Historic Homes and Sites
Historic homes in New Haven, Connecticut, bring state's past to life
5 listings
New Haven, CT
Amistad Memorial
165 Church StreetCompleted by Ed Hamilton in 1992, this monument pays tribute to the 53 Africans who escaped their slavery by overpowering the crew of the ship Amistad. The monument is located at the site of the old New Haven Jail, in which the Africans were kept during their initial arrest.
Guilford, CT
Henry Whitfield State Museum
248 Old Whitfield Street 203-453-2457Connecticut's oldest house (1639) and New England's oldest stone house, built as a minister's home and town stronghold, Colonial Revival restorations 1903 and 1930s. 17th- to 19th-century furnishings, museum shop, visitor center. National Historic Landmark.
Hours: January 2-April 26, Monday-Friday by appointment; May 1-December 15,Wednesday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Admission: Adults, $8; seniors and college students, $6; children age 6-17, $5.
East Haven, CT
Shore Line Trolley Museum
17 River Street 203-467-6927Ride vintage streetcars through scenic woods and wetlands. View exhibits on the trolley era and tour the trolley collection. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Hours: April, Sundays, 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; May and September-November, Saturday and Sunday, 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; Memorial Day-Labor Day, daily, 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; late November-late December, Saturday and Sunday, 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Admission: Adults, $6; seniors, $5; children age 2-15, $3; under 2 free.
Derby, CT
Osborne Homestead Museum & Kellogg Environmental Center
500 Hawthorne Avenue 203-734-2513The Osborne Homestead Museum was a simple farmhouse built around 1840. It became the home after the Civil War to Wilbur Fisk Osborne and Ellen Lucy Davis Osborne. Frances Eliza Osborne (1876-1956), the last of their four children, inherited the family house and, in 1919, married Waldo Stewart Kellogg, a New York architect. A businesswoman and conservationist, Frances Osborne Kellogg deeded her 350-acre property to Connecticut to form Osbornedale State Park. The Museum’s grounds are landscaped with formal flower gardens, ornamental shrubs, and flowering trees.
Hours: Tours are offered, May-October, Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Sunday, noon-4 p.m. Grounds open year-round Monday–Saturday 9 a.m.–4 p.m.
New Haven, CT
Yale University
Information Center at 149 Elm Street 203-432-2300This historic Ivy League University, founded in the 18th century offers walking tours of the campus. Many historic figures studied here, including Nathan Hale, President William Howard Taft and Noah Webster. Modern day Presidents George Bush and Bill Clinton both spent time at Yale.
Hours: Tours daily, Monday-Friday, 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.; Saturday-Sunday, 1:30 p.m.