The Amos Bull House in Hartford and the Sterling Opera House in Derby are tied for Connecticut’s first listing on the National Register of Historic Places.
ReadA rowing event on Lake Housatonic, “Derby Day,” was so popular among Yale students that it drew upwards of thirty to fifty thousand spectators.
ReadThe discovery of Lyme disease, and its transmission through ticks, got its start around Lyme, Connecticut in 1975.
ReadHartford’s Holy Trinity Church became the first Roman Catholic church in Connecticut in 1829 and served the community for over 20 years.
ReadThe Armenian genocide during the early 20th century had a profound impact on Armenian communities and their descendants in Connecticut.
ReadLillian Hoban contributed her talents to nearly one hundred books, securing herself a place as one of the country’s best-loved authors and illustrators.
ReadAs one of the leading American poets of the 20th century and Connecticut’s first poet laureate, James Merrill lived in Stonington for four decades.
ReadFrom the 1930s to the 1970s, Banner Lodge was one of the most popular vacation destinations in Connecticut and actively welcomed a Jewish clientele.
ReadOn the morning of April 3, 1865, the 29th (Colored)…
ReadOn March 31, 1923, a 56,000-gallon water tank dropped through 4 concrete floors of the Fuller Brush Company Tower.
ReadPediatrician Benjamin Spock revolutionized childcare in the 20th century before becoming a leading figure in the anti-war movement of the 60s and 70s.
ReadMany Polish immigrants found work on the tobacco farms in the Connecticut River Valley that specialized in the tobacco used for cigar wrappers.
ReadBest remembered for her short story “The Yellow Wallpaper,” this Hartford author’s larger legacy is a life dedicated to women’s issues and social reform.
ReadOn March 27, 1877, the Staffordville Reservoir Company’s dam burst, flooding the valley for a distance of five miles and causing the loss of two lives.
ReadOn March 24, 1879, Marjorie Gray became Connecticut’s first female telephone operator.
ReadIn addition to his artistic pursuits, George Laurence Nelson lived in Kent, Connecticut, for over half a century and restored the historic Seven Hearths house.
ReadLydia Sherman confessed to killing three husbands and four children, but it is believed that the total number of her victims may be much higher.
ReadDuring times of war, in Connecticut, as in many other states, women became an increasingly important resource in food production.
ReadDr. Alice Hamilton was a leading authority on industrial diseases and the first female faculty member at Harvard before she retired to Hadlyme, Connecticut.
ReadOn March 17, 1842, the New Haven Hibernian Provident Society,…
ReadIn 1888, Hartford commuters and city-goers zipped down Wethersfield Avenue in a horseless trolley car for the first time.
ReadFor over 272 years, Kent’s Seven Hearths has lived many lives—from trading post to school to artist’s home to historical society.
ReadClare Boothe Luce became the first woman to represent Connecticut in the US House of Representatives and later became an ambassador to Italy.
ReadFrom Huguenots to French Canadian mill workers to modern immigration, Connecticut has always been a place shaped, in part, by a steady French influence.
ReadInspired by Connecticut communities, Richard Scarry invented and illustrated some of the most beloved characters and communities in children’s literature.
ReadIn 1974, Connecticut finally admitted its first African American female lawyer, Bessye Bennett.
ReadBorn to Italian immigrant parents in Windsor Locks, Grasso held state and federal offices at a time when women politicians were rare.
ReadDuring World War I, the Town of Washington instituted a number of programs to increase food production and preservation to feed Allied armies and the European people,
ReadThe Lockwood-Mathews Mansion provides a glimpse into the opulence of the Gilded Age when railroad tycoons built summer homes along the New England shoreline.
ReadOn March 2, 1932, the Lyman Allyn Art Museum, founded by Harriet Upson Allyn in New London, had its grand opening.
ReadGwen Reed was an actress and educational advocate who grew up in Hartford in the early 20th century.
ReadOn February 27, 1936, William Gillette made his last appearance…
Read“No persons of any race except the white race shall use or occupy any building on any lot… .” Language such as this still appears in Hartford-area housing covenants today.
ReadThe changing nature of Foss Hill (on the campus of Wesleyan University) tells the story of evolving cultural influences that altered the landscapes of universities across the country.
ReadInitially known for table cutlery, the Southington Cutlery Company began operations in a two-story brick factory in downtown Southington in 1867.
ReadMany Portuguese immigrants came to the US as mariners serving aboard ships, some remained to build new lives and communities in Connecticut.
Read43rd President George W. Bush was born in New Haven at the Grace-New Haven Community Hospital on July 6, 1946.
ReadOne contribution the town of Bethany makes to historical scholarship comes from a look at its evolution from a parish and agricultural settlement to a thriving residential community.
ReadIt took over a century to solve the mystery of Ammi Phillips’ identity—one of the most prolific folk portraitists in 19th century America.
ReadJames Lindsey Smith was one of many slaves who found freedom through the Underground Railroad network that included many stops in Connecticut.
ReadA pair of 19th-century prints provides a virtual road map to the human heart, illustrating contemporary male and female attitudes towards courtship and love.
ReadThe serenity found in Cornwall’s wooded hillsides and remote location…
ReadIn1892, Sarah Boone of New Haven became the first Black woman in Connecticut to be awarded a patent—for an improvement in the use of an ironing board.
ReadIn addition to his famous works of art, Alexander Calder lent his talents and reputation to support political campaigns in the 1960s and 70s.
ReadThe Victorian designs of inventor and architect Joel T. Case make substantial contributions to the landscape of the Federal Hill area in Bristol.
ReadOn February 7, 1978, the US Postal Service was unable…
ReadCharles Ethan Porter was a prolific still life painter in the 19th and early 20th century.
ReadNew Haven resident Dr. Mary Moody the first female graduate of the medical school at the University of Buffalo, and the first female member of the American Association of Anatomists.
Read“If you win freedom and citizenship, we shall share your freedom and citizenship.” With these words, abolitionist Frederick Douglass reminded African American soldiers from Connecticut that they fought for the hopes of many.
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