Description

by Mary Mitchell and Albert Goodrich

Arranged in four auto tours and one walking tour, Mary and Al have created a convenient book that enables the reader to make five circuits of town which pass most of Newtown’s distinctive pre-1826 houses. The book contains a wealth of detail on early American domestic architecture and on many of the people who built and lived in the town’s earliest homes. The text, composed by Mary Mitchell, was scrupulously researched and contains details about the early history of the town than can be found nowhere else. Al Goodrich’s maps show the hand of an engineer. They are accurate and provide precise locations for some of Newtown’s most stately and humble homes. Printed in two colors, it will enable the reader to easily find his way to the most important examples of early American architecture and, more importantly, find his way back. The text and beautifully printed photographs of all of the tour’s houses are supplemented by a facsimile copy of the 1854 School District map of Newtown on the endpapers.