The reportedly haunted Daniel Benton Homestead in Tolland, Connecticut. This three-centuries-old home has seen a lot of human activity, but it was a tragic event that took place in the winter of 1777 between two star-crossed lovers caught between a war and a deadly virus that still haunts us today.
Details on the history of the place and the legend: ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-196-the-haunted-homestea...
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The reportedly haunted Daniel Benton Homestead in Tolland, Connecticut. This three-centuries-old home has seen a lot of human activity, but it was a tragic event that took place in the winter of 1777 between two star-crossed lovers caught between a war and a deadly virus that still haunts us today.
Details on the history of the place and the legend: ournewenglandlegends.com/podcast-196-the-haunted-homestea...
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"The 'Kitchen Bedroom' in the 1720 Daniel Benton Homestead"
Tolland, CT
August 2023
There used to be a wall enclosing this small bedroom known as the "kitchen bedroom". Just to the left of the camera and out of view is the kitchen table and fireplace.
Some info on the kitchen bedroom (what would definitely seem like an old place in a modern house by today's standards):
- The kitchen bedroom was a small room with a bed.
- It was usually used by someone who was sick enough that they needed to be in bed.
- The room was right next to the kitchen so that the girls and women could take care of the sick person.
- Sometimes, when no one is sick, one of the older children could sleep in the bed - all by themselves.
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The 1720 Daniel Benton Homestead
Tolland, CT
About the Daniel Benton Homestead Museum:
Six generations of the Benton family lived here and farmed the land. Daniel Benton’s sons served in the French and Indian War; five of his grandsons answered the Lexington Alarm and fought in the Revolutionary War. Purchased from the family in 1932 by Florrie Bishop Bowering, a radio personality and dietician at the University of Connecticut, it was occupied by her until her death in 1968. The house came into the possession of the Tolland Historical Society through the generosity of the next owners, Charles B. Goodstein and William A Shocket, in 1969, and was opened as a museum the following year.
Although minor changes were made to the house over the years, it remains much the same as it was in Daniel Benton’s time. A full cape with an ell, its exterior is repainted in the original colors.
The hall, reflecting the earliest construction, boasts a beautifully paneled fireplace wall, stained and grained to simulate walnut, as is the wide-board feather-edged sheathing on the other three walls. Paneling in the parlor has been repainted in the oPeters' Corps at Bentonriginal light Prussian blue. Repairs to both chimneys have returned the five fireplaces to usable condition. Work on the center chimney exposed the original walk-in fireplace with rear bake oven in the kitchen, which has been restored. The cellar, which has another large cooking fireplace, was used to house Hessian and English prisoners for eighteen months during the Revolutionary War.
The Daniel Benton Homestead Museum tells the story of 18th century Tolland through the lives of the first three generations of Bentons to live in it.
For more information, call Director Gail Usher at 860-974-1875.
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The 1720 Daniel Benton Homestead
Tolland, CT
About the Daniel Benton Homestead Museum:
Six generations of the Benton family lived here and farmed the land. Daniel Benton’s sons served in the French and Indian War; five of his grandsons answered the Lexington Alarm and fought in the Revolutionary War. Purchased from the family in 1932 by Florrie Bishop Bowering, a radio personality and dietician at the University of Connecticut, it was occupied by her until her death in 1968. The house came into the possession of the Tolland Historical Society through the generosity of the next owners, Charles B. Goodstein and William A Shocket, in 1969, and was opened as a museum the following year.
Although minor changes were made to the house over the years, it remains much the same as it was in Daniel Benton’s time. A full cape with an ell, its exterior is repainted in the original colors.
The hall, reflecting the earliest construction, boasts a beautifully paneled fireplace wall, stained and grained to simulate walnut, as is the wide-board feather-edged sheathing on the other three walls. Paneling in the parlor has been repainted in the oPeters' Corps at Bentonriginal light Prussian blue. Repairs to both chimneys have returned the five fireplaces to usable condition. Work on the center chimney exposed the original walk-in fireplace with rear bake oven in the kitchen, which has been restored. The cellar, which has another large cooking fireplace, was used to house Hessian and English prisoners for eighteen months during the Revolutionary War.
The Daniel Benton Homestead Museum tells the story of 18th century Tolland through the lives of the first three generations of Bentons to live in it.
For more information, call Director Gail Usher at 860-974-1875.
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