The current home of the Trumbull Historical Society is the a house located at 1856 Huntington Turnpike, in the Nichols section of Trumbull. The house was built in 1820 on the property of the Nichols family, land that went back to Abraham Nichols, one of the original founders of the town of Stratford. The last of the family to live in the house was Florence Nichols Woods (died 1973), whose husband, George Woods (died 1972), was president of Bridgeport’s People’s Bank. Their estate was noted for its gardens. The couple left their property to the Nichols Methodist Church. The church did not require the property, so the house and land, known as the Woods Estate, were purchased by the town in 1974. Since 1978 the house has been rented by the Historical Society, while the grounds are now Abraham Nichols Park.
Here are some other historic houses in the neighborhood.
23 Center Road, built in 1806:
1721 Huntington Turnpike, built in 1856:
1727 Huntington Turnpike, built in 1855:
1800 Huntington Turnpike, built in 1906:
1818 Huntington Turnpike, built in 1831:
1832 Huntington Turnpike, built in 1750:
