Hours:

Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Mon 10am-4pm. Sun 1-4pm

With its diamond-paned casement windows, clapboards weathered nearly black, and hewn overhangs, the Buttolph-Williams House harks back to the Puritan pioneering of New England during the 1600s. Although actually built around 1711, the house reflects the continuing popularity of traditional architecture. As a result it is considered the most faithful restoration of a seventeenth-century-style Connecticut Valley house.

An array of colonial-era furnishings is on display. Highlights include a room designed and decorated by Katherine Prentiss Murphy, one of the twentieth-century's most renowned antiques collectors, and a kitchen with an enormous open hearth and a remarkable assortment of colonial-era cooking implements.

The Buttolph-Williams House was a source of inspiration, and the partial setting, for the Newbery Medal-winning book The Witch of Blackbird Pond, by Elizabeth George Speare.

Admission:

Adults $4; Children $2. A&L members are free.

Directions:

From I-91 South: Take Exit 26, Marsh Street/Old Wethersfield. Take a right at the end of the exit. Take first left onto Broad Street. The Buttolph-Williams House is located at the corner of Marsh and Broad Streets.

From I-91 North: Take Exit 26, Old Wethersfield. Follow signs to historic museums. The road loops under the highway. Once on Marsh Street, take first left onto Broad Street. The Buttolph-Williams House is located at the corner of Marsh and Broad Streets.