Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail Sites Southington The Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route (W3R) is a National Historic Trail that commemorates the allied French and Continental armies during the American War of Independence, and the hundreds of miles travelled to, and from, … [Read more...]
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NHL: Charles W. Morgan
CT National Historic Landmark Charles W. Morgan Stonington This old whaling ship was built in 1841 and had a massively successful whaling career for 80 years. It has served as a museum ship since the 1940's. It has been a National Historic Landmark since 1966. The entire Mystic Seaport living museum was built up … [Read more...]
W3R: Colchester
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail Sites Colonel Henry Champion House, Colchester December 2022 The Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route (W3R) is a National Historic Trail that commemorates the allied French and Continental armies during the American War of Independence, and the … [Read more...]
NHL: Jonathan Sturges House
CT National Historic Landmark Jonathan Sturges House Fairfield Back in the early days of CTMQ... back when this whole monster was a different website entirely... I had a page about the Jonathan Sturges House. I had driven by (just as I've done more recently in 2022), taken a bad picture from the car (just as I've … [Read more...]
ASME: Pratt & Whitney Single Crystal Turbine Blade
ASME Landmark #265 (1970) Pratt & Whitney Single Crystal Turbine Blade New England Air Museum Windsor Locks Years ago I began my page about a different American Society of Mechanical Engineers National Landmark located at The New England Air Museum thusly: In a way, this might be the hardest of the CT ASME … [Read more...]
NHL: Oliver Wolcott House
CT National Historic Landmark Oliver Wolcott House Litchfield Beautiful Litchfield, home to many historic houses and events and people. And, interestingly, also home to some of the most well-regarded mid-century modern homes as well. Eclectic Litchfield. The Olivers Wolcott of Litchfield are a huge part of the … [Read more...]
NHL: Oliver Ellsworth Homestead
CT National Historic Landmark Oliver Ellsworth Homestead Windsor The Oliver Ellsworth Homestead, also known as Elmwood, is now a historic house museum at 788 Palisado Avenue in Windsor. It was (is?) called Elmwood because Ellsworth planted 13 elm trees to commemorate the 13 states at the time. All the trees died … [Read more...]
Oliver Ellsworth Homestead
Ells Bells Windsor (Google Maps location) December 2021 There it was, placed near the road as I was leaving the Windsor Public Library. I was turning out of the parking lot right next to the handsome town green featuring the large Evelyn Batchelder War Eagle sculpture and happened to see a sign advertising an … [Read more...]
NHL: USS Nautilus
CT National Historic Landmark USS Nautilus Groton Naming ships Nautilus goes back to Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. I loved that story as a kid and loved reading it with my son again a few years ago. Even so, when I hear Nautilus, I now think of Connecticut's own special naval submarine, … [Read more...]
NHL: Litchfield Historic District
CT National Historic Landmark Litchfield Historic District Litchfield Ugh. Another "Historic District." There are six of these bad boys in Connecticut and they are very difficult to pin down and write about in any meaningful way. Litchfield's, as with a few of the others, has several museums swept up into the … [Read more...]
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