Nathan Hale Homestead

National Register Of Historic Places · Coventry, Connecticut

The farmhouse the Hale family finished in 1776, the year their son Nathan was hanged by the British at twenty-one for spying, and the house Connecticut built its state hero story around. Nathan never lived in this building - it went up while he was away at war and he died before he could come home to it - which is the fact that makes the visit stranger and better than a straightforward shrine. Deacon Richard Hale raised twelve children here and the house still holds family possessions, including objects that belonged to Nathan himself. It sits on a working farmstead at the edge of the Nathan Hale State Forest with barns, fields and trails around it, and a farmers market runs on the lawn in season. The famous last words are probably a paraphrase of Addison Cato, which the guides will tell you, and it does not spoil anything. The grounds and the state forest behind them are free and open all year, which matters here, because the house itself keeps a short season in a corner of the state with nothing else open to fall back on.

2299 South Street, Coventry, Coventry, Connecticut, 06238, United States

SEASONAL and short-week. Open roughly from late spring to mid autumn, commonly Wednesday or Friday through Sunday, with the interior by guided tour at set times. Closed through the winter apart from announced events. The GROUNDS, the farm buildings and the surrounding state forest trails are open free and year round. A seasonal farmers market runs on the lawn. Confirm the season before travelling.

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