CONNECTICUT TOWN HISTORICAL SOCIETIES <-- GREAT RESOURCE

CONNECTICUT HISTORIC HOMES WEBSITES:

Colonial Connecticut Records - Public records of the Colony of Connecticut, 1636-1776.

Connecticuts Historic Gardens - Fourteen distinctive historic sites and gardens, all within CT's borders.

Connecticut Historical Society Museum & Library - A museum, library, & education center.

Connecticut's History Online - Photographs, drawings and prints about Connecticut history.

Connecticut League of History Organizations - CT league of historical organizations.

Connecticut State Library > Old House Resources - Old house resources at the CT state library.

Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation *GREAT RESOURCE!*

Connecticut's Town Greens - Overview of town green with links and related information.

CT Commission on Culture & Tourism > Historic Preservation and Museum Division

Fairfield Museum and History Center - Fairfield museum and history center.

Guilford Keeping Society - Collects, preserves and shares the history and heritage of Guilford, Connecticut.

Handbook for Connecticut Historic District and Historic Properties Commissions

Historic Barns of Connecticut - A Connecticut trust for historic preservation project.

Historic Buildings CT - Historic buildings of Connecticut.

Historic New England - Historic properties, events and programs, archives and exhibitions.

Jewish Hiistorical Society of Greater New Haven - Preserving the Past Since 1976.

HISTORIC HOMES WEBSITES:

Advisory Council of Historic Preservation - Preserving America's heritage.

Antique Homes - The sales directory of antique and historic properties. *Historic Style Guide*

Guide to Finding The History of Your Home

Historical Home - Resource for historic properties and antique real estate.

Historic American Properties - Historic homes for sale, lease or trade.

Historic For Sale - Historic homes, preservation real estate, old homes and property.

Historic Homesteads - Historic homes for sale, old homes for sale, and historic properties.

Historic Home Tours - Historic home tours throughout the country. Find a tour, post a tour, create a tour.

Historic Properties - Source for buying and selling historic properties.

Historic Vintage Homes For Sale - Historic homes and old houses for sale across the USA.

National Register of Historic Places - Nations official list of cultural resources worthy of preservation.

National Trust for Histortic Preservation - Preservation nation.

Thats My Old House - Every old house has a story to tell.

This Old House - Americas most trusted in home improvement.

Old House Journal - Old houses, restoration and renovation.

Old House Online - Old houses, restoration, products and decorating. We know old houses.

Old Houses - Historic real estate properties, old homes for sale, and old house resources.

Old House Web - Ideas and advice for old home enthusiasts.

Period Home - The professional's resource for residential architecture.

Preservation Directory - Historic preservation and cultural resource management.

United Country > Historic Homes - Historic property, old homes and vintage properties.

Victoriana Magazine > Home & Garden - Pictures of Victorian houses, remodeling and repair tips.

ANTIQUE DEALERS

Edwin C Alberg Fine Antique Furniture (Guilford, CT)

Village Francais - 17th, 18th and 19th century french furniture (Guilford, CT)

One of a Kind Antiques (Essex, CT)

Leonards New England (Westport, CT)

Dawn Hill Antiques - Swetish (New Preston, CT)

Pettit & Parkins - Mid Century and decorative objects (Hartford, CT)

Yankee Clock Peddler - Clocks (North Haven, CT)

Don Barese Fine Art and Antiques - 19th & 20th century paintings, prints, and antiques (Hamden, CT)

Atlantis Antiques International - Buying, Selling Appraisals, and importing (West Haven, CT)

R.T. Facts (Kent, CT)

Greenwich Living Antiques and Design Centre (Greenwich, CT)

Kirtland H Crumb Antique Clocks (Madison, CT)

Leonce Antiques and Consignments - Antique sterling silver specialists (Westport, CT)

Ainsworth Antiques - 19th and 20th century American antique furniture (Enfield, CT)

Nathon Liverant and Son Antiques - 18th and 19th century American antiqus (Colchester, CT)

Wayne and Phyllis Hilt - American and British petwer (Haddam Neck, CT)

Antiqs - 18th and 19th century antiques and furniture (Farmington, CT)

Eve Stone Antiques - 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th century brass, copper and lighting (East Haven, CT)

Jeffery Tillou Antiques - American furniture and fine arts from the 18th to mid 19th (Litchfield, CT)

