Gungywamp is an archaeological site in Groton, known for its stone chambers and double circle of stones. The builders of these structures and their function has yet to be definitively established. Old Gungywamp is a colonial saltbox house. It was built around 1670 near the Thames River in Groton, not far from the Gungywamp complex. It is also known as the Wood-Allyn House. In the 1920s, it was acquired by Elmer D. Keith, an antiquarian who was later the director of the WPA Federal Writer’s Project Census of Old Buildings in Connecticut and author of Some Notes on Early Connecticut Architecture (1938). In 1945, he moved Old Gungywamp from Groton to its current location at 892 Clintonville Road in Wallingford.
Old Gungywamp (1670)
Gentlemen, or ladies as the case may be,
We, my wife and I with our brand new daughter, spent the winter of 1946 / 47 as residents of the house known as Gungywamp at 892 Clintonville rd (my recollection is that it was then Pond Hill Rd), Wallingford, Ct. It has long been my understanding that that house was accidentally lost by fire but I have never discovered the time that this unfortunate event occurred.
Do you happen to have that information at hand or can you suggest a source that I might contact ?
Respectfully yours,
Charles E. (Chuck ) Oliver
As far as I know the house is still there.
Chuck,
Please contact me through my facebook page : https://www.facebook.com/jgweekes
I can answer any question about Old Gungywamp.
Sandy Weekes July 14, 2022