Acadian House

The Acadian House is a historic house on Union Street in Guilford, Connecticut. Built about 1670, it is one of Connecticut's oldest surviving houses, notable for its occupation by refugee Acadians following their 1755 deportation from Nova Scotia.

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Type: Building
Description: saltbox house in Guilford, Connecticut, USA
Also known as: “Acadia House”
Address: CT

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Guilford Free Library and Sabbathday House.

Guilford Free Library

Library

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Guilford Free Library is situated 630 feet southwest of Acadian House.

Sabbathday House

Building

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The Sabbathday House, also known as the Daniel Bowen House, is a historic house at 19 Union Street in Guilford, Connecticut. Built about 1735, it is one two surviving houses in the town built for the purpose of sheltering church-going families between morning and afternoon services.

Hyland House Museum

Museum

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The Hyland House Museum or Hyland–Wildman House is a historic house museum at 84 Boston Street in Guilford, Connecticut. Built in 1713, it is one of the town's best-preserved houses of that period. Hyland House Museum is situated 1,100 feet south of Acadian House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Guilford Historic Town Center and Guilford.

Guilford Historic Town Center

Locality

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Guilford Historic Town Center is a large historic district encompassing the entire town center of Guilford, Connecticut, United States. It is centered on the town green, laid out in 1639, and extends north to Interstate 95, South to Long Island Sound, west to the West River, and east to East Creek.

Guilford

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Guilford is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. It borders Madison, Branford, North Branford, and Durham. It is situated on I-95 and the Connecticut coast.

Stony Creek

Suburb

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Stony Creek is a coastal village located the southeastern section of Branford, Connecticut, United States, centered on a harbor on Long Island Sound. Stony Creek has the ambiance of a small seaside village which retains its roots as a summer vacation location with old Victorian hotels and a working granite quarry. Stony Creek is situated 4 miles west of Acadian House.

Acadian House

Category: saltbox
Location: Town of Guilford, South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.28541° or 41° 17′ 8″ north

Longitude

-72.67953° or 72° 40′ 46″ west

Elevation

52 feet (16 metres)

Open location code

87H978PC+55

OpenStreetMap ID

way 761282212

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

GeoNames ID

5281411

Wikidata ID

Q14714867

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