A big thank-you to guest blogger Meg Furtado for her great post.
Old Wethersfield, CT, boasts many beautiful and historic houses, and one to visit is definitely the Hurlbut-Dunham House, owned by the Wethersfield Historical Society. The house is located 212 Main St. in Wethersfield (next to the Keeney Center) and will be open every Saturday and Sunday afternoon in December for holiday tours.
The house was built in 1790 and changed hands several times before it was purchased by Silas Robbins in 1875. Silas’s son Elisha and his wife Ida moved in in 1879 and lived here with their daughter Jane for many years. The house is furnished in the late Victorian/early Edwardian style, and the majority of the artifacts within are originals belonging to the family.
The Wethersfield Historical Society offers free tours of the Hurlbut-Dunham House from May to October every year, on Saturdays and Sundays. However, the house is open for tours during the holiday season to give guests an idea of the splendor and elegance of Victorian Christmases. The house is decorated as Elisha and Ida might have arranged it in the late 1800’s, complete with a Victorian Christmas tree, a relatively new concept at the time. The later addition to the house, the 1930’s kitchen, is styled to represent later Christmases, where an adult Jane would have baked cookies with her elderly mother Ida.
Tours at the Hurlbut-Dunham house begin at 1 PM on Saturdays and Sundays, December 5-6, 12-13, and 19-20. A grand Christmas opening will be held during the Wethersfield Chamber of Commerce’s Holidays on Main celebration on Thursday, December 3rd, from 5-8 PM. No photography is permitted inside the house. There is no charge for a tour; however, a goodwill donation to benefit the Historical Society is greatly appreciated.
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