This is a very old photo of part of Trumbull Center. The house I grew up in in in the upper third of the photo, two buildings to the right of center.. You can see five windows or doors of the 1756 portion of the house with the addition to the left. Obviously, right in the front is the old railroad station, tracks and railroad cars. When I was growing up, the track had been long gone but we rode our bikes along the river on the smooth railroad track bed, we walked to Taits Road and then up and down the track bed. We even walked to the Old Swimming Hole farther to the left in the Pequonnock River.
.https://connecticutexplorer.blogspot.com/2013/09/trail-biking-pequonnock-valley-greenway.html
If you read the article in the link above you will read about Old Mine Park. That Park was established when my Grandpa, Alfred Duryee Guion, was First Selectman in Trumbull.
Tomorrow, I will have a picture of the Trumbull House, probably taken in 1923, since it was taken in the summer and Grandpa and Grandma Guion moved in with their 5 children in December of 1922.
Judy Guion
The house was in your family a long time. It’s quirks and history affected your whole family.
Pure Glory, Ys, my family owned the Trumbull house for 99 years and five generations lived in it. The builder of the house, Daniel Hawley, built the original portion as a wedding gift for his daughter. I do not know the name of the family Grandpa bought it from or whether they were members of the Hawley family or anything about any other owners because the Town Hall burned in 1939, destroying all records.
Next weekend, I will have pictures of a hand-built model of the house and the barn with more comments on the changes over the years.
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