Join us on one of our Historic Walking Tours. Our enthusiastic high school student researchers and guides will lead you on a fact-filled walking tour which includes our well known eight acre green, the home site of the most popular poet of the 19th century, six homes on the National Register of Historic Places, two historic districts, stories of Indian Wars and regicides, stories of America’s most popular novelist of the 19th century and Guilford’s most famous summer guest, details of New England slavery, histories of separatists from the Church of England, revolts within the Congregational Church, and the expulsion of Abolitionists. All in a community with the oldest stone house in New England, the third most pre-Revolutionary War homes in the Northeast, and almost 375 years of history.
These same student guides have developed a Historic Architecture Walking Tour of our most beautiful residential streets filled with 18th and 19th century homes. These homes built for sea captains, preachers, merchants, traders, and congressmen are representative of Colonial, Federal, Greek Revival, Italianate, Gothic Revival, Queen Anne, Second Empire, and the rare Octagonal architectural styles. Students have discovered the stories of the women and men who lived in these homes. These tours are scheduled on Saturdays and Sundays from the first weekend of the summer through mid-September
Guilford, Connecticut, was founded in 1639 by English Puritans looking for a place where they could practice their religion unfettered by the restrictive leadership of the Church of England. Since that time, Guilford has been settled by and has nurtured leaders in religion, education, literature, government, invention, industry, architecture and the abolition of slavery. The walking tours of Historic Guilford will allow our student tour guides to share our wonderfully preserved community with those interested in Guilford’s contribution to 376 years of American History!
We have developed three tours encompassing the Guilford Historic Town Center (which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.) Our regularly scheduled Saturday tour focuses on the Historic Guilford Green, Reserved group tours can experience the history of Guilford and include an introduction to three of Guilford’s house museums or focus on the architecture and include Guilford’s historic districts and scenic Broad and Fair Streets.
Historic Walking Tour Tickets & Times
Tickets are available at the time of the tour from the guides and soon from Mix Design Store and the Greene Art Gallery at 29 Whitfield Street, Page Hardware Breakwater Books, Breakwater Books and Guilford Food Center on the Historic Green, Guilford CT. Regularly scheduled tours will resume on 20 June 2015.
Tickets are $10 per person, $8 per senior, $8 per child 7-12, $25 per family. Group tours rates are available upon request.
Free parking is available at the Guilford Town Hall.
For weekday tours, weekend tours, tours given groups of 5 or more, and special arrangements please contact Dennis at Historic Guilford Walking Tours by emailing or by calling (203)233-1026.
