Town historian Joel Helander, Guilford Preservation Alliance President Shirley Girioni, and Guilford Keeping Society President Winnie Seibert in front of the Thomas Griswold House.
Letter to the GPA from Grace Zimmer, President of Hyland House:
We are very excited to share the news that the Guilford Preservation Alliance is awarding $7000 in grants to support the recent dendrochronologystudy done at the Hyland House and to fund studies at the Guilford Keeping Society’s Thomas Griswold House and at Guilford’s “Pest House.”
For those of us who cherish Guilford’s rich history, it was thrilling to learn that when Guilford’s school children celebrate Early Guilford Days at the Hyland House, they are experiencing hands-on history in a house built in 1713 out of trees that had been growing since 1492. Not many towns can boast such a deep history!
Now the scientists at the Oxford Dendrochronology Laboratory will be turning their attention to one of the first houses built by the Griswolds in this area and to what may be the last remaining “pest house” in the United States. You can read more about these two houses and the upcoming study here.
We are very grateful to the Guilford Preservation Alliance for their support.
Regards,
Grace Zimmer
Hyland House President
