On January 29, 1917, at about 11:00 pm, watchmen discovered…
ReadOn January 20, 2007, the 35-year-old New Haven Veterans Memorial…
ReadA. Everett “Chick” Austin Jr. and his wife, Helen, designed one of the most unique homes of the 20th century in Hartford.
ReadOn December 4, 1804, “Father of Architects” Henry Austin was…
ReadOn October 24, 1877, the Goodspeed Opera House on the…
ReadFounded in 1842, this ever-evolving institution is the oldest, continuously operating public art museum in the United States.
ReadThanks largely to his efforts at Urban Renewal, New Haven’s Richard C. Lee became one of the most celebrated and well-known mayors of the 20th century.
ReadHarkness Memorial Park is a beautifully landscaped recreation area along…
ReadThe Thomas Lee House in East Lyme, Connecticut, is one…
ReadConnecticut’s past provided refuge from pressures of modern life.
ReadThe Connecticut State Capitol was built at a time when Civil War commemoration was gaining popularity. Capturing elements of the Victorian Gothic and Second Empire styles, the building is a testament to the work of James Batterson, Richard Upjohn, and the era in which it was designed and fabricated.
ReadOnce touted as the house “America has been waiting for,” only a few post-WWII Lustron steel houses remain in Connecticut.
ReadOver the Salmon River in East Hampton rests the Comstock…
ReadSituated in Bushnell Park, the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch honors the more than 4,000 Hartford men who fought for the Union during the Civil War.
ReadThe community of West Cornwall is home to one of…
ReadIn the southeast corner of the intersection of Routes 68…
ReadOn April 26, 1822, Frederick Law Olmsted was born in…
ReadDespite opposition from a male-dominated profession and a lack of formal training, Theodate Pope Riddle became a pioneering female architect.
ReadThe history of Wesleyan’s library system includes a debate that reveals how values associated with the environment in the early 1900s helped shape the campus’s development.
ReadHailed as Hartford’s first major redevelopment project, Constitution Plaza was built as part of the urban renewal initiatives that swept the nation’s cities in the 1950s and ’60s.
ReadThe Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Building, also known locally as…
ReadDesigners of the Van Vleck Observatory overcame numerous environmental and geographical challenges to help Wesleyan University make an impact on the world’s understanding of the universe.
ReadOn January 5, 1854, Hartford voters approved spending over $100,000…
ReadOn October 3, 1784, prominent American architect and engineer Ithiel…
ReadCounty government operated in Connecticut in one form or another for nearly 300 years before the state abolished it in 1960.
ReadThe Florence Griswold House, once a private residence, also served as a finishing school for girls in the 19th century and the center of the Lyme Art Colony.
ReadThis Depression-era road improvement project sought to artfully balance the natural and built environments, and despite setbacks and scandal, achieved its aims.
ReadAndrew N. Pierson was born Anders Nil Persson in Skane…
ReadBuilt in the late 18th century, Squire’s Tavern represents over…
ReadA museum, former library, and a home are just three notable examples of an architectural style popular in the 1800s.
ReadThe Oliver Filley House in Bloomfield, Connecticut, is a two-story…
ReadA creed as much as a style, Modernism rejected the forms of the past in favor of an architecture that reflected a new spirit of living.
ReadThe Beckley Blast Furnace, also known as East Canaan #2,…
ReadThe Wheeler-Beecher House, sometimes referred to as the Hoadley House,…
Read…Hartford-born landscape architect, Frederick Law Olmsted re-designed the grounds on…
ReadJ. Frederick Kelly was both a well-known architect and preservationist, as well as an architectural historian, whose works chronicled the intricacies found in many of Connecticut’s historical properties.
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.
ReadOn January 18, 1978, at about 4:20 in the morning,…
ReadOn October 25, 1832, the Trumbull Gallery at Yale opened…
ReadOn September 17, 1886, the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch…
ReadOn August 30, 1946, Theodate Pope Riddle, one of the…
ReadOn January 18, 1978, at about 4:20 in the morning,…
ReadA map of some of the Connecticut Landmarks of the Constitution researched and published by the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation.
ReadConnecticut’s Cultural Treasures is a series of 50 five-minute film vignettes that profiles a variety of the state’s most notable cultural resources.
ReadThe design of this state facility in Middletown reflects 19th-century beliefs about the environment’s ability to influence mental health.
ReadEmily Seymour Goodwin Holcombe was an activist and preservationist who…
ReadOn Marion Avenue in the southwest corner of Southington sits…
ReadTorrington is a city aware of its architectural heritage. Its…
ReadBelieved to be the oldest house in Orange, the Bryan-Andrew…
ReadThe Bellamy-Ferriday House is a three-story, white clapboard house located…
ReadThomas Darling was an 18th-century merchant, farmer, and politician and…
ReadIthiel Town was one of the first professional architects in Connecticut and one of the first to introduce the architectural styles of Europe to the United States.
ReadCommissioned by Samuel Colt’s wife, Elizabeth Jarvis Colt, and designed…
ReadWalnut Grove is the former estate of the Hammond family,…
ReadMost barns still on the Northeast landscape are New England-style barns from the 19th century and later.
ReadIn 1985, this famed architect offered a candid take on his life and work, with the stipulation that it not be made public until after his death.
ReadOver 100 years ago, residents of the Moosup section of…
ReadBest known for the Lincoln Memorial, this architect also designed a railroad station, WWI monument, and a bridge for Naugatuck.
ReadFew other states felt the lure of the suburbs as…
ReadJames G. Batterson, a native of Windsor, was an artist, inventor, and businessman. He supported both Governor Buckingham and President Lincoln during the Civil War, and afterward, helped commemorate the war through his proficiency with stone.
ReadKnown as “Gasoline Alley” during the 1950s, the Berlin Turnpike boasts a heady visual mix of neon, brand names, logos, and 1960s’ motel Modernism.
ReadThe brownstone quarries in Portland, Connecticut, owe their existence to…
ReadConsidered a quintessential feature of the New England landscape, town greens weren’t always the peaceful, park-like spaces we treasure today.
ReadWhile it is not uncommon in the modern era for…
ReadLying in an area of New London County just eight…
ReadYour Town’s History in Video: Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch
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