Old Tolland County Courthouse Tolland, Connecticut

Mailing Address

P. O. Box 107
Tolland, CT 06084

Street Address

52 Tolland Green
Tolland, CT 06084

Phone: 860-870-9599
Phone2: 860-872-7818
Email:
Web: pages.cthome.net/tollandhistorical

Museum Hours

'Sunday 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. May through October Wednesday 9:00 a.m. to noon year around By appointment and special events

Admissions

Old Jail and Benton Homestead $2.00 adults during regular open hours. Children and members free. Old Courthouse is free to all. Contributions accepted. Special events may require admissions charge

Description

The society operates three museums: The Daniel Benton Homestead, a 1720 center-chimney home with four fireplaces, original paneling, legends of ghosts. The Old Jail and Museum is an 1856 jail, operated until 1968, and attached 1893 Jailer's home filled with hundreds of fascinating artifacts from Tolland homes, farms and industries. The museum in the Old Tolland County Courthouse is an 1822 courtroom featuring exhibits related to Tolland as county seat. Special Exhibits Check web page for additional description, open hours and events.

History

Tolland Historical Society was organized in 1966, and currently has more than 400 members.

Artifacts Collections

The former Jailer's home in the Old Jail and Museum at 52 Tolland Green displays hundreds of artifacts used in Tolland homes, farms and businesses in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Old Tolland County Courthouse at 53 Tolland Green is furnished as a working courtroom, with exhibit space at the rear. The Daniel Benton Homestead on Metcalf Road contains furniture of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

Research Collections

A small research library, genealogical files related to early Tolland families only, collections of family and business papers. It is located at the society's headquarters in the Old Jail and Museum. Open by appointment, usually open Wednesday 9:00 a.m. to noon.

Services




Publications

Our newsletter, Tolland Times, is published quarterly and mailed to all members.

Programs

Education programs in the museums and at local schools are listed in the web page Education page. The Tolland Museums Education Association includes the society's three museums and the independent Hicks-Stearns Family Museum

Staff

Kathy Bach, Old Jail and Museum-Director
Phone: 860-870-9599
Email:

Barbara Cook, Old Tolland County Courthouse- Director
Phone: 860-870-9599
Email:

Gail White, Daniel Benton Homestead-Director
Phone: 860-974-1875
Email:


Museum Type

History
Historical Society

Governance

Type: Board of Directors



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