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NHL: Hill-Stead

August 25, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

CT National Historic Landmark Hill-Stead Farmington Hill-Stead is very deserving of its landmark status, but I must mention that it also appears on a few other "trails" and such in Connecticut. It is part of the CT Women's Heritage Trail, the CT Art Trail, and features a CT Historic Garden. It is a museum, of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, National "Stuff", New Post Tagged With: Farmington, Hartford County, hill-stead museum, National Historic Landmarks

NHL: Sabino

August 24, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

CT National Historic Landmark The Sabino Stonington I believe I'm supposed to italicize Sabino because I think that's how boats are to be written about. However, in my reading, I've seen SABINO and I've seen "Sabino." So I don't really know. What I do know is that the Sabino is a small steamboat that is still … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, National "Stuff", New Post Tagged With: Hoang, Mystic, Mystic Seaport, National Historic Landmarks, New London County, Ships & Boats & Submarines, Stonington

NHL: Portland Brownstone Quarries

August 21, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

CT National Historic Landmark Portland Brownstone Quarries Portland Many of us Connecticut residents who hit the museum circuit have heard apocryphal stories about Portland brownstone being pretty much the most important building material of the 19th century. Or something like that. While that's not remotely true, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, National "Stuff", New Post Tagged With: Cool Geology, Middlesex County, National Historic Landmarks, Portland

NNL: Cathedral Pines

July 7, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

National Natural Landmark: Cathedral Pines Cornwall Designation Date: 1982 Most Connecticut citizens, when they think of pine trees, visualize a young pine tree of the kind ordinarily seen in nurseries or water company plantations. It will amaze such persons to see what the great pine trees of Connecticut really … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audubon, Nature Conservancy, RWA, &US Army Corps of Engineers Trails, Everything Else, National "Stuff", New Post Tagged With: Cornwall, Litchfield County, National Natural Landmarks, Nature conservancy trails, Trees

WR3 NHT: Andover

July 6, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail Sites Andover The Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route (W3R) is a National Historic Trail that commemorates the allied French and Continental armies during the American War of Independence, and the hundreds of miles travelled to, and from, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, National "Stuff", New Post Tagged With: Andover, Tolland County, Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail

Potsdam Cottages

March 16, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Where There's Huy, There's Hope Potsdam Cottages Hartford Aside from Fishfry Street in Hartford, my favorite street names are those down around Coltsville. The mix of Dutch and Algonquin (or similar) is trippy. Van Block, Van Dyke, Huyshope, Hendrixson, and Curcombe intersect with Warwarme, Masseek, Weehasset, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, National "Stuff", New Post Tagged With: coltsville national historic park, Cool Architecture, Hartford, Hartford County, Historic Houses

Cheney Silk Vaults

March 15, 2021 by Steve 1 Comment

The Chene Gang The Cheney Silk Vaults Manchester I've written fairly extensively about various buildings within Manchester's Cheney Brothers Historic District and I thought I was done with it. Then Calvin and I rode the full Cheney Rail Trail which took us right into the heart of the historic mills and out to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, National "Stuff", New Post, Superlatives Tagged With: cheney Brothers historic district, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Hartford County, Manchester, manchester historical society

WR3 NHT: Bolton

March 2, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail Sites Bolton The Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route (W3R) is a National Historic Trail that commemorates the allied French and Continental armies during the American War of Independence, and the hundreds of miles travelled to, and from, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, National "Stuff", New Post Tagged With: Bolton, Tolland County, Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail

The Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route

February 25, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Let's Rochambeau! Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail Connecticut has parts of two National Historic Trails. This one and part of The Shaker National Historic Trail up in Enfield. While the Shaker trail is contained in a very small area, the W3R NHT essentially traverses the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, National "Stuff", New Post Tagged With: National Historic Trails, Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail

NHL: Old Newgate Prison & Copper Mine

October 27, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Old Newgate Prison & Copper Mine CT National Historic Landmark Newgate Road, East Granby This place has it all... 300 year old mining history, 200 year old jail stories, human rights violations, bats, terror, slave labor, interpretive center, traitors, escaped monkeys, nice views of the Farmington River … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, National "Stuff" Tagged With: Calvin, East Granby, Hartford County, Hoang, National Historic Landmarks

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