A tour of the Samuel Smith House in East Lyme — an outstanding example of a colonial era farmhouse — is being sponsored by the Lyme Public Hall Association as part its exploration of life in 17th century Lyme. Located at 82 Plant’s Dam Rd. in East Lyme, the house will be open on Saturday, July 18, from 2 to 4 pm.
Members of the Friends of the Samuel Smith House will be on hand to tell visitors about the house and the plans to restore the property to a living museum of 17th century farm life.
The tour is one of several events planned by the Lyme Public Hall Association to mark the 350th anniversary of the Loving Parting in 1665 when representatives from the east and west sides of the Connecticut River signed a document confirming the separation of the new “plantation” of East Saybrook from its parent Saybrook Colony. Two years later the new settlement took the name of Lyme, an area which included the present towns of Lyme, Old Lyme, East Lyme and part of Salem.
The Samuel Smith House will also be participating in Open Farm Day from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, July 19.
The Lyme Public Hall Association is dedicated to the appreciation of Lyme’s history, culture, and community through the preservation and use of the historic hall, its archives and historical programs.