ASME Landmark #181 (1898) BF Clyde's Steam Powered Cider Mill Stonington You very well may have stumbled onto this particular page about BF Clyde’s from one of the other entries around the website. After all, this place shows up on CTMQ in many lists – as a museum, as a cider (soft AND hard) mill, as the oldest … [Read more...]
NHL: Old State House
CT National Historic Landmark Old State House 800 Main Street, Hartford I just took a moment to think about what I'd write in this first little intro paragraph. And it hit me - I've been to the Old State House more than any other museum in the state (I think). I used to work next door for a little while so I … [Read more...]
Old Litchfield Jail
Don’t Mind That Hole in the Wall Old Litchfield Jail, Litchfield January 23, 2010 The building became a fancy restaurant in 2020 and is also part of the Litchfield National Historic District. I’m proud of the fact that I have a lot of stuff on the site that serves to surprise readers. There are … [Read more...]
107. Lock Museum of America
The Key To My Heart Terryville section of Plymouth (Google Maps Location) May 28, 2009 Come. Come with me on a journey into the mind of a madman. No, not me, but Tom Hennessey – the guy most responsible for the wonderful insanity (some blowhards would say inanity) of the Lock Museum of America. At the outset … [Read more...]
Oldest School for the Deaf in the US
American School for the Deaf West Hartford The American School for the Deaf (ASD) is the oldest permanent school for the deaf in the United States. What's more, the school became the first recipient of state aid to education in America when the Connecticut General Assembly awarded its first annual grant to the … [Read more...]
103. Cogswell Heritage House (ASD History Museum)
Deaf Jam West Hartford (Google Maps Location) May 28, 2009 2019 Update: I see that this place is now called The Alice Cogswell Heritage House. Certain museums give me that little burst that keeps me excited to continue this website. They are usually ones like this one: Small(ish), singularly devoted, … [Read more...]
Oldest Theological School in the US
This Old House (of God) Joseph Bellamy House Bethlehem, December 2009 The more places I go around the state (which, I can confidently say is more than pretty much more than 99% of all Nutmeggers throughout the whole of history), the more fascinating things I learn along the way. This page, for instance, wasn’t … [Read more...]
Firsts, Onlies, Oldests, Largests, Longests, Mosts, Smallests, & Bests
Connecticut's Superlatives Connecticut has an amazing array of superlatives (firsts, oldests, tallests, largest, longests, onlies, and smallests) to its credit. You'll find these all over the site in the museum reports and elsewhere. