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Manchester Historical Society


category : Historic Homes
Cheney Homestead (c.1785), home of Timothy Cheney, clockmaker, and birthplace of the brothers who founded the silk industry. Features gallery of engravings, portraits, quilts, grandfather clocks, antique furniture. The Keeney Schoolhouse, 1751 one-room school.


Admission: Adults $2, children (12 and under) free.
Address: 106 Hartford Rd.
Phone: (860) 647-9983

Come visit us in Manchester, Connecticut

Attractions and Upcoming Events

The Mansion Inn B&B

Once mansion home to the Cheneys, Connecticut's silk barons, listed on the National Register of Historic Places and located in Historic District. Five rooms, fireplace, private bath, a/

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Courtyard by Marriott

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Super 8 Motel

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Things to do Historic Homes near Manchester, CT

Amasa Day House

A Federal style house (1816) remained in the hands of Day's heirs until 1967. Furnished primarily with Day family possessions...

Sarah Whitman Hooker Homestead

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Manchester Historical Society

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Welles Shipman Ward House (c.1755)

Cited by the U.S. Dept. of the Interior as possessing 'exceptional architectural interest.' Antique horse-drawn vehicles, 18t...

Wadsworth Mansion

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