HENRY WHITFIELD STATE MUSEUM

This house is the oldest in Connecticut and the oldest stone house in New England. It was built to house Reverend Whitfield and his family, who landed with a group of British Puritans 19 years after the first settlers. His ambition was to establish a religious community in America free from persecution. He founded Guilford for this purpose in 1639. The interior of the house is furnished with 17th to 19th century furniture.