- City:
- Guilford, CT
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Archaeology and History, Museums, Historical Restoration
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1936
- Completed:
- 1936
Description
The Federal Writers’ Project wrote:
“Whitfield House, on Whitfield St., is one of the earliest stone houses in America and probably the oldest house in Connecticut. … In 1936, under a Works Progress Administration project, which was directed by J. Frederick Kelly, an authority on early Connecticut architecture, the house was restored as nearly as possible to its original appearance, even to the odd window which old prints show across the southwest corner. Now maintained by the State as a museum, the building houses a varied collection of antiques and curios.”
Source notes
"Connecticut; a guide to its roads, lore, and people"; Federal Writers' Project, 1938 (page 164).Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on July 9, 2014.
Contribute to this Site
We welcome contributions of additional information on any New Deal site.
Submit More Information or Photographs for this New Deal Site
Join the Conversation