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CTMQ > Firsts Onlies and Oldests

Oldest Theological School in the US

December 11, 2009 by Steve Leave a Comment

This Old House (of God) Joseph Bellamy House Bethlehem, December 2009 The more places I go around the state (which, I can confidently say is more than pretty much more than 99% of all Nutmeggers throughout the whole of history), the more fascinating things I learn along the way. This page, for instance, wasn’t … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Religion, Cemeteries, Monuments, Statuary, Greens, & Outdoor Sculpture & Art, Superlatives Tagged With: Bethlehem, Damian, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Hoang

Firsts, Onlies, Oldests, Largests, Longests, Mosts, Smallests, & Bests

December 6, 2009 by Steve Leave a Comment

Connecticut's Superlatives Connecticut has an amazing array of superlatives (firsts, oldests, tallests, largest, longests, onlies, and smallests) to its credit. You'll find these all over the site in the museum reports and elsewhere. Capturing them all on this page is an impossible task, so bear with me. Some … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Superlatives Tagged With: "See Before you die" list, Dubious Claims, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Largests Longests Mosts Smallests and Tallests

The Oldest Operating Union Station in the US

December 3, 2009 by Steve 13 Comments

All Aboard from Canaan to Sodom! The Oldest Operating Union Station in the US 2019 Update: This building is open and occupied by a brewery and a museum and other stuff! I've also read the claim that this is also the "oldest surviving Victorian train station in the US, but it burnt down so that's ridiculous to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Superlatives Tagged With: Dubious Claims, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, North Canaan, Trains and Trolleys

Bissell’s Ferry

December 2, 2009 by Steve 27 Comments

Bissell’s Really Cleans Up My Ferry List Bissell's Ferry Site, Windsor/South Windsor "Site of the Oldest Ferry in the US" Most Nutmeggers know about the oldest continuously operating ferry in the US that connects Rocky Hill and Glastonbury. About half of them probably know about the other old ferry – the second … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Superlatives, Towers, Bridges, Forts, Tunnels, Roads, Canals, Dams, Fishways, Airports, & Ferries Tagged With: Ferries, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, South Windsor, Windsor

The Oldest Parish in the New World

November 26, 2009 by Steve 4 Comments

Not the Oldest? Parish the Thought! First Congregational Church in Windsor 107 Palisado Avenue It's funny, once you start really researching particular towns, you find that there are always quirky little historical anecdotes worthy of this website. I've begun poking around the towns in north central Connecticut … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Religious, Superlatives Tagged With: Dubious Claims, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Religulous, Windsor

The Oldest Legible Gravestone

November 26, 2009 by Steve 29 Comments

I Have Some Grave News Ephraim Huit Grave Palisado Cemetery, Windsor I had trouble coming up with the title description for this page. I guess it's not the oldest gravestone in the state. But it is reputed to be the oldest original monument still standing in Connecticut. And one of the oldest legible monuments … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Religion, Cemeteries, Monuments, Statuary, Greens, & Outdoor Sculpture & Art, Superlatives Tagged With: Cemeteries, Dubious Claims, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Monuments and Plaques, Windsor

Howland-Hughes Building

November 17, 2009 by Steve 8 Comments

The Oldest Free-Standing Department Store Howland-Hughes Building, Waterbury November 4, 2008 I’m not one for department stores or even shopping for that matter. In fact, as much as I love everything the Internet has to offer, I think online shopping might be my favorite aspect of it. No annoying salespeople … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, Superlatives Tagged With: Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Other Companies and Businesses, Waterbury

The Oldest Public Library in the US

August 28, 2009 by Steve 3 Comments

Cool. Just... Cool Scoville Memorial Library, Salisbury August 2009 US Firsts in Connecticut excite me. Even if they are narrowly defined and a bit sketchy. And if you know me, you know I loves me some libraries. On a drive east from New York on US 44, I crossed the border from New York into … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses, Superlatives Tagged With: Dubious Claims, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Libraries, Salisbury

Concept of Freedom Trail: Bridgeport (2)

July 16, 2009 by Steve 1 Comment

Walters A.M.E. Zion Church, 423 Broad Street Walters African American Episcopal Zion Church has been located at this site since 1882. When its original structure was destroyed by fire in 1951, the current building was erected on the surviving foundation. The building is one of few remaining reminders of an … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cultural, Heritage, & Historic Trails, Superlatives Tagged With: Bridgeport, Concept of Freedom Trail, CT Freedom Trail, Firsts Onlies and Oldests

The Hartford Courant

June 14, 2009 by Steve 1 Comment

What the Heck is a "Courant" Anyway? Oldest Continuously Published Newspaper in US, The Hartford Courant June 9, 2009 It's no secret that the print newspaper industry is going through some trying times right now. Here in the northeast we hear about the imminent demise of such venerable goliaths as the Boston … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Superlatives Tagged With: Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Hartford

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