Fitness Walks with a Historic Twist at Pardee-Morris House
*The event has already taken place on this date: Sat, 08/17/2019
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Did you know in 1904, Lighthouse Point was first developed as a “suburban resort” with “all the requisites of a summer home beside the sea?" This summer enjoy a guided tour with more fascinating facts from New Haven’s shoreline history while keeping fit! Join Shana Schneider, founder of the Fitstyle Your Life approach to fitness, to explore “The Cove” on this briskly paced Fitstyle tour on Saturday, August 17, at 9:30 a.m. The rain date is the following day at noon.Tickets are $10 and available here: https://connect.fitstylebyshana.com/register/nhvmuseum.
Morris Cove is a special place with a unique character, and worth rediscovering. Schneider’s route is so interesting walkers may forget they’re exercising. She’ll keep the pace to about a 20-minute mile, leaving from the Pardee-Morris House, which was built circa 1750 and burned by the British during their raid on New Haven in 1779.
Along the two-mile route walkers will get fitness tips and historic highlights from Schneider while passing notable sites such as Lighthouse Point Park, which provides several points of interest on the tour. It was home to one of the most elaborate baseball parks in New England, where the former New Haven Colonials challenged the Boston Red Sox to a post-season game involving two of the greatest baseball legends, Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb, in 1916.
The Butterfly Garden at Lighthouse Point Park is an urban oasis for migrating butterflies, and the Bird Sanctuary area an important “rest stop” for migrating birds that has been called one of the best places in New England to see migrating hawks and other birds.
Nearby is the Lighthouse Park Carousel, one of 100 antique carousels still operating, New Haven’s carousel comes complete with dragons, a camel (one of three in the world!) and a miniature George Washington “conducting” the music.
The Museum thanks UI/Lighting Up the Arts; The Howard Gilman Foundation; East Shore Management Team; DeCola Family; Knights of Columbus, Rodrigo Council #44; and Morris Cove neighbors for supporting the 2019 summer season.
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