Four Dates for Art New Haven (Google Maps location) Varying Dates There were four galleries that make up the Arts Council of Greater New Haven Galleries back when I started this website. They were the Sumner McKnight Crosby Jr. Gallery, Gallery 195, The Parachute Factory, and Haskins Laboratories Gallery. As is … [Read more...]
180. Ethnic Heritage Center
Welcome to UkranItalAfriJewPotatoStan New Haven (Google Maps location) August 4, 2010 Ah, beautiful New Haven. Famed for its venerable university with brilliant students, incredible history and world class museums. Museums like The Ethnic Heritage Center, housed in what appears to be a giant cargo ship … [Read more...]
3 Interesting New Haven Graves
Edward Bouchet, Midnight Mary, & Sarah Winchester Gravesites New Haven It's probably unfair to all three of these deceased folks to lump them all together onto one page, but if life isn't fair... then death is even less so. At least this first gentleman, Edward Bouchet, appears elsewhere on CTMQ - on the much … [Read more...]
Heroes (West Rock) Tunnel
Heroes Tunnel (a.k.a. West Rock Tunnel) New Haven Regicides Trail above, Wilbur Cross Parkway below The Regicides Trail traverses the ridge above the well-known tunnel on the Wilbur Cross Parkway. When I was just gaining a love for long distance trail hiking as a young Boy Scout, we hiked a section of the … [Read more...]
179. Marsh Botanical Garden Greenhouses
Not Just Marsh Plants New Haven (Google Maps location) August 4, 2010 I went to a lot of places on August 4, 2010. It was my one day per year I purposely take off from work in order to visit as many weekday-only joints and I was on the go all day. I went to a few places you wouldn't necessarily call museums, … [Read more...]
NHL: Othniel Charles Marsh House (Marsh Hall)
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...]
First Agricultural Station in US
In CAES You Didn't Know... CT Agricultural Experimental Station New Haven Some CTMQ readers may roll their eyes at this one, but you really shouldn't. To put science to work for society, the Connecticut Agricultural General Assembly chartered The Station to investigate plant and their pests, insects, soil, and … [Read more...]
NHL: CT Agricultural Experimental Station
CT National Historic Landmark Connecticut Agricultural Experimental Station 123 Huntington St, New Haven Yet another (sorta) Yale-New Haven associated National Historic Landmark that I could put on the "Historic science sites around town" tour. This one is a double whammy: Not only is it a National Historic … [Read more...]
NHL: James Dwight Dana House
CT National Historic Landmark James Dwight Dana House 24 Hillhouse Avenue Right around the corner from the last NHL, the oh-so-Queen Annish Russell Henry Chittendon House (CTMQ Visit here), is this Italianate beaut on Hillhouse Avenue. If you ever want to take a stroll up and down an “important” street in … [Read more...]
NHL: Russell Henry Chittendon House
CT National Historic Landmark Russell Henry Chittendon House, New Haven 83 Trumbull Street As you may know if you are actually reading this sentence, New Haven is a trove for National Historic Landmark buildings. You can chalk up the bulk of them Yale of course, but probably also to a diligent preservation … [Read more...]
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