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Litchfield Bantam & Morris 4 MAIL-A-MAP® 15 USINESS IRECTORY B D STREET MAP Clothing Store Merritt Clarke’s Store—1101 Bantam Rd., Bantam 860-567-9221 OF Furniture C.P. Farmhouse—23 West St., Litchfield 860-361-9355 LITCHFIELD Hardware True Value of Bethlehem—101 Main St. South, Bethlehem BANTAM 203-266-5262 True Value of Litchfield—348 Bantam Rd., Litchfield 860-567-7762 HISTORIC BUILDINGS AND OTHER POINTS OF INTEREST & MORRIS 1 Alexander Catlin House 1778 25 Litchfield Historical Society and Museum WALKING TOUR OF HISTORIC LITCHFIELD Hospital 2 Site of Beecher Homestead 1775 26 Charles G. Bennett House 1814 Charlotte Hungerford Hospital—540 Litchfield St., Torrington 3 Lynde Lord House 1771 27 Bissell-Colvocoresses House 1817 860-496-6666 4 Site of Miss Pierce’s School 1792 28 Beckwith House 1819 Kitchen & Bath Design Store 5 Oliver Boardman (Lord) House 1785 29 St. Michael’s Episcopal Church 1920 Litchfield Hills Kitchen & Bath—154 New Milford Tpk., New Preston 6 Dr. Daniel Sheldon House 1785 30 “The Sanctum” 1819-20 7 Colonel Tallmadge House 1784 31 Moses Seymour House 1807 860-868-2007 HISTORIC 8 Sheldon’s Tavern 1760 32 Benjamin Hanks House 1780 Liquor Store 9 Dr. Reuben Smith House 1770 33 Samuel Seymour House 1784 - LITCHFIELD Bantam Country Liquors—919 Bantam Rd., Bantam 860-567-8809 10 Benjamin Tallmadge House 1775 now Episcopal Rectory HARBOR PUBLICATIONS, INC. 11 Julius Deming House 1793 34 St. Anthony of Padua Roman MAIL-A-MAP STREET MAPS Lodging Catholic Church 1948 P.O. BOX 883 • MADISON, CT 06443 12 First National Bank 1814 The Litchfield Inn—432 Bantam Rd., Litchfield 860-567-4503 35 Tapping Reeve House 1773 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. REPRODUCTION IN WHOLE OR 14 Town Office Building 1961 IN PART BY ANY MEANS IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED 36 Oliver Wolcott, Sr. House 1753 15 Former Litchfield County Jail 1812 COPYRIGHT 2020 Music School 37 Litchfield Law School 1784 16 Corner House 1792 ABC Music School—18 Commons Dr., Litchfield 860-618-2367 38 Oliver Wolcott Jr. House 1799 17 John Collins House 1782 Oliver Wolcott Library 1967 18 Apothecary Shop & Office, Dr. Smith 1781 39 Ephraim Kirby House 1773 Nursing Home, Retirement & Assisted Living Facility 19 Timothy Skinner House 1787 - 40 Ozias Lewis House 1806 Fernwood Rest Home, Inc.—400 Torrington Rd., Litchfield TO: now Congregational Parsonage 41 West Cemetery 860-567-9558 20 First Congregational Church 1829 42 Ethan Allen Homestead 1736 Pet Supplies 21 East Cemetery (At lower end Old South Rd.) Litchfield Pet Supply—583 Bantam Rd., Bantam 860-567-7737 22 United Methodist Church 1885 23 St. Paul’s Masonic Lodge - “SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BUSINESSES” former Methodist Church 1836 Place of Worship 24 Former Litchfield County Court House 1798 St. Michael’s of Litchfield—25 South St., Litchfield 860-567-9465 20 Realtor 1 E.J. Murphy Realty, LLC—39 West St., Litchfield 860-567-0813 Gooseboro Realty—1291 Bantam Rd., Litchfield 860-567-4770 Restaurants Bantam Pizza—768 Bantam Rd., Bantam 860-567-3357 Bohemian Pizza and Tacos—342 Bantam Rd., Litchfield 860-567-3980 Hometown Pizza—250 West St., Litchfield 860-567-0800 Litchfield Pizza—491 Bantam Rd., Litchfield 860-567-2556 1 Veterinarian Northwest Corner Veterinary Hospital—646 Bantam Rd., Bantam 860-567-0766 Andre Dr D7 Circle Dr D3 Scenic View Dr E7 Warren Litchfield Rd 3 4 *Apple La C4 Circle Dr Ext D3 LITCHFIELD STREET INDEX Schoolhouse Rd D7 A1-B1 5 Fern Av B5-C5 *Highmark Rd D5 Little Pitch Rd D5 Newton Rd D7-E7 Penfield Dr E7-F8 Avalon La D1 Clark Rd A6-B6 *Sears Dr E7 W Morris Rd D2 *Floren Pond Dr B3 *Hilltop La E8 Litwin Rd B2-B3 Norfolk Rd A5-B4 Perkins Rd B6 *Cobble Ct C4 Sedgewick La C5 Webster Rd D4 *Forman Henderson *Holly House Ct C5 *Losee Dr F7 North St B4-C4 Pine View La D1 Baldwin Hill Rd *Colleoni Dr D3 Seelye Rd F7 Week Rd D7 Dr B5 Hopkins 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C2 Osborn Rd B4 A7-D1 *Carriage La B3-B4 E Litchfield Rd S B7 *Berthiaume Pswy F2 *E Morris La F5 John Weik Rd F2 Senff Rd F1 *Westover La E3 A2-A3 *Lincoln Pl B5 *Osborn La B4 Russell St C4 E Shore Rd F3-E4 North St E4-F4 *Shady La E3 Case Rd C3 *Emerson Ct C4 *Valley Rd C1-D1 *Birch Hill Rd F2 W Morris Rd D2-F2 Esthers La Ext E4 Kenyon Rd F2 N Terrell Farm Rd F4 Slab Meadow Rd E5 Hickory Hill Dr F7 Lipeika Rd C5 Naser Rd B6-C6 *Boucher Pswy D3 *Willow La D3 Cathole Rd B2-C2 Ethan Allen Dr A5 Vanderpoel Av C3 *Brunetto Grove D3 Esthers Rd E4 Smokey Hollow Rd E2 *Wonposet Pswy E3 Hidden Pond La A3 *Litchfield Hollow A4 Page Rd A1 Sally Burr Rd A6-B5 *Chase Dr C6 *Village Green Dr C4 Burgess Rd E2 *Evans Pswy E3 *Lake Forest Pswy E3 *Oak Dr D3 *S Bay Rd E3 Woodward Rd F5 High Bridge Rd D3 *Litchfield Pond Rd Newcomb Rd *Palmer Pl C2 *Sarcka La B4 *Evergreen Pswy F2 Lakeside Rd F2 South St F4 Chestnut Hill Rd Fenn Rd E7-E8 *Lakeside Pswy E3 Palmer Dr E3 Stoddard Rd D2-E2 Highland Av D3 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