Schwenke Antiques - American furniture and American federal furniture in particular (Woodbury, CT)

James Dew and Sons - Windsor chairs, early American furniture and antique repoduction (Guilford, CT)

Painted Duck Antiques - Early American country and painted furniture (Niantic, CT)

Clifford A. Wallach - Folk art in tramp art style (Greenwich, CT)

Charles Haver Antiques - 18th and 19th century Country Americana with selective European (Roxbury, CT)

Charles & Rebekah Clark - American furniture of the classical period (Woodbury, CT)

Bettina Krainin Antiques (Woodbury, CT)

Country Loft Antiques - 18th and 19th century French antiques (Woodbury, CT)

Samaha Rugs - Antique collectible and decorative handmade Oriental rugs (Woodbury, CT)

G. Sergeant Antiques - English, American, Continental and Asian. 17th, 18th & early 19th (Woodbury, CT)

Jennings & Rohn Antiques - English, Continental & American furniture. 17th-20th centuries (Woodbury, CT)

Holly Hock Farm Antiques - American antiques and custom furniture from colonial revival (Old Mystic, CT)

Madeline West Antiques - Artwork, porcelain, furniture and accessories (Woodbury, CT)

McClellan Elms Antiques - Early country, folk art, Americana & original primitives (S Woodstock, CT)

Harbor View Center for Antiques - Furnishings & accessories, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries (Stamford, CT)

Robert Walin Tucker Frey Antiques - 17th, 18th and 19th century (Woodbury, CT)

Monique Shay Antiques - French Canadian antiques (Woodbury, CT)

Susan Heider Antiques - American antique country furniture and accessories (Bloomfield, CT)

Mad River Antiques - 18th, 19th and 20th century Americana antiques (North Granby, CT)

Hanauer & Seidman Antiques - Specializing in Americana and Folk Art (Colchester, CT)

Pantry and Hearth - Pilgrim, 18th and early 19th century Americana (Woodbury, CT)

Kocian Depasqua - Fine American antiques and folk art from 18th, 19th, 20th centuries (Woodbury, CT)

Antiquing - A guide to old homes and the antiquing experience in New England.

Antique Furniture Tables - Anique tables, antique furniture, buying guide, listings and resources.

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Maps to Treasure - Old town and city maps of historic residential New England.

Bedroom Furniture Spot > Care and ejoyment of antique furniture.

Old House Guy - Info to make the appearance of your old house the best it can possibly be.

Historic House Colors - Historic exterior color consulting by Robert Schweitzer.

GENEALOGY AND ANCESTRY:

American Ancestors - New England historic genealogical society. Founded 1845.

Ancestry.com - New England historic genealogical society. Founded 1845.

HISTORIC HOMES & MUSEUMS IN CONNECTICUT:

Hyland House (Guilford, CT) - A living museum of colonial life and architecture.

Harriet Beecher Stowe Center - Preserves and interprets Stowes Hartford home and the centers collections.

Huntington Homestead - The birthplace of Samuel Huntington. Signer of Declaration of Independence.

Jonathan Trumbull Jr House Museum - Locaed on the historic Lebanon Green. (Lebanon, CT)

Henry Whitfield State Museum - The Henry Whitfield House has stood in Guilford for nealy four centuries.

Hill-Stead Museum - 35 Mountain Rd, Farmington, CT 06032.

Mark Twain House & Museum - The Mark Twain house and meseum. (Hartford, CT)

Old Sturbridge Village - Experience life in the 1830s.

Stanley-Whitman House - Enter the world of Colonial New England. (Farmington, CT)

Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum - Located in the center of Connecticu's largest historic district. (Hartford, CT)

HISTORIC INNS, RESTAURANTS AND TAVERNS:

Scranton Sea Horse Inn - Houses in the 1833 Greek revival home of Sereno Scranton. (Madison, CT)

Cos Cob Inn - (Cos Cob, CT)

The Stanton House Inn - (Greenwich, CT)

The Roger Sherman Inn - (New Canaan, CT)

The Elms Inn - (Ridgefield, CT)

West Lane Inn - (Ridgefield, CT)

Long Ridge Tavern - (Stamford, CT)

Tavern on Main - (Westport, CT)

Avon Old Farms Inn / The Forge Restaurant - (Avon, CT)

Jonathan Pasco's - (East Windsor, CT)

