The architectural heritage of Connecticut is certainly among the state’s most important attractions – wherever you go in the state, you will see amazing constructions preserved in their original forms and open for the interested public.  There is always building restoration experts hard at work to preserve the historic buildings.

Besides traditional architecture that exemplify the dominant style of e certain era, Connecticut gives home to a lot of “firsts”, “bests” and “onlys”:

• The Buttolph-Williams House features traditional New England design and building technique
• In New Haven you can visit the country’s first agricultural experiment station as well as Yale University’s oldest building
• Hartford has lots of Colonial-style monuments
• In Litchfield you can visit the state’s first historic district.

In the past, Connecticut was the chosen home of many scientists, artists, writers and other important personalities:

• Nobel-prize dramatist Eugene O’Neill lived in New London – his house called Monte Cristo Cottage is open to the public
• Another important American writer, James Merrill also lived in New London county’s Stonington
• 19^th century sculptor John Rogers lived in Fairfield
• Painter and sculptor Frederic Remington lived in Fairfield county, in Ridgefield.

If you like Gothic architecture, you will also find a lot of monuments to visit in Connecticut – Fairfield, Windham and Hartford have lots of beautiful Gothic buildings.