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Map 6 · 15 stops
A people-first route connecting Windham Center to Revolutionary leaders, artists, physicians, abolitionists, and other notable residents.
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Original WPI order
17 North Road · 18th century
Eliphalet Dyer served in colonial and Revolutionary politics, including the Stamp Act and Continental Congresses. WPI also highlights Jude Dyer, an enslaved man in Dyer’s household who served as a soldier during the Revolution.
11 North Road · 18th century
A lawyer, militia officer, and prominent Connecticut patriot whose Windham home survives on North Road.
10 Scotland Road · late 18th–early 19th century
Writer, lawyer, judge, congressman, law professor, diplomat, and political figure associated with this historic house.
29 Windham Center Road · 1852–1919
The American Impressionist spent summers in Windham and painted local landscapes; the Baker-Weir House anchors his connection to the village.
17 Windham Center Green · 19th century
A Windham physician associated with the house here and the small surviving office now located at 7 Windham Center Green.
Jerusalem Road · 18th–early 19th century
A prolific local gravestone carver whose work appears across northeastern Connecticut.
Windham Center · historic folklore
The famous Windham frog story became part of the town’s identity. This is a story stop rather than a precise surviving address.
146 Windham Center Road · 18th century
Deacon, county court judge, and member of a prominent Windham family; his home remains on Windham Center Road.
97 Windham Center Road · 17th & 19th centuries
WPI links this site to early settler John Cates and, later, abolitionist and Wide Awakes member Edgar Yergason. The earlier home associated with Cates no longer survives.
17 Windham Center Green · 1744–1804
A Yale-educated Windham civic leader who served in town, church, county, and state roles.
4 Windham Center Road · historic public building
A central public landmark in the 1855 village map and the modern historic district.
27 Plains Road · historic public building
The stone Episcopal church marks another key civic and religious site.
46 Windham Center Road · historic site
The present house stands on a former schoolhouse site shown in WPI’s historic mapping.
6 Scotland Road · historic commercial/public site
The post office occupies a former general-store building on Scotland Road.
More context
Farmer, banker, and president of the Windham National Bank at Willimantic.
WPI identifies her as Windham’s first practicing physician and a descendant of Plymouth governor William Bradford.
WPI notes that land associated with Windham and neighboring towns passed through a 1678 will to a group of settlers.
Former Windham Congregational pastor who became president of Yale College in 1740.
WPI records a 1759 bequest freeing Ginna, described as the first enslaved person freed in Windham County.
Associated with “American Cookery,” the first known cookbook by an American author to be published in the United States.
Received an early U.S. patent for a medicinal pill preparation later known as Dr. Lee’s Windham Bilious Pills.
Father of future president Grover Cleveland; his first ministerial appointment was in Windham.
Sources & further reading
Stop-specific descriptions are adapted from Windham Preservation Inc.’s published tour materials. Supplemental links add context where a reliable external source is available.