Old Whitfield St., Guilford, Connecticut. County/parish: New Haven.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places November 27, 1972. NRIS 72001327.
1 contributing building.
The Henry Whitfield House is a historic house located in Guilford, Connecticut, down the street from the town green. It dates from 1639, built just before the town of Guilford was settled. It is the oldest house in Connecticut and the oldest stone house in New England. It also served as a fort to protect the community with its massive stone walls. Henry Whitfield was a Puritan minister who had come from England to flee religious persecution, and the settlers built the house for him. It was remodeled in 1868 and opened to the public in 1899 as the Henry Whitfield State Museum, the first Connecticut state museum. It was restored in 1902–04 and again in the 1930s, and it was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1997. It was named a State Archeological Preserve in 2006.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132355629