Several historic homes line The Green on the Broad Street side: Taylor Memorial Library 5 Broad Street Gifted to the town by local philanthropist MARYALICE MANNING(3)
Henry Taylor in 1895 as a memorial to his mother, the imposing fieldstone, red sandstone, and yellow brick “Richardsonian Romanesque” building features a conical turreted roof, massive arches, detailed masonry, and jalousie windows. For many years, it
Above: The Taylor Memorial Library at 5 Broad Street.
housed the Milford Regional Chamber of
Below: The Eells-Stow House is believed to be the oldest complete house in Milford, dating to circa 1700.
Commerce.
Charles Hobby Pond House
Simon Lake House/ Smith Funeral Home
69 Broad Street
135 Broad Street
Pond, who served Connecticut’s Lieutenant
From 1935-2020, this was known as The
Governor (1850-1853) and Governor (1853-1854)
Smith Funeral Home. It was built in 1853
was born in Milford in 1781. His pre-Civil War
by Daniel Buckingham Jr. for Judge John
period Greek Revival house, built in 1845,
Fowler, who later remodeled it to resemble
became the Cody-White Funeral Home in 1956.
an Italianate villa. Simon Lake, the father of the modern submarine, purchased it in 1900, adding a laboratory behind the main residence.
Milford Historical Society
the Revolutionary War, their son, Captain Stephen Stow, gave his life while nursing
34 High Street
200 smallpox-stricken American soldiers. In
The Wharf Lane Complex is the next stop on
1930, the house was saved from destruction
our tour. The non-profit MSH maintains three
by the Freelove Baldwin Stow Chapter of the
historic houses here, on a street that once ran
D.A.R. and has been impeccably maintained
from the town dock to the Green. All three
since then.
homes are filled with 18th century locally sourced furniture, collectibles, and artwork.
The Eells-Stow House (c.1700)
The Clark-Stockade House (c. 1780) This house was originally built in the vicinity of Milford Hospital in 1659 by Deacon George
Believed to be the oldest house in Milford,
Clark. It was the first Milford house situ-
The three houses that comprise the Milford
it passed from Col. Samuel Eells to his son
ated outside the stockade which protected
Historical Society complex are situated on Wharf
Nathaniel who later sold it to Stephen Stow
colonists from Native American attacks.
Lane, a nod to the nautical area it calls home.
(husband to Freelove Baldwin). During
Records indicate builder Michael Peck, (with
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