The Connecticut River Valley Inn - (Glastonbury, CT)

The Dutch Iris Inn - (Granby, CT)

The Mansion Inn Bed & Breakfast - (Manchester, CT)

The Marlborough Tavern - (Marlborough, CT)

Chester Bulkley House Bed & Breakfast - (Wethersfield, CT)

The Woodward House - (Bethlehem, CT)

Cornwall Inn & Restaurant - (Cornwall, CT)

Wake Robin Inn - (Lakeville, CT)

Toll Gate Hill Inn and Restaurant - (Litchfield, CT)

Homestead Inn - (New Milford, CT)

The Boulders - (New Preston, CT)

Mountain View Inn - (Norfolk, CT)

The Manor House - (Norfolk, CT)

The Blackberry River Inn - (Norfolk, CT)

Old Riverton Inn - (Riverton, CT)

The White Hart Inn - (Salisbury, CT)

G.W. Tavern - (Washington, CT)

The Curtis House Inn - (Woodbury, CT)

Longwood Country Inn - (Woodbury, CT)

Three Liberty Bed & Breakfast - (Clinton, CT)

Bishopsgate Inn - (East Haddam, CT)

The Griswold Inn - (Essex, CT)

The Copper Beech Inn - (Ivoryton, CT)

Deacon Timothy Pratt Bed & Breakfast - (Old Saybrook, CT)

Westbrook Inn Bed & Breakfast - (Westbrook, CT)

Talcott House - (Westbrook, CT)

Captain Stannard House - (Westbrook, CT)

Angels' Watch Inn - (Westbrook, CT)

By The Sea Inn & Spa - (Branford, CT)

Twisted Vine Restaurant - (Derby, CT)

The Tidewater Inn - (Madison, CT)

The Historic Mansion Inn - (New Haven, CT)

The Wallingford Victorian Bed & Breakfast - (Wallingford, CT)

The House on the Hill - (Waterbury, CT)

Bozrah House Bed and Breakfast - (Bozrah, CT)

Fitch Claremont House Bed and Breakfast - (Bozrah, CT)

NuNu's Bistro - (Colchester, CT)

Homespun Farm Bed and Breakfast - (Griswold, CT)

The Captain Daniel Packer Inn & Restaurant - (Mystic, CT)

The Pequot Hotel Bed & Breakfast - (Mystic, CT)

House of 1833 Bed & Breakfast - (Mystic, CT)

The Lighthouse Inn - (New London, CT)

Kirkland House Bed and Breakfast - (New London, CT)

Inn at Harbor Hill Marina - (Niantic, CT)

The Inn at Lower Farm Bed and Breakfast - (North Stonington, CT)

The Peck Tavern Bed and Breakfast - (Old Lyme, CT)

The Bee and Thistle Inn and Spa - (Norfolk, CT)

The Old Mystic Inn - (Old Mystic, CT)

Captains Grant's Bed and Breakfast - (Poquetanuck, CT)

Bed and Breakfast at Roseledge Herb Farm - (Preston, CT)

Another Second Penny Inn - (Stonington, CT)

The Daniel Rust House - (Coventry, CT)

The Bidwell Tavern - (South Coventry, CT)

Altnaveigh Inn and Restaurant - (Storrs, CT)

The Tolland Inn - (Tolland, CT)

The Old Gulrey Tavern - (Chaplin, CT)

The Harvest Restaurant - (Pomfret, CT)

The Mansion at Ball Hill - (South Woodstock, CT)

The Inn at Woodstock Hill - (Woodstock, CT)

Taylor's Corner Bed and Breakfast - (Woodstock, CT)

Elias Child House Bed and Breakfast - (Woodstock, CT)

Boardman House Inn - (East Haddam, CT)

HISTORIC CONTRACTORS:

Gulick & Spradlin - Expert renovators and restorers of antique homes. (Madison, CT)

Early New England Homes - by Country Carpenters. New antique style homes.

Avent Home Inspections - performs inspections on antique, historic, high value, and older properties.

William Gould Architectural Preservation - Preservation design consultant and restoration contractor.

Antique Woods and Colonial Restorations - Building green with barn home conversions over 37 yrs.

HISTORIC HOME INSURANCE:

Middle Oak - The Restorationist® program is a tailored insurance policy for homes built prior to 1930.

National Trust Insurance Services - An affiliated entity of National Trust for Historic Preservation.