 Daniel Benton Homestead | |
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| Established | 1970 (house built in 1720) |
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| Location | 154 Metcalf Road Tolland, Connecticut 06084 United States |
| Coordinates | 41°51′07″N 72°22′37″W / 41.851863°N 72.377076°W |
| Type | Historic house museum |
| Director | Gail Usher |
| Website | tollandhistorical |
The Daniel Benton Homestead is a historic house museum and the oldest house in Tolland, Connecticut.[1] It was built in 1720 and has been operated by the Tolland Historical Society as a museum since 1970.[2]
Along with the Old Tolland County Jail and Museum, the Tolland County Courthouse, and the Hicks-Stearns Family Museum, the Benton Homestead is one of Tolland's four major historic landmarks.[3]
- ^ "Daniel Benton Homestead Museum | Tolland Historical Society". tollandhistorical.org. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
- ^ Weigold, Harold (2018). Tolland: The History of an Old Connecticut Post Road town. Guilford, CT: Globe Pequot. ISBN 978-1-4930-3326-3. OCLC 1096436138.
- ^ McWilliams, Kathleen (2014-08-18). "Tolland Plans Its 300th Anniversary Celebration". New York Daily News. Retrieved 2020-05-20.