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Historic Bethel

A walk through the historic district: St. Thomas's, the Square, the Methodist church, Byrd's Books, the Barnum statue and the library.

6Places
7Min on foot

Greenwood Avenue

Included in Phase 1 Day plans are itinerary records the Town writes, orders and publishes in WordPress. Every leg is measured, with a walking or driving directions link.

A hand-tinted postcard of Fountain Place, Bethel: Barnum's fountain in its round basin, Seymour's Cash Grocery behind it
Fountain Place, now P.T. Barnum SquareDanbury Art Store · Public domain

  1. Saint Thomas Episcopal Church

    Places of WorshipGreenwood Avenue

  2. Walk 480 ft, about 2 min via Greenwood Avenue

    Walking directions to P. T. Barnum Square

  3. P. T. Barnum Square

    Parks & OutdoorsGreenwood Avenue

    A small triangular park laid out in 1881 as Fountain Place, renamed for the showman in 1928, with Ernest Moore Viquesney's bronze Doughboy at its center.

    P.T. Barnum Square, a small triangular park with paved paths, benches and mature trees
    P.T. Barnum Square, a small triangular park with paved paths, benches and mature trees.Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0

  4. Walk 290 ft, about 1 min via Greenwood Avenue

    Walking directions to Bethel United Methodist Church

  5. Bethel United Methodist Church

    Historic Sites141 Greenwood AvenueGreenwood Avenue

    The district's only church, built 1861, mixing a Greek Revival cornice, Italianate windows and a Gothic Revival tower.

    The United Methodist Church at 141 Greenwood Avenue, its tower capped by a gold-leaf dome
    The United Methodist Church at 141 Greenwood Avenue, its tower capped by a gold-leaf dome.Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0

  6. Walk 410 ft, about 2 min via Greenwood Avenue

    Walking directions to Byrd's Books

  7. Byrd's Books

    Arts & Culture178 Greenwood AvenueGreenwood Avenue

    An independent bookstore in an Italianate building from about 1860.

    Call 203-730-2973

  8. Walk 30 ft, about 1 min via Greenwood Avenue

    Walking directions to P.T. Barnum

  9. P.T. Barnum

    Public ArtGreenwood Avenue

  10. Walk 20 ft, about 1 min via Greenwood Avenue

    Walking directions to Bethel Public Library

  11. Bethel Public Library

    Arts & Culture189 Greenwood AvenueGreenwood Avenue

    The town library, in the Seth Seelye House, built about 1842 and listed on the National Register.

    P.T. Barnum in bronze, top hat raised, on the summer lawn in front of the Seth Seelye House's white columns
    P.T. Barnum in bronze on the library lawn

Hours change by season, so check with each place before you set out. Drive times are estimates.

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Outdoor Adventure Day

Trails and ponds at Huntington State Park in the morning, Stephenson Preserve on the way back, lunch on the Square, and Meckauer Park after.

4Places
18Min by car

Shopping Experience

Caraluzzi's for wine and groceries, used paperbacks, new books at Byrd's, Ace Hardware and La Placita market.

6Places
18Min on foot

Weekend in Bethel

The avenue and a film on Saturday, dinner and a hotel on Stony Hill Road, and Huntington State Park on Sunday morning.

7Places
17Min on foot
31Min by car