A sketch from John Warner Barber's Historical Collections From Every Town in Connecticut shows Mansfield Center in 1836

The Fitch House, built in 1836 by Edwin Fitch, one of Connecticut's early builder/architects, is shown in an 1874 photograph.

Spend two nights at a northeast Connecticut historic inn, the Fitch House B&B, an architecturally significant house built in the Greek Revival style. Guests have the opportunity to learn about the people, houses, gravestones, and early landscapes of colonial Mansfield, CT, founded in 1702. An in-depth guided, walking tour features architectural analyses and historical information about the existing early buildings and the people who inhabited them, all located in the Mansfield Centre Historic District and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Tour includes an ancient burying ground, also on the National Register. Here the Getaway participants can view the artistry of many uniquely carved 18th century gravestones that memorialize the very people whose houses they have seen on the tour.

A picnic lunch will be provided, either to be enjoyed "al fresco", or in the solarium of the elegant Fitch House in Mansfield Center if the weather doesn’t cooperate. The Getaway includes dinner in a nearby restaurant and the "Welcome Gift" of a lovely book entitled Historic Mansfield Center, published in 2002 by the Mansfield Historical Society.

Reservations: (860) 456-0922 or e-mail innkeeper@fitchhouse.com.

Getaway includes:

• 2 night’s accommodation at the elegant Fitch House or at another charming inn/B&B in Connecticut’s Quiet Corner.


• 1 dinner at a nearby restaurant.


• 1 picnic lunch


• Private guided tour of the exteriors of antique houses of Mansfield Center. Tour includes walk through the Old Mansfield Centre Burying Ground with its many 18th century gravestones. (No rubbings allowed).


• Welcome Gift.


• All taxes and gratuities.

Getaway is good any 2 nights from June 1 through September 30, 2008.

We at the Fitch House can accommodate 4-5 people at the stated price. For larger groups we can make arrangements to include nearby B&Bs.

Please call (860) 456-0922 for information and reservations or email us at innkeeper@fitchhouse.com.