Category Archives: History

Raymond Ambler House Groundbreaking

The ceremonial groundbreaking for Phase 3 of the Ambler Farm restoration project occured Friday, Nov. 16. Click here for full article

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Fourth Graders Turn Back the Clock…

For a few hours this week, Wilton fourth graders were transported back in time to the late 18th century, thanks to the Wilton Historical Society. Students from each of Wilton’s fourth grade classes, roughly 300 in all, spent a day at the Historical Society. The program has recently received some support through a grant from...

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Ambler Farmhouse Renovations Phase 2

Ambler Farmhouse Gets Second Facelift – The Wilton Bulletin Work is about to begin on the restoration of the back end of the Raymond-Ambler House at Ambler Farm. First Selectman Bill Brennan joined members of the Friends of Ambler Farm for a ceremonial groundbreaking on Friday, Nov. 16. “The goal is to open the first...

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Wilton’s Ambler Farm Sowing Seeds of Change

In this Wilton Patch article, the first of a two-part series on what’s happening at Ambler Farm, Patch takes a look at how planned renovations of the Raymond Ambler farmhouse will be funded and what the Friends of Ambler Farm—the operating board of the Farm—sees for the future of this town-owned property. Click here to...

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Marking History: Ambler Farm offers a glimpse of Wilton’s agricultural past

By KARA O’CONNOR Villager Staff Writer WILTON – Years of research, documentation and fact verifying has finally paid off for the Drum Hill Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. After an 11 year process, a historic marker was placed at Ambler Farm in Wilton on Sunday afternoon. “Accomplishing this goal took many people...

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