Artillery. After World War . . . — — Map (db m263816) HM
The apple tree is native to Europe having been brought here by the colonists. This historic orchard contains fifteen apple trees chosen for their use on New England farms during the 19th century.
Six varieties include Cox Orange Pippin, Pound . . . — — Map (db m260097) HM
(left)
This building was constructed about 1870 and was originally located directly behind the Whitfield
House. At that time, the property was a privately-owned farm and this structure was used as a
workshop and storage barn. The State . . . — — Map (db m299313) HM
Beginning with the mid-17th century every farm of any size had a pair of oxen. They represented the primary mode of power for working the land. The clearing, plowing and cart hauling, for which they were well suited, lasted into the late 19th . . . — — Map (db m260052) HM
Because of its proximity
between the commercial centers
of Boston and New York, the town
of Guilford was once considered
a "halfway station" on the
old Boston Post Road, which
crossed the Green on a diagonal
from northwest to . . . — — Map (db m272116) HM
Railroads have provided a vital lifeline for Guilford residents since July 1, 1852, when the first train steamed into the new wood-framed depot pictured in the postcard above. For a fare of 60 cents, open flatcars pulled by a small wood-fired . . . — — Map (db m248405) HM
(Illustration caption)
Bird's-eye view of Guilford train station, 1881
Panel A (left to right)
1. Civil War veterans departing for Niantic to serve in National Guard, ca. 1899.
2. Railroad employees in front of passenger . . . — — Map (db m266470) HM
Here in June, 1661 William Leete, then governor of New Haven Colony, concealed for three days Whalley & Goffe, two of the judges who signed the death warrant of Charles I of England. They were sought by
emissaries of Charles II who after the . . . — — Map (db m282195) HM
Banned nationwide in 1972, the pesticide DDT was used in this country to control insect pests. With many fewer insects to feed on, Eastern Bluebird and other songbird populations suffered significant population declines. Bluebirds also died from . . . — — Map (db m248821) HM
Built by Reuben Stone, a descendant of John Stone, an original settler of Guilford. The Stone family bought the land in 1715 from the family of William Leete and built two houses on the plot; No.6 Broad St. (1769) and No. 22 Broad St. (1790). The . . . — — Map (db m248407) HM
The first minister and a founder of the Plantation of Menuncatuck later named Guilford, Connecticut
1639
Sculpted by Robert Shure
Gift of John Brooks Threlfall
2003 — — Map (db m248023) HM
Original structure built for Richard and Nancy Holmes, who maintained a small apothecary shop next door on the same property where food staples, medicine, and liquor were sold. The property was lost to foreclosure in 1858. Thereafter it remained a . . . — — Map (db m260589) HM
On this site stood the first school house in Sachem's Head.
Originally a disused shoemaker's shop that moved
from Mulberry Point and converted into a school house.
This one-room institution remained in
the heart of Sachem's Head for a . . . — — Map (db m299382) HM
About 1852 a small group of Catholics settled in Guilford. The first Catholic services were celebrated in the Henry Whitfield House until 1860. Under the leadership of George Hill, a Catholic Chapel was established at 116 Whitfield Street. Mass was . . . — — Map (db m262276) HM
Salt hay was one of the many resources a marsh had to offer to the early farmer—if he could manage to drag it out of the marsh over soft peat and mud. One innovation in the harvest of salt hay simply involved stacking the hay on a staddle, a . . . — — Map (db m248814) HM
The oldest building around the Green, originally a family home for the Shelley Family. Note the original roofline of the colonial dwelling. Joesph Griffing, the first U.S. Government keeper of Faulkner's Island Lighthouse, lived here in retirement, . . . — — Map (db m264904) HM
A two-story schoolhouse with a
cupola for the bell stood in this
area until the town decreed that
all public buildings must be
removed from the Green. In
1825, the schoolhouse was moved
and outfitted as the private
Guilford Academy. If . . . — — Map (db m272118) HM
Shaumpishuh was the female chief (squaw sachem) of the Menunkatuck Indians, a small band of the Quinnipiac Tribe who conveyed their land (1639) to the English Puritans, who had arrived under the leadership of the Reverend Henry Whitfield. The . . . — — Map (db m272057) HM
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