Saturday, August 30, 2008

Town #84: Guilford

After the New England Air Museum, we traveled to Guilford and had dinner at Cafe Grounded. The building is a quonset hut just off the town's historic center and is made to look like an airplane hanger and most of the seats upstairs are real airplane seats. It's really an ingenious design.

OK, this does not apply to the ones in this picture obviously, but it gives you an idea of the ambiance. Here's a better look at the design. Downstairs is open to the air and you'd get a great (but different) experience downstairs. Also, the food was absolutely amazing. Highly recommended!

The next time we come back we will need to visit Henry Whitfield House. It's a house museum, but it's not just any house museum.

What Guilford is known for: The oldest house in the state.

Today, the Henry Whitfield House is owned and run as a museum by the State of Connecticut.

Guilford stats:
Population: 22,307
Size: 49.7 square miles
Villages/Other Communities: Guilford Center, Guilford Lakes, Indian Cove, Leete's Island, North Guilford, Nut Plains, Old Quarry, Sachem's Head
Historic Places: Acadian House, Thomas Burgis II House, Dudleytown Historic District, Jared Eliot House, Falkner's Island Lighthouse, Griswold House, Guilford Center Historic District, Hyland-Wildman House, Pelatiah Leete House, Medad Stone Tavern, Meting House Hill Historic District, Elisha Pitkin House, Route 146 Historic District, Sabbathday House, Henry Whitfield House
Must Eats: Cafe Grounded

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