This unassuming Greek Revival home was built in 1845 by whaling master Stephen Perkins. Over the years, it has been owned by many old Ledyard families.
View from my office on Hurlbutt Road in Gales Ferry.
Land was purchased in 1834 for a Burying Ground on Hurlbutt Road. The Gales Ferry Cemetery Association was formed in 1884. The cemetery, accepted to the National Register of Historic Place, contains the graves of many of Ledyard’s earliest families including Nathan Lester.
The Gales Ferry Free Public Library was officially opened in 1921 with 1789 books. A new library was built in 1974. Both libraries were built with volunteer labor.
The Latham A Brown house is now owned by Yale University and is part of their training facility for rowing races on the Thames River. In 1878 the Yale Harvard Regatta moved to the area and Yale used this home of Latham Brown for the first time. The race remains the oldest collegiate event in the nation and is held each year in June.
Built in 1928, this building served as the parsonage of the Gales Ferry Methodist Church which stood next door. Both the church and the parsonage moved in 1972, after the membership voted to build new facilities. It currently is used as the office of RE/MAX Realty Group.
This home sits prominently on the corner of Sandy Hollow and Whalehead Road. Much of the research on historic homes in Ledyard can be found in the publications of the Ledyard Historic District Commission. Their research indicates this home was at one time used as a hunting lodge as part of the 400 acre Sandy Hollow Game Preserve.
This Gales Fery Village home was originally a Cape Cod style built by sea captain Abel Bolles in 1843. Renovations including the addition of the two dormers were made in the early 1900’s.
This home, built in 1903, is located in Gales Ferry Village where Riverside Place meets the Thames River. It sits on the site of Stephen Hurlbutt’s coopers shop of 1753.
