840 Prospect Street, Hamden, Connecticut: Erected in 1933, this Tudor style mansion boasts six bedrooms and five bathrooms. While the house has 4,570…
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Maps of Connecticut: Bristol The City of Bristol is located in Hartford County, and its boundaries include the neighborhoods of Federal Hill,…
“For nearly two hundred years after the first white settlement here in 1648, the area east of the Saugatuck River belonged to the…
James Farm Road Bridge, Stratford, Connecticut: In 1940, residents of Stratford feared a proposed route of the Merritt Parkway by the Connecticut Highway…
Connecticut Air & Space Center, Stratford, Connecticut: Located next to Igor I. Sikorsky Memorial Airport is a museum dedicated to the history of...
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Stoddard House, Newington, Connecticut: This abandoned house was first built in 1844. The Italianate home at 43 Chapman Street was once the home…
“This community was settled in 1648 as Pochong, an Indian word meaning at the confluence of two rivers, the Pochoug and the Menunketesuck,…
95 Van Buren Avenue, West Hartford, Connecticut: Erected in 1930, this modified Colonial Revival mansion features six bedrooms, four and a half bathrooms…
2150 Chapel Street, New Haven, Connecticut: This single-family fortress in Westville was built in 1937. The mansion is 7,272 square feet on 1.4…
Wadsworth Mansion, Middletown, Connecticut: This Gilded Age estate was built for Colonel Clarence S. Wadsworth and his wife Katharine Fearing Hubbard. They commissioned…
Octagon House, Danbury, Connecticut: At 21 Spring Street is an octagon-shaped house built in 1852. In its heyday the home was the grandest…
Meriden City Hall, Meriden, Connecticut: On East Main Street, Meriden’s first town hall was erected in 1854, costing $60,000. Following its dedication in…
North Grosvenordale Mill, Thompson, Connecticut: On the banks of the French River and parallel to Connecticut Route 12 is a beautiful old mill…
Maps of Connecticut: East Haddam Notable places: Amasa Day House – historic museum on Plains Road. Boardman House – built in 1860 as…
Baldwin House, Milford, Connecticut: This Greek Revival style house at 67 Prospect Street has a unique backstory. When a doctor and his wife…
A part of Indian land bought in 1638 for New Haven, North Haven was incorporated in 1786. The center area was settled in 1670…
Huckleberry Hill Bridge, Avon, Connecticut: Built in 1968, this pedestrian covered bridge crosses over the manmade pond and waterfall at Countryside Park.
Goodspeed Opera House, East Haddam, Connecticut: Goodspeed Opera House is a historic and cultural landmark along the Connecticut River. It was built in…
Nathan Hale Homestead, Coventry, Connecticut: At 2299 South Street is the boyhood home of Captain Nathan Hale, the 21 year old American spy…
The Bristol Company, Waterbury, Connecticut: At 40 Bristol Street in the Platts Mills neighborhood of Waterbury lie remnants of a forgotten factory complex…
Washington Trail Marker, Wallingford, Connecticut: A brownstone historical marker and plaque commemorate two visits by George Washington as General of the Continental Army…
Asylum Street, Hartford, Connecticut: View on Instagram: https://instagr.am/p/Cn5uYvlsq8_/
Corning Fountain, Hartford, Connecticut: On the Horace Bushnell Promenade, in Bushnell Park is an ornate fountain dating back to 1899. It was commissioned…
James Dwight Dana House, New Haven, Connecticut: At 24 Hillhouse Avenue is one of Yale’s many historic buildings. This Italianate home was designed…
First Congregational Church, Bethel, Connecticut: Bethel’s first meetinghouse was organized in 1759 on Main Street when Captain Ebenezer Hickok donated land for a…
1 1 The Sherman Building, New Haven, Connecticut: On Chapel Street is the upscale restaurant Union League Cafe...
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Christ Church Cathedral, Hartford, Connecticut: Downtown at 955 Main Street is an old Episcopal church built around 1820. It was designed by Ithiel…
Middletown, Connecticut: Sixteen miles south of Hartford, English settlers incorporated a town in 1651 called by its Native American name, Mattabeseck (or Mattabesett). They were among…
Scovil Hoe Mill, Haddam, Connecticut: The D. & H. Scovil Hoe Company was founded in 1844 by brothers Daniel and Hezekiah Scovil Jr….
Charles Dudley Warner, Hartford, Connecticut: In Hartford’s Nook Farm neighborhood once stood the residence of famed author, Charles Dudley Warner. He was a...
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Hotel Bond, Hartford, Connecticut: Hotel Bond on Asylum Street was once Hartford’s most luxurious establishment. It was built in two stages in 1913...
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Avon, Connecticut: One of the worst derailments ever in Avon, occurred on August 2, 1918. At about 3:30 PM a northbound freight train…
Stamford, Connecticut: Originally called Rippowam by the Siwanoy Native Americans, Stamford was colonized by English settlers in 1640. Chief Ponus of the Siwanoy…
Bridgeport, Connecticut: “The Park City" "The area that is now Bridgeport was settled in the mid-17th century by farmers from the older towns...
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80 Beaver Street, Ansonia, Connecticut: This Queen Anne-style mansion was built around 1900 when Ansonia was known as The Copper City and thriving…
20 Old Farm Road, North Haven, Connecticut: This massive Tudor style home was built in 1938. It’s 7000+ square feet with 6 bedrooms…
E.G. Robbins House, Wethersfield, Connecticut: At 161 Main Street is “The Charles” a fine dining restaurant set in a historic home of Old…
Zuppardi’s Apizza, West Haven, Connecticut: The story of Zuppardi’s began with Dominic Zuppardi. Dominic learned the trade on the southern coast of Italy….
Kent Falls Brewing, Kent, Connecticut; At 33 Camp Road in the town of Kent is a working-farm brewery called Kent Falls Brewing Co. According…
Silver Sands State Park, Milford, Connecticut: In 1955, Hurricane Diane destroyed 75 homes on Milford’s shoreline. As a result, Connecticut’s State Park system…
Soldiers’ And Sailors’ Monument, Milford, Connecticut: On Milford Green is a statue dedicated to American Civil War veterans. The monument’s 1888 dedication was…
Thomas J. Clark House, Haddam, Connecticut: This Italianate mansion at 263 Saybrook Road is located in the Higganum part of Haddam. It was…
Mary Borden Munsill House, Hartford, Connecticut: At the corner of Wethersfield Avenue and Wyllys Street is a Gilded Age mansion built in 1893….
281 Wakelee Avenue, Ansonia, Connecticut: Last sold in 1996 for $172,500, this single-family home was built in 1923 with modest Queen Anne…
Old Saybrook, Connecticut: “SAY – BROOKE Founded November 1635. First English settlement on south shore of New England. Named for Viscount Say and…
Guilford, Connecticut: "This Long Island Sound shoreline town is a combination residential and summer community. Five miles in width and 12 miles in...
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Catlin House, West Hartford, Connecticut: At 1110 Farmington Avenue is a Dutch Colonial Revival mansion that last sold in 2001 for $535,000. The…
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Old Lyme, Connecticut: “As early as the 1640’s settlers from Saybrook cleared and planted land on the east side of [the] Connecticut River…
809 Forest Road, New Haven, Connecticut: This stone and stucco home is a side-by-side Colonial Revival erected in 1929. The house boasts 4,348…
Ansonia, Connecticut: “Here the first settlers came in 1654 and established a settlement called Uptown Derby. It is now part of the City…
The Ledges, Berlin, Connecticut: This oversized Colonial Revival at 845 Worthington Ridge was built in 1930 for George E. Prentice. An immigrant from…
Captain Stannard House, Westbrook, Connecticut: This ornate Federal style home at 138 Main Street was built in 1872 for a prominent sea captain...
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Eli Whitney Boarding House, Hamden, Connecticut: At the corner of Whitney Avenue and Armory Street, is a late Federal, early Greek Revival-style home,…
500 Central Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut: At the corner of Central Avenue and Burton Street is a Folk Victorian mansion that was built…
Birmingham (Derby), Connecticut: Did you know? The Derby Center was originally called Birmingham. The town was settled in 1834 by Sheldon Smith and...
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Newington, Connecticut: “1636 – Newington valley used by Wethersfield settlers as a source for pipe staves, building materials and pasture lands. Pipestave Swamp,…
New Hartford, Connecticut: “In 1732 the Connecticut General Assembly gave Hartford and Windsor permission to establish seven towns in the colony’s Western Lands….
