Amy Archer-Gilligan House, ca. 1880

In 1907, Amy Archer and her then-husband James Archer moved to Windsor from Newington, CT and purchased the home at 37 Prospect Street, known as the Carleton Homestead. They opened a "Home for the Elderly" and began taking boarders. James Archer died from kidney disease in 1910, and Amy Archer married Michael Gilligan in 1913. Scandal rocked Windsor in 1917 when Amy Archer-Gilligan was charged with murdering boarder Franklin R. Andrews. A number of Gilligan?s boarders had died suspiciously in recent years, and the police believed she was killing them to make room for new customers. Windsor resident and newspaperman Carlan Goslee provided additional investigative resources. Arsenic was found in Andrews? body, and records revealed that Gilligan had purchased arsenic at local stores. A jury found Gilligan guilty of the Andrews murder, and public opinion held that she killed twenty-two other boarders. During a retrial, Amy pled guilty to second degree murder to avoid the death penalty. She spent the rest of her life in state facilities. The play and movie Arsenic and Old Lace is based on her story. In 2011, M. William Phelps wrote a book on the topic, Devil's Rooming House: The True Story of America's Deadliest Female Serial Killer. Copyright 2015 Windsor Historical Society.

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Old Poquonock Burying Ground
Poquonock Bridge
Amy Archer-Gilligan House, ca. 1880
Washington Lodge #70, 1902
Hayden-Thompson Building, ca. 1850
Mullaley Building, ca. 1875
World War II Memorial, ca. 1950
Union Street Fire Station, 1927
Col. James Loomis House, 1822
Mason Building, 1908
Murphy Building, ca. 1875
Old Post Office Building, ca. 1885
Tunxis Theater, 1922
World War I Memorial, 1920 & 1957
Windsor Train Station, 1869-1870
Tobacco Reliefs, 1943
U.S. Post Office, 1963
Windsor Federal Building, 1956
Freight House, ca. 1870
Loomis Fountain, 1903
Windsor Trust Building, 1929
John E. Luddy House, 1921
Veterans of Foreign Wars Building, 1941
Mack Brick Plaque, 1830
Roger Ludlow Plaque, 1914
Windsor Town Hall, 1965-1967
Plaza Building, 1929
Farmington River Railroad Bridge, 1867
Huntington House, 1902
Bart's Restaurant, 1946
To the Patriots of Windsor, 1929
Rev. Reuel Hotchkiss Tuttle House, 1865
Windsor Grist and Saw Mill, ca 1862
Grace Episcopal Church, 1865
Warham Mill Marker, 1933
Col. Oliver Mather House at the Windsor Public Library, 1777
Palisado Cemetery, 1633
St. Gabriel Church, 1916
First Church in Windsor Meetinghouse, 1794
Strong-Howard House, 1757-1830
Rev. William Russell House, 1755
John Mason Statue, 1889 & 1996
Horace Hayden Memorial, 1910
Founders of Windsor Monument, 1930
Pierson House, 1807
Dr. Hezekiah Chaffee House, ca. 1767
Deerfield World War II Honor Roll
Windsor/Deerfield Garden Apartments
Mills House
Capt. Thomas Allyn House
Stanadyne
Samuel and Elijah Mills House
Taylor and Fenn
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Wilson Fire House
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St. Casimir's Lithuanian Society
Elm Grove Chapel, 1894 and Cemetery
Roger Ludlow School
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John Fitch High School
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Joseph Rainey House
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William Best House
Archer Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church
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