Glebe House Museum & Garden - Woodbury, Connecticut

Richard Gard

We came after hours just to enjoy the surroundings. Garden and lawn were summer perfect. The structures look to be in maintenance emergency; tarps nailed with strips to the roofing, wood in need of paint or replacement. 2024 has been a very rainy and humid year, and it shows here.

One tree pictured here might be as old as the house. Amazing.

M Batista

I visited the gardens it was 9/21/23 so I wasn’t expecting much. I was actually surprised to see a few flowers. They apologized, because apparently the Garden’s were under construction. The house is only open on Fri Sat Sun. I’m sure the gardens are lovely in the spring and summer.

Nina Pelletier

The man giving the tour was really nice and had a great personality. He had a great sense of humor. Also, the garden was amazing. A picture perfect opportunity.

M. E. Bussey

A wonderful hidden gem. Early Americana home circa 1743 & spectacular English garden by Gertruide Jekyll a early 20th century British horticulturist.

Janet Serra

An authentic Connecticut historic home in one of the oldest inland towns in Connecticut, Woodbury. The house is beautifully preserved and doesn't even have electricity in most of the rooms. It was the home of Rev. John Rutgers Marshall, his wife Sarah, nine children and three slaves from 1771 to 1786 and is furnished with period furniture including a wonderful collection of furniture made in Woodbury during the 18th century. The garden is amazing and is the only extant garden designed by famous British gardener Gertrude Jeykll in the United States. The house is also the place where the first bishop of the American Episcopal Bishop was named. This act assumed the separation of church and state. This is one of the finest and most authentic historic house museums in Connecticut and perhaps New England.

Todd Zagorec

We had the cemetery tour at 5:40pm, which was still light enough to see the gravestones and the actors. It was a lovely evening, which made the experience even better. The costumes were excellent, and the actors played their parts well. We learned some interesting facts about the local "ghosts." The spook alley at the Glebe House was fun, inventive and just spooky enough to have a good scream and a good laugh. We highly recommend both.

Claudia Chapman

The annual cemetery walk and haunted house at Glebe House is a little gem. The walk to the cemetery and the cemetery itself is lined with beautiful farolitos. It always feels as if you've stepped in to a different era, which is very appropriate as we enter the season of honoring the ancestors and all who came before us. You can almost feel the wagons on the road, and the wolves circling round the settlement as the stories of the people whose bone lie nearby are told. Very evocative.

The haunted house is artfully and creatively done. Every year it's different. It isn't mindless gore, but it is great fun. The costumed docents and volunteers do a wonderful job. I especially recommend this for newcomers to Woodbury and the surrounding area so they get a sense of the history of the town.

Allow yourself a full hour and a half to two hours to enjoy the event. Even when your tour is done, it's still nice to enjoy the lanterns on a beautiful autumnal evening when winter is beginning to whistle round the corners of the old houses and churches which surround the glebe.

Well done Glebe House.

Frederick Rountree

One of the nicer, historic homes, in the area. Our docent was very knowledgeable and took the time to show us the house, and answer all of our questions. The gardens outside were very well done. 5-stars all the way. When in the area, don't miss this house!!!