Tongue Point Lighthouse, Bridgeport, Connecticut: On the western shore of Bridgeport Harbor is a small black lighthouse nicknamed “The Bug” by locals. This…
Beacon Falls, Connecticut: “The lands of Beacon Falls first appear in history when Milford was settled in 1639. Northern boundary of Milford was…
Salem H. Wales House, Bridgeport, Connecticut: The house at 528 Clinton Avenue in Bridgeport is an Italianate villa, built in 1848 and remodeled…
Thomas C. Wordin House, Bridgeport, Connecticut: At 1139 Fairfield Avenue is a Gilded Age mansion first built for Thomas Cooke Wordin in 1892….
Ansonia, Connecticut: The city of Ansonia, located in New Haven County on the Naugatuck River, is in the lower Naugatuck Valley region. Though…
Smith-Stiles House, Middletown, Connecticut: Located at 15 Pleasant Street is a Second Empire “double house” constructed in 1871 at the start of America’s…
Howard Curtis House, Stratford, Connecticut: This Italianate home was erected in 1876 on Main Street. Its original owner was Associate Justice Howard J….
Hamden, Connecticut: “Incorporated in 1786, this town was originally part of New Haven and was named for John Hampden, noted English statesman. In…
Oxford, Connecticut: “Originally part of Derby, Oxford was settled by people pushing inland from Derby, Stratford, and New Haven. Land was acquired in…
Florence Griswold House, Lyme, Connecticut: The home of famous art leader, Florence Griswold is a late Georgian-style mansion, erected in 1817. The 12-acre…
Travelers Tower, Hartford, Connecticut: The Travelers Insurance Company was founded by Hartford’s masonry magnate, James Goodwin Batterson in 1863 as the first…
Collinsville, Connecticut: In 1826, a group led by Samuel Watkinson Collins and his brother David, purchased a sawmill and gristmill property along the...
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Derby-Shelton Railroad Bridge, Shelton, Connecticut: In 1888, railroads and trestles were laid on the Shelton side of the Housatonic River. The rail bridge…
Cannon Square, Stonington, Connecticut: On a public square between Main Street and Water Street are cannons, monuments and artifacts commemorating the Battle…
Lynde Point Lighthouse, Old Saybrook, Connecticut: Also called Saybrook Inner Light, the lighthouse sits on the mouth of the Connecticut River. In…
Shelton, Connecticut: "1639 - Stratford area settled, with present-day Shelton as the northern part. 1717 - Northern settlers established Ripton parish. 1789 -...
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North Dumpling Island, New York: Three miles off the shore of Groton, Connecticut, is North Dumpling Island and its lighthouse. Even though the…
Tuttle House, Naugatuck, Connecticut: In 1858, industrialists Bronson B. Tuttle and John Howard Whittemore formed a company eventually known as Naugatuck Malleable Iron....
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Merritt Parkway, Connecticut: The Merritt Parkway is one of the oldest scenic parkways in the United States. The parkway was named for Stamford…
Bigelow Hollow State Park, Union, Connecticut: Bigelow Hollow State Park is located in the town of Union, and along with Nipmuck State Forest,...
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Danbury, Connecticut: “Eight families came from Norwalk in 1685 to settle this area which the Indians called Pahquioque. They built their first homes…
Gillette Castle, Lyme, Connecticut: The castle was a private residence commissioned and designed by William Gillette (1853–1937), an American actor, famous for his...
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New London Ledge Lighthouse, New London, Connecticut: Built in 1909, this Second Empire style lighthouse with a mansard roof sits at the mouth...
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Hamburg Bridge Historic District, Lyme, Connecticut: It encompasses a small village which was of economic importance until about 1824, as the site of...
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City Place I, Hartford, Connecticut: A commercial office building now stands on the site of John Pierpont Morgan’s birthplace. J.P. Morgan was an...
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East Haven, Connecticut: “This area, purchased by the Reverend John Davenport and Theophilus Eaton in 1638, was later known as East Farms. It…
"In 1638 the New Haven Colony traded "eleven coats of trucking cloth and one coat of English cloth made in the English fashion...
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38 Shelton Road, Trumbull, Connecticut: This Federal style home was first built in 1806 with a center-chimney. Over the years, Italianate features like…
134 Center Street, Southport, Connecticut: This palatial Southport home was built in 1882 for John Hoyt Perry, a prominent jurist, politician, businessman, and…
Villa Rosa, Milford, Connecticut: In the Woodmont section of Milford, the estate of theater magnate Sylvester Z. Poli (1858-1937) was built in...
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Hartford Electric Light Company, Hartford, Connecticut: The Hartford Electric Light Company began operations with a steam-powered electrical generating plant at 266 Pearl Street…
