(The Former) Bigelow Tavern Middletown Heritage Trail Site 2 222 Main Street Today there stands a new police station on Main Street. Who knows how many incarnations this spot has seen over the last 250 years, but I'm sure it's a lot. Back in 1760, here stood Timothy Bigelow's tavern, where travelers and local … [Read more...]
1. Introduction to Middletown
Introduction to Middletown Middletown Heritage Trail Site 1 222 Main Street This opening page was completely wrong for three years here on CTMQ. (See David's comment below.) Normally I'd be embarrassed by this, but it really wasn't my fault. But I'm very happy to report that two years later, in the … [Read more...]
95. Middletown Sports Hall of Fame and Museum
Wesleyan Beer Pong Champion Huzzah! Middletown (Google Maps Location) March 16, 2009 Many towns in Connecticut have Sports Halls of Fame to honor their own heroes. The large majority of these are not worthy of this fine blog however, as they are merely a few plaques stuck on the wall of the town hall or Senior … [Read more...]
Mattabesett Trail: Section 9
Section 9: I'll Be Mattabe-Seein' Ya Bear Hill Road - River Road (Eastern Terminus), 4.9 Miles November 9, 2008 Since this was hiked and written, the Kleen Energy plant has been built near the terminus and the trail has been rerouted/shorted a bit. It no longer has the road walk at the end. This is it. My … [Read more...]
URR Trail: Middletown (2)
1. Benjamin Douglas House 11 South Main Street A rather handsome stop along the Underground Railroad. Benjamin Douglas (1816-1894) was a prominent abolitionist in Middletown. Given his abolitionist sentiments, his home may have been a stop on the Underground Railroad. In 1839, he was one of 11 members of the … [Read more...]
76. Ezra & Cecile Zilkha Gallery
Great Art! Middletown (Google Maps Location) October 3, 2008 Fresh off my recently settled upon definition of museums, I'm now tasked with writing up this place. As it is a permanent gallery that only displays rather than sells, it is therefore a museum. (And really, you'd be hard pressed to argue.) It's … [Read more...]
75. Davison Art Center
The Bizarre and Beautiful Chewbacca Middletown (Google Maps Location) October 3, 2008 Here I am, staring at my chapped fingers asking them to write a coherent post about an art museum. My diamond anniversary museum, if you will, and only my second art museum. At least at the first one, The Housatonic Museum of … [Read more...]
20. General Mansfield House
General Mansfield House Middletown Heritage Trail Site 20 151 Main Street It's fitting that the final stop along the Middletown Heritage Trail is the General Mansfield House. That's because as an outstanding example of the federal style, General Mansfield House has served since 1959 as the Middlesex County … [Read more...]
19. Civil War Monument
Civil War Monument Middletown Heritage Trail Site 19 South Green (Main and Old Church Street) Every town has one, and here's Middletown's. By the end of the Civil War, one of every nine Middletown men wearing the Union uniform was dead. More than 900 soldiers and sailors from the city served during the … [Read more...]
18. Henry Clay Work Bust
Henry Clay Work bust Middletown Heritage Trail Site 18 South Green (Main and Old Church Street) The South Green attracts a few of Middletown's more transient folks and I am now chuckling at the thought of asking them to point me the way to the Henry Clay Work bust. And I don't know why. Who is Henry Clay … [Read more...]
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