Lake Lillinonah Bridge

Lake Lillinonah Bridge, Brookfield – Jerry Dougherty

The town of Brookfield is located in the Housatonic Valley region of Fairfield County near the New York border. Incorporated in 1788, the town was formed from parts of New Milford, Danbury, and Newtown. Brookfield’s early industries rose up along the Still River concentrated in an area called the Iron Works District. Its iron furnaces, grist mills, cotton and carding mills, comb shops, lime kilns, and other small industries drove the town’s growth. Brookfield today has an expanding commercial sector, and its western edge, where man-made Candlewood Lake is located, has seen increased residential growth.

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Places

“Brookfield Museum and Historical Society,” 2009. Link.

Documents

Connecticut State Library Digital Collections. “Brookfield - WPA Architectural Survey,” 2013. Link.
“Brookfield Collection.” Connecticut Digital Archive, n.d. Link.
“Photograph - Brickyard, Brookfield Vicinity.” Northern Survey Company, ca. 1880s. Connecticut History Online, Connecticut Historical Society. Link.

Books

Whittlesey, Marilyn. A Look Back: Brookfield, Connecticut. Brookfield,  CT: Heritage Committee of the Brookfield  Connecticut Bicentennial Taskforce, 1988.
Hawley, Emily. Annals of Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Brookfield, CT, 1929.
Whittlesey, Marilyn. Brookfield. Charleston,  SC: Arcadia, 1999.
Murphy, Susan, and Gary Smolen. Candlewood Lake. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2005.
Hurd, D. Hamilton, ed. History of Fairfield County, Connecticut with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Philadelphia, PA: J.W. Lewis & Company, 1881. Link.
Scully, Jack. The Cemeteries of Brookfield, Connecticut: Including Gallows Hill Cemetery -- New Milford, Ct, Land’s End Cemetery -- Hawleyville, Ct, Wood Creek Cemetery, New Fairfield, Ct: 1745-2003. Brookfield,  CT: Historic Cemeteries of Brookfield Association, 2003.
Chappell, Thomas. The Railroads Through Brookfield. Brookfield,  CT: Brookfield Historical Society, 1994.
Schipul, Robert. The Settling of Brookfield, Connecticut from Parish to Town, 1740-1788. Brookfield, CT: R. Schipul, 1969.