Hicks-Stearns Family Museum

Hicks-Stearns Family Museum
Front view of the Hicks-Stearns Family Museum
Hicks-Stearns Family Museum is located in Connecticut
Hicks-Stearns Family Museum
Location within Connecticut
Established1978 (house built in 1788)
Location42 Tolland Green
Tolland, Connecticut 06084
USA
Coordinates41°52′17″N 72°22′05″W / 41.871419°N 72.368123°W / 41.871419; -72.368123
TypeHistoric house museum
CollectionsFamily heirlooms
Websitewww.facebook.com/hicksstearns/

The Hicks-Stearns Family Museum is a Victorian historic house museum located on the town green in Tolland, Connecticut. The house was built in 1788, when it served as a tavern. It was occupied by the Hicks family from 1845 until 1970.[1] Along with the Old Tolland County Jail and Museum, the Tolland County Courthouse, and the Daniel Benton Homestead, the Hicks-Stearns Family Museum is one of Tolland's four major landmarks.[2]

  1. ^ Walker, Patricia Chambers; Graham, Thomas (2000). Directory of Historic House Museums in the United States. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-7425-0344-1.
  2. ^ McWilliams, Kathleen (2014-08-18). "Tolland Plans Its 300th Anniversary Celebration". New York Daily News. Retrieved 2020-05-27.