Boothe Homestead | |
 The Boothe Homestead | |
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| Location | 5774 Main St., Stratford, Connecticut |
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| Built | 1914 |
| Architect | Boothe, David & Stephen |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, Queen Anne, Shingle Style |
| Website | boothememorialpark.org |
| NRHP reference No. | 85000951[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 1, 1985 |
Boothe Memorial Park and Museum sits on a 32-acre (130,000 m2) site in the Putney section of Stratford, Connecticut. Built about 1840 and remodeled in 1914, it is said to be "The Oldest Homestead in America,"[2] since it sits on the foundations of a 1663 house, and has been continuously occupied. Circa 1914 two brothers, David Beach Boothe and Stephen Nichols Boothe, created the Boothe Memorial Museum which maintains a collection of twenty architecturally unique buildings. Some of the structures include a carriage house, Americana Museum, miniature lighthouse, windmill, a clock tower museum, trolley station, chapel, and a blacksmith shop. The property became a public park owned by the town of Stratford in 1949.[3]
Boothe Memorial Park and Museum was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 1, 1985.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "Boothe Memorial Park, Stratford – Damned Connecticut".
- ^ Liebenson, Bess (17 June 2001). "Friends Keep Watch over Grand Collection". The New York Times.