Boothe Memorial Park and Museum Stratford, Connecticut

Boothe Memorial Park and Museum
5800 Main St
Stratford, CT 06614

This 32 acre site was willed to the Town of Stratford following the deaths of the David Beach Booth and Stephen Nichols Boothe. In the 1900's, these two brothers created the Boothe Memorial Museum. The museum maintains a collection of buildings including a carriage house, Americana Museum, miniature lighthouse and windmill, a clocktower museum, a trolley station, a chapel and a blacksmith shop. The original Sikorsky Bridge toll booth from the Merritt Parkway is located on the museum grounds. The Boothe family home was built facing Main Street Putney in the 1820's on today's park's grounds. There are beautiful flower gardens and ponds located on the property. The local astronomical society has a working planetarium on the park's grounds.

Stratford is situated along the coastline of Long Island Sound. Tidal wetlands, beaches, dunes and other coastal resource areas comprise most of the southerly portions of town. The Housatonic River which is a saline environment up to the Sikorsky Bridge (Rt. 15), fringes the east, while the inland waters of the Farmill River delineate the northerly town boundary. These two distinct environments, tidal and inland water resources, are attributes that increase the town’s recreation opportunities. The landscape of Stratford varies greatly, from the beaches and dunes along the Sound to the rolling hills of Farmill River Park and Roosevelt Forest Nature Preserve. This allows residents a high degree of recreational diversity. Some of these opportunities include boating, swimming, fishing (salt and fresh water), hiking, mountain biking, ice skating, birding, and picnicking.

Contact Information

Boothe Memorial Park and Museum
5800 Main St
Stratford, CT 06614

Phone: (203) 381-2046

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