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...]
Woodbridge Farmstead Museum
Milkin’ It Manchester (Google Maps location) July 23, 2017 I'm very close to completing everything there is to do in the first five towns I've set out to complete. In fact, I completed Manchester a couple months ago. So here's a new post from a place in Manchester. Sigh. I knew about Woodbridge … [Read more...]
Cheney Homestead Museum
Back on the Cheney Gang, Yeah-eah eah Manchester (Google Maps location) June 9, 2012 I hate to admit the following, but I feel I must: I probably only experienced 70-80% of this museum. I was barely able to listen to the docent. And my pictures are terrible at best. Why? Well, first of all, after … [Read more...]
Keeney Schoolhouse Museum
Keenish Manchester (Google Maps location) June 9, 2012 As I always do on Connecticut Open House days, I try to get to a few rarely open museums. Earlier in the morning, I made it up to the East Granby Historical Society Museum by myself. Then I went home, collected the family, and drove out to Manchester to … [Read more...]
NHL: Cheney Bros Historic District
Cheney Bros Historic District National Historic Landmark Blocks around Pine Street in Manchester, Mixed Ugh. How to capture a whole “district” in one of these short little posts? Impossible. Especially one like this one – which I happen to feel is a very important chapter in our county’s industrial … [Read more...]
Manchester History Center
A Fine Museum is Looming... Manchester (Google Maps Location) May 28, 2009 Perhaps inspired by the … [Read more...]
Connecticut Firemen’s Historical Society Museum
C'mon Cheney Light My Fire! Manchester (Google Maps Location) August 2007 "Fire!" Just kidding - but it's okay to shout fire in an uncrowded website. Trust me. "Fire!" See? Nothing happens. But something IS happening in Manchester at the Cheney ("Cheenee") Fire Museum; something very good. World famous … [Read more...]
Old Manchester Museum
A Text(ile)Book Town Museum Manchester (Google Maps Location) August 25, 2007 This museum is part of the Cheney Brothers National Historic Landmark. My friend EdHill was up in Connecticut for a long weekend and proposed spending a full day with me. Hit up the bar and hang out? Nah. We headed out for a full … [Read more...]