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62: 836: 48: 87: 847: 257:. The hotel building is a 2-1/2 story wood frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior, set on a raised foundation obscured by latticework. A single-story shed-roofed porch extends across the front, with Italianate square posts rising to jigsawn brackets. The interior retains much of its original layout, with three main public chambers on the first floor, and a corridor providing access to small guest rooms on the second. 94: 69: 265:, is the result of natural sand deposition. Its Italianate features are probably the result of a major update of the property that took place in 1875. In the 1930s, the hotel and surround land were given to the state, which formed the wildlife management and nature preserve areas where it now stands. In 260:
The hotel was built in 1847 by George T. Smith, and provided a seaside vacation experience to travelers arriving on the recently completed railroad which ran along the coast. This type of small boarding house was once a common sight on Connecticut's coast, but is now rarely seen. Its current
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The former Milford Point Hotel is located near the tip of
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Milford Point Hotel is located in Connecticut
Milford Point Hotel is located in the United States
Milford, Connecticut
41°10′33″N 73°6′7″W / 41.17583°N 73.10194°W / 41.17583; -73.10194 (Milford Point Hotel)
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Milford, Connecticut
National Register of Historic Places
Connecticut Audubon Society Coastal Center at Milford Point
Milford Point
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Long Island Sound
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National Register of Historic Places listings in New Haven County, Connecticut


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