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Historic Homes & Buildings

  • Dr. Hezekiah Chaffee House, The (circa 1760s)
    108 Palisado Avenue • Windsor, CT 06095
    860-688-3813
    Near the historic Palisado Green, this 18th-century 15-room Colonial-style brick mansion was a pre-revolutionary doctor’s home and office. Medical instruments can be viewed. This house served as the Chaffee School for Girls in the 20th-century. Tours are available from April to October.  map

  • John and Sarah Strong House, The (circa 1758)
    96 Palisado Avenue • Windsor, CT 06095
    860-688-3813
    Furnishings from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, Windsor's first post office, an 18th century general store, the Wilson Museum and a nationally recognized genealogical research library containing maps, cemetery records and photographs can be found at the John and Sarah Strong House. A guided tour of this home is available from April through October.  map

  • Oliver Ellsworth Homestead (circa 1781)
    778 Palisado Avenue • Windsor, CT 06095
    860-688-8717
    Now a museum operated by the Connecticut Daughters of the Revolution, this former home of Oliver Ellsworth, a member of the Continental Congress, envoy to France after the Revolution, framer of the United States Constitution, third Chief Justice of the United States and author of the Judiciary Act, was visited by Presidents George Washington and John Adams in the late 1700s. Open for tours from mid-May to mid-October, visitors can see such personal items as a square of Gobelin tapestry and coffee urn from Napoleon Bonaparte. The restored Ellsworth Homestead is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. more...  map

Libraries & Research Centers

  • Windsor Public Library
    323 Broad Street • Windsor, CT 06095
    860-285-1910
    Founded in 1895, the Windsor Public Library features fiction and non-fiction books, magazines, CDs, DVDs, Internet access, meeting rooms and more. more...  map

Museums & Galleries

  • Luddy-Taylor Connecticut Valley Tobacco Museum
    135 Lang Road • Windsor, CT 06095
    Located at Northwest Park
    860-285-1888
    A joint project of the Town of Windsor and the Connecticut Valley Tobacco Historical Society, the Luddy-Taylor Connecticut Valley Tobacco Museum features a remodeled existing tobacco curing barn with exhibits of early and modern equipment and a facility housing tobacco-related photographs, writings and other documents. more...  map

  • Mercy Gallery, The
    4 Batchelder Road • Windsor, CT 06095
    The Loomis Chaffee School
    860-687-6030
    Located in the Richmond Art Center, the Sue and Eugene Mercy, Jr. Gallery "is the hub of the visual arts curriculum at Loomis Chaffee." “A wide range of diversity in medium, artistic endeavor, cultural influence and geographic representation” is presented via eight annual exhibits. more...  map

  • Vintage Radio and Communications Museum of CT
    115 Pierson Lane • Windsor, CT 06095
    860-683-2903
    A non-profit organization "dedicated to the preservation of old time communications equipment and to educating the public," the 20,000 square foot Vintage Radio and Communications Museum features an extensive collection of phones, photographs, radios, televisions, motion picture and telephone equipment and vintage advertising and memorabilia. more...  map

  • Windsor Art Center at the Freight House, The
    40 Mechanic Street • Windsor, CT 06095
    At the corner of Central and Mechanics Streets
    860-688-2528
    Encouraging people regardless of race, religion or sex to come together through authentic works of fine art is the main goal of the Windsor Art Center. This non-collecting art center offers changing exhibits of local and regional artists, workshops, and programs throughout the year. more...  map

Parks, Gardens & Zoos

  • Northwest Park
    145 Lang Road • Windsor, CT 06095
    860-285-1886
    A 473-acre, multi-recreational facility operated by the Town of Windsor, Northwest Park features an interpretive nature center, 12 miles of trails, an operational maple sugar house, a gift shop, regularly scheduled programs, the Luddy-Taylor Connecticut Valley Tobacco Museum, live animal exhibits and demonstrations and more. more...  map

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