Stratford, Connecticut - Obsolete Toll Booths On Display

A nice place for a picnic. Some of the attractions (models of presidents birth homes/Boothe estate tours/museum) are not open until summer. [Doug Drissel, 04/06/2006]

[RA: Few regions had the forsight to preserve their obsolete highway toll booths. This wooden log model collected coin on Connecticut's Merrit Parkway from 1940-1988.]

In the early 1900's the wacky Boothe brothers decided to put together a park of attractions. Buildings from all over the world were re-constructed and appear haphazardly around the park. The Boothe boys would appear in parades dressed as Uncle Sams and other "interesting" characters. [William M Knapp, 11/12/2000]

Booth Park in Stratford has gardens, historical colonial farm stuff, 3 log toll booths disassembled from the old Milford toll booth, a windmill and a funky clock tower building. And there is a haunted room in one of the houses. The Boothe Brothers who amassed all this treasure were eccentrics to the locals, and left it as a public park, no admission, great picnicing, grassy hilly terrain, a perfect break from a long haul up the East coast. [Alph Winter, 03/07/2000]

My brother Eric just told me about a town park in Stratford — Boothe Park, which, to quote him, "has a group of truly bizarre buildings (including a preserved section of the old toll booth from the Merritt Pkwy bridge spanning the Housatonic). Some of the buildings contain things like a rock/gem collection, etc. Pretty weird." [Marian, 08/29/1998]