Connecticut Historical Society

Two-story house with a massive chimney at the left and an addition at the right. According to Barber, the plaster covering the stone walls was added in the 1810s. A picket fence is in the foreground and a rail fence is in the background. Small trees are at the left. Inscribed beneath image: "S.W. view of the ancient Stone House / in Guilford, Con.[sic]"

Title supplied by cataloger. The Old Stone House was built for Henry Whitfield, a minister of the Church of England and the leader of the original settlers of Guilford, ca. 1640.

1836

Guilford (Conn.)

Dwellings
Fences

photographs

Whitfield, Henry 1597-1660?

Source extent: 1 drawing : ink ; 9 x 13 cm.

Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Graphics Collection, The Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford.

Accession number 1953.5.125
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