Samuel Huntington Homestead Museum
RI - Providence, Connecticut, USA
36 Huntington Rd, Scotland, CT 06264, USA
MUSEUM
VISITOR INFORMATION
TICKET REQUIRED
Open the first Saturday of each month, May through October, 11am-3pm.
FREE PUBLIC PARKING
Visits are by guided tour only.
SITE FEATURES
Surviving Structures
Visits concentrate on the limited May-October public open-house dates and arranged programmes. A reliable busiest month within that season is unconfirmed.
May-June or September-October on a confirmed first or third Saturday for the homestead tour and grounds. Arrange another date if it does not match the public calendar.
HISTORIC SITES NEARBY
Nearby Historic Sites
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Landmark
WHO WAS HERE
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John Hanson
Samuel Huntington
About Samuel Huntington Homestead Museum
This was the birthplace and childhood home of Samuel Huntington, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation. Huntington represented Connecticut in the Continental Congress and served as its president during a critical phase of the Revolution. In that office, he presided when the Articles of Confederation took effect in 1781, establishing the first national framework of government for the United States.
Samuel Huntington’s original eighteenth-century birthplace survives as a furnished museum in Scotland, Connecticut. The local historical trust protects the timber house, period rooms, collections, architectural fabric, outbuildings, and rural grounds, interpreting Huntington’s family life and public career through tours and programs.
History happened here at Samuel Huntington Homestead Museum
Samuel Huntington was born in this house in 1731, when the area was still part of Windham. He was self-educated in the law, and was admitted to the bar in 1758. Prior to the American Revolution, Huntington practiced law and served in a variety of legal positions in the Connecticut Colony, including King's attorney, judge, and justice of the peace. He sat in the Connecticut State Legislature from 1775 to 1784, and also sat in the Continental Congress during those same years, serving as the body's president between 1779 and 1781. As a member of the Congress in 1776 he signed the United States Declaration of Independence. He was Governor of Connecticut from 1786 to 1796, the year of his death.
PEOPLE WHO LIVED HERE
Samuel Huntington
PEOPLE WHO DIED HERE
PEOPLE AT REST HERE
EXTERNAL LINKS
huntingtonhomestead.org: https://huntingtonhomestead.org/the-homestead
huntingtonhomestead.org: https://huntingtonhomestead.org/contact
Location note: the museum is in Scotland, Connecticut, not Providence, Rhode Island. Its regular visits are seasonal and limited; consult the museum’s schedule.
Accessed 2026-09-30