Wallingford Steel, Wallingford, Connecticut: In 1922, a group of local investors led by Frank A. Wallace and Edmund B. Cleborne incorporated Wallingford Steel…
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Naugatuck Falls, Seymour, Connecticut: Many people on state highway CT Route 8 drive over this spot not knowing there’s a powerful yet tranquil…
Lakesco Submersible, Milford, Connecticut: On Rogers Avenue are two identical Colonial Revival houses built in 1915 for the daughters of Simon Lake, an...
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Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch, Hartford, Connecticut: This unique edifice honors 4,000 Hartford citizens who served in the American Civil War, including 400…
Castle Largo, Bristol, Connecticut: At the corner of Main and Center Street in the Bristol neighborhood of Federal Hill is a brick castle…
Long Wharf, New Haven, Connecticut: Long Wharf has been a major landmark for commerce in New Haven since the 17th century. In 1663,...
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Keyhole Tunnel, Vernon, Connecticut: The oldest and longest keystone arch tunnel in the Nutmeg State is a 180-foot long passageway in the Talcottville...
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Cyrus Winchell House, Vernon, Connecticut: Once known as Elmsmere, this Queen Anne style mansion was crafted in the Stick Style in 1885. It’s…
Castle Craig, Meriden, Connecticut: On East Peak in the Hanging Hills of Meriden is an observation tower constructed of trap rock. The structure...
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Lighthouse Point Park, New Haven, Connecticut: At the southern tip of New Haven’s East Shore section is Lighthouse Point Park. The location used…
John Pitkin Norton House, New Haven, Connecticut: Now known as Steinbach Hall on the campus of Yale University, the John Pitkin Norton House…
Noah Webster House, West Hartford, Connecticut: At 227 South Main Street is the birthplace of American lexicographer Noah Webster (1758-1853). The two and…
Sheldon Tavern, Litchfield, Connecticut: This Late Georgian style mansion at 73 North Street was first built in the Colonial style for Elisha Sheldon…
Judah Woodruff House, Farmington, Connecticut: This grand estate, also known as The Cedars, traces back to at least 1760. An virtuoso architect named Judah…
Stratford Shoal Lighthouse, Stratford, Connecticut: First erected in 1877, the Stratford Shoal Lighthouse is located halfway between New York and Connecticut in Long…
Prisoners of the American Revolution, Milford, Connecticut: On New Years Day 1777, a British prison ship released 200 war prisoners ill with smallpox...
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Captain Daniel Francis House, Wethersfield, Connecticut: Erected in 1803 on Main Street by master builder James Francis (1767- 1852) of Wethersfield for his…
St. John’s Rectory, North Haven, Connecticut: At One Trumbull Place is a rectory (a pastor’s residence) belonging to St. John’s Episcopal Church of…
Bauer Hall, Bridgeport, Connecticut: This Queen Anne mansion overlooks Seaside Park in the South End of Bridgeport. It was erected in 1893 for…
East Haddam, Connecticut: Incorporated 1734 This land was part of an original purchase from the Indians in 1662 for 30 coats –...
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Yantic Falls, Norwich, Connecticut: "Yantic Falls, known as Indian Leap, was a favorite encampment of the Mohegan Indians. In 1643, Uncas, Sachem of...
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Arrigoni Bridge, Middletown, Connecticut: Spanning the Connecticut River between Middletown and Portland is a steel “through arch” bridge named after a former state...
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Ashmead-Colt House, Hartford, Connecticut: On Wethersfield Avenue stands an Italianate mansion built in 1859 for James Ashmead (across the street from Samuel Colt’s…
Simon Lake’s Explorer, Milford, Connecticut: Inspired by Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, engineer Simon Lake invented various submarines as far back…
2095 Chapel Street, New Haven, Connecticut: This grandiose Colonial Revival home roared into existence in 1920. The house has 13 rooms, 6 bedrooms,…
Lavinia Parmly House, Bridgeport, Connecticut: In 1890, architect George Longstaff devised the largest house in Bridgeport at 219 Park Avenue. He created a…
Stevenson Dam, Monroe, Connecticut: In 1917, construction began on Stevenson Dam connecting the towns of Monroe to Oxford. It’s still one of the…
The Russell Memorial Chapel, Middletown, Connecticut: Located atop Indian Hill Cemetery is an ornate chapel built in 1867. Frances Russell donated the Gothic…
Jonathan Dickerman II House, Hamden, Connecticut: Nearby Sleeping Giant State Park is a historic house museum at 105 Mt. Carmel Avenue. Built in...
