Historical Maps of Guilford
Bailey’s Bird's-Eye Map of Guilford, 1881
Several small factories with smokestacks - the manufactory of I.S. Spencer's Sons, the Guilford Canning Company, and the Guilford Enterprise Company – and the Henry Whitfield House are pictured in vignettes.
School District Map of the Town of Guilford 1868
Each school district is colorized. This map is a color version of the same map from 1850. Altitude heights are show. Many now obsolete property names are given, such as: Cherry Hill, Mount View, The Maples, Fairview, Birghen, Pleasant Dale, Maple Row, Walnut Grove House, Sea Side Home, Mulberry Farm, Sea Side House, Cooks Point, Mount Pleasant, Clear Brook Farms, and Fowler & Colburn Fish Oil Works, as well as East River Ship Yard and H. Ives Boarding House. An original copy is present at the Thomas Griswold House Museum.
Guilford Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, 1884 to 1901
These highly detailed maps provide building, outbuilding, and property footprints, labeled streets, addresses and information about building materials and construction features for urban and residential areas in Guilford.
Maps of the Trolley Tracks across Guilford
Maps located in the Guilford Free Library (Nettleton Historical Room)
Borough of Guilford Map by D. H. Hurd, 1893
The "Guildford Borough Map” shows the center part of town. It features streets, buildings, the railroad and landmarks still present today, such as the Guilford Soldier Monument, Alderbrook Cemetery and St. George's Church. It is a detailed, hand-colored lithograph. The map is part of the “Town and City Atlas of the State of Connecticut”, which was compiled from government surveys, county records, and on-site investigations. Published by D.H. Hurd & Co., 1893
Beer's Map of Guilford Borough with places of business, 1868
A colorized copy hangs on the wall in the Thomas Griswold House Museum. A black & white version is located at the Medad Stone Tavern Museum.
The Guilford Green is designated as a “Park”. The Thomas Griswold House, 174 Boston Str., is referred to as “Elm Hall”. The “Old Elm Tree” is shown in its approximate location. “Mosquito Lane” is currently Meadow Street. “Harbor Street” now Whitfield Street.
This insert map was part of the Beer's Atlas map of the entire town.
Ullrich’s 1961 Map of Guilford
The M. K. Ullrich 1961 map of Guilford is a wonderful early public hand-out street map of Guilford. It differentiates between main roads, secondary roads and other roads. It’s names many harbors, bays, rocks, beaches, points, hills, bluffs, mountains, ponds, lakes, swamps, brooks, rivers, streams, etc.
Original Home Allotments, downtown Guilford, 1640
Names of original property owners with the amount of acreage are shown as well as old street names. Slightly enhanced from the Guilford Free Library collection’s copy.
Charles Hubbard's map of the Green
The layout of the Green as it would have appeared, circa 1820. Sketch designed and drawn by Charles Hubbard.
Tuttle's Handwritten Map of Original Allotments, Guilford downtown, 1640 to 1735
Map shows the Original Allotments in Guilford and succession of owners from 1640 to 1735. The original was discovered among papers of the late Joel Tuttle (1792 – 1855) and most likely was the result of his careful research. Presented by Mrs. Henry Elliot Fowler, genealogist, 2 Fair St. The original handwritten map is in the collection of the Henry Whitfield State Museum.
Tuttle's Map of Original Allotments, Guilford downtown, 1640 to 1735 - Transcribed
The map is a transcribed copy of a reproduction of the original handwritten map that was found among papers of the late Joel Tuttle (1792 – 1855) and most likely was the result of his careful research. The original handwritten map is in the collection of the Henry Whitfield State Museum.
Irvine's Map of the Town of Guilford, 1852
A large scale, hand-colored lithographed wall map, linen-backed in the Guilford Free Library. Relief is shown by hachure lines. It includes an ancillary map of the 'Village of Guilford', and 11 vignette views of prominent buildings.
Vignette views of prominent buildings from
Irving's Map of 1852
Joel Helander's Map of Clapboard Hill Area, 1968
Same as the handwritten map above, but transcribed.
Published by the Clapboard Hill Newspaper, Joel E. Helander, 1968, Guilford, Connecticut
Map showing the property owned by the Knowles-Lombard Co., Guilford CT as of July 30, 1924
This map shows the property once owned by the Knowles-Lombard canning company in 1924 between Boston Street (at bottom of map) and Goose Lane (top right of map), before Route 1 and Interstate 95 were put through. The map was delineated by JHF Clark surveyor, Madison Conn. Several original copies of the map are known to exist. This one was acquired by the Keeping Society in 1965. It was found in the found in the attic of the Thomas Griswold house Museum by Pat Lovelace and John Plant in 2016. A clean digital version was prepared for viewing by the Guilford Keeping Society Library Committee (Oct 2025). Locations of current roads (Boston St., Goose Lane, Rt. 1 and Rt. 95) are superimposed on to the Knowles map.
Guilford Center, Lois North map, 1947
Lois North delineated the map using quills from her geese in 1947. It identifies many houses by name and date that were built between 1639 and 1810, later houses are unnamed. Streets have their present names. One copy was donated by Carl Balestracci Jr. and is located at the Medad Stone Tavern. Another copy is at the Thomas Griswold House Museum.
Map of Trolley Tracks (select maps)
From Jacobs Lane, Water St., Boston St. to Graves Ave. From the Guilford Free Library.
Boy Scout Map of
Medad Stone Tavern Property, Boy Scout Cabin & Nearby Trails, 1933
Delineated by A. Watrous, L. Thurston, B. Lukins and A. Goodspeed.
Original in Medad Stone Tavern Museum
