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URR Trail: Hampton

June 12, 2012 by Steve 1 Comment

Theodore Dwight Weld House 77 Parsonage Road Yet another terrible picture of a lovely (and rather huge) house. Theodore Dwight Weld (1803-1895) was born in this house and lived here until 1825. For 18 nights in February 1834, all students and some faculty of the Lane Seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio held the first … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cultural, Heritage, & Historic Trails Tagged With: CT Freedom Trail, Hampton, Underground Railroad Trail, Windham County

Concept of Freedom Trail: Meriden (2)

March 19, 2012 by Steve 1 Comment

George S. Jeffrey House 66 Hillside Avenue This is one of those stops along the Freedom Trail that has given me more to ponder than I would have ever thought. For one, it’s for sale which recalled (for me, and surely only me) another stop along the Freedom Trail up in Vernon – the Charles Ethan Porter House which … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cultural, Heritage, & Historic Trails Tagged With: Concept of Freedom Trail, CT Freedom Trail, Meriden, New Haven County

187. Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History

February 23, 2012 by Steve 3 Comments

Ain’t Nobody Like the Peabody I Got New Haven (Google Maps location) September 11, 2010 Here I am again. Staring at a blank screen and 150 photos of a huge and wonderful museum wondering how in the heck I should approach this monster. Writing about the giants is by far the hardest thing I do for this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cultural, Heritage, & Historic Trails, Museums Tagged With: Calvin, Colleges & Universities, Cool Architecture, CT Dino Trail, Damian, Dinosaurs, Hoang, Natural History, New Haven, New Haven County, Yale

Concept of Freedom Trail Intro

June 13, 2011 by Steve 2 Comments

FREEDOM! Connecticut Concept of Freedom Trail I know what you’re thinking; you’re thinking, “Concept of Freedom what?” Hey, I didn’t make up the name and I struggle with it too. But don’t let that cloud your thinking – this is a really cool and very important historical trail here in Connecticut. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cultural, Heritage, & Historic Trails Tagged With: Concept of Freedom Trail, CT Freedom Trail

Concept of Freedom Trail: Vernon

May 2, 2011 by Steve 1 Comment

Charles Ethan Porter House 17 Spruce Street To me, the story here isn’t so much the Porter house, but the road up to it. Holy cow. I have no idea how the people that live up here drive anywhere during any snow or ice accumulation. There’s just no possible way. The road up to the Porter house on the dead-ended … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cultural, Heritage, & Historic Trails Tagged With: Concept of Freedom Trail, CT Freedom Trail, Tolland County, Vernon

NHL: Othniel Charles Marsh House (Marsh Hall)

March 25, 2011 by Steve Leave a Comment

CT National Historic Landmark Marsh Hall 360 Prospect Street, New Haven I just got done writing up another New Haven NHL, the James Dwight Dana House. (CTMQ Visit here.) I claimed it to be my favorite one to learn about. I claimed too soon I think… Because I’m loving this Marsh guy. I already knew a bunch … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cultural, Heritage, & Historic Trails, Everything Else, National "Stuff" Tagged With: Colleges & Universities, CT Dino Trail, Dinosaurs, National Historic Landmarks, New Haven, New Haven County, Yale

URR Trail: Stonington (Mystic)

February 15, 2011 by Steve Leave a Comment

Greenmanville Historic District Mystic Seaport, 75 Greenmanville Avenue Named for its founders, Greenmanville represents a typical 19th century industrial town with a rich documented history of participation in the movement to abolish slavery. The Greenman brothers founded a shipyard here and became social … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cultural, Heritage, & Historic Trails Tagged With: CT Freedom Trail, Mystic, Nautical History, New London County, Stonington, Underground Railroad Trail

URR Trail: Hartford

February 15, 2011 by Steve 1 Comment

Harriet Beecher Stowe Center 71 Forest Street, Hartford The Beecher-Stowe House part of the Mark Twain House complex - a bunch of absolutely beautiful old houses in Hartford. It's also, of course, a museum which I visited here. Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), an antislavery novel … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cultural, Heritage, & Historic Trails Tagged With: CT Freedom Trail, Hartford, Hartford County, Underground Railroad Trail

URR Trail: Glastonbury

February 15, 2011 by Steve 1 Comment

Kimberly Mansion, Glastonbury 1625 Main Street This stop along the Underground Railroad Trail is a rarity; it has its own Wikipedia entry as well as other web presence. Good for you, Kimberly Mansion! It also has a bronze plaque in the middle of the front lawn which I didn't notice until looking at my picture. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cultural, Heritage, & Historic Trails, Everything Else Tagged With: CT Freedom Trail, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Glastonbury, Hartford County, Historic Houses, Underground Railroad Trail

URR Trail: Enfield

February 15, 2011 by Steve Leave a Comment

Shaker Village Shaker Road This area was once occupied by the only Shaker settlement in Connecticut. Dissenting from many activities of American society, the Shakers were associated with reform movements, including feminism, pacifism, and abolitionism. The diary of one member records the visits of fugitive … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cultural, Heritage, & Historic Trails Tagged With: Abandoned and/or Unique Communities, CT Freedom Trail, Enfield, Hartford County, Underground Railroad Trail

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