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840 Prospect Street, Hamden, Connecticut: Erected in 1933, this Tudor style mansion boasts six bedrooms and five bathrooms. While the house has 4,570…
Maps of Connecticut: Bristol The City of Bristol is located in Hartford County, and its boundaries include the neighborhoods of Federal Hill,…
Westport, Connecticut: “For nearly two hundred years after the first white settlement here in 1648, the area east of the Saugatuck River belonged…
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…
Westbrook, Connecticut: "This community was settled in 1648 as Pochong, an Indian word meaning at the confluence of two rivers, the Pochoug and...
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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…
North Haven, Connecticut: “A part of Indian land bought in 1638 for New Haven, North Haven was incorporated in 1786. The center area was…
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…
40 Bristol Street aerial view (Google Maps), 2022. The Bristol Company, Waterbury, Connecticut: At 40 Bristol Street in the Platts Mills neighborhood of...
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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 a Beaux-arts style fountain dating back to 1899. It was…
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 in Avon's history occurred on August 2, 1918. At about 3:30 PM a northbound freight train...
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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…
Great Meadows Marsh, Stratford, Connecticut: This tidal marshland is located near the Lordship section of Stratford. Great Meadows is part of the Stewart...
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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....
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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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Barns of Glastonbury, Connecticut: The Town of Glastonbury has been a farming community since 1693. There are about 30 recognized farms within the...
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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...
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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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Bull Run Hill / Holtzman Home-Studio, Lyme, Connecticut: The giant barn known as Bull Run Hill at 421 Joshuatown Road was built in...
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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…
Branford, Connecticut: "In 1638 the New Haven Colony traded 'eleven coats of trucking cloth and one coat of English cloth made in...
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Moses Beach, Wallingford, Connecticut: A luxurious home once stood proudly over 83 North Main Street. Constructed in 1850 and designed by architect Henry…
The Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut: At Yale University in downtown New Haven is the largest and most comprehensive collection…
Olympia Diner, Newington, Connecticut: In 1954, the Olympia Diner on the Berlin Turnpike was established by the Jerry O’Mahony Diner Company, of New...
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Norfolk, Connecticut: "In the heart of the Green Woods on what was later the Hartford-Albany Turnpike, Norfolk was settled in 1744 by Cornelius...
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Sprague, Connecticut: “This area on the Shetucket River was part of the land deeded in 1659 by Uncas, the Mohegan Indian sachem, to…
Salvation Army Citadel, Manchester, Connecticut: At 661 Main Street the Salvation Army constructed a Military Gothic-style Corps (intended as a church) known as...
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Woodbridge, Connecticut: "The town consists of portions of the colonial jurisdictions of New Haven and Milford. Founded in 1738 as the Parish of...
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West Haven, Connecticut: “West Farms (West Haven) recorded its first household in 1648. Part of the original New Haven Colony, West Farms became…
Derby, Connecticut: “In 1642 John Wakeman established the first trading post in the Naugatuck Valley at the confluence of the Naugatuck and Housatonic…
Bethany, Connecticut: “In 1738 Amity Parish in New Haven and Milford, including most of present-day Woodbridge and Bethany, was incorporated by the General…
Wallingford, Connecticut: “This territory was purchased by the New Haven Colony in 1638 from Montowese, son of an Indian sachem. It was named…
Milford, Connecticut: “This area was settled in 1639 as an independent colony by a congregation of English Puritans led by their minister, the…
New Haven, Connecticut: “Settlement of Quinnipiac, afterward named New Haven, began on April 25, 1638 with the arrival of a large group from…
134 Center Street, Southport, Connecticut: This palatial Southport home was built in 1882 for John Hoyt Perry, a prominent jurist, politician, businessman, and...
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Coley Homestead, Weston, Connecticut: This estate was established in 1834 by David Dimon Coley on 15 acres of land leased from his father,…
Villa Rosa, Milford, Connecticut: In the Woodmont section of Milford, the estate of theater magnate Sylvester Z. Poli (1858-1937) was built in 1914....
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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...
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