Boothe Park

This 32 acre site was willed to the Town of Stratford following the deaths of David Beach Boothe and Stephen Nichols Boothe.  In the 1900's, these two brothers created the Boothe Memorial Museum.  The museum maintains a collection of buildings including a carriage house, Americana Museum, miniature lighthouse and windmill, a clocktower museum, a trolley station, a chapel and a blacksmith shop.  The original Sikorsky Bridge toll booth from the Merritt Parkway is located on the museum grounds.  The Boothe family home was built facing Main Street Putney in the 1820's on today's park's grounds.  There are beautiful flower gardens and ponds located on the property.  The local astronomical society has a working planetarium on the park's grounds.
Links Boothe Memorial Park Boothe Memorial Astronomical Society  Boothe Memorial Railway Society Putney Chapel
Click here for directions to Boothe Park from Stratford Town Hall
Click here for video of the park (requires Realplayer) Click here for a slide show of the Park (requires Realplayer, 5 minutes in length) Click here for a winter slide show of the Park (requires Realplayer, 4.5 minutes in length) Click here for information about Putney Chapel
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Winter in the park
Spring in the park
Merritt Parkway Toll Plaza				Model Train Building
Playground south-end of park				Monk parakeet
Summer in the park
		Photo contributed by Barbara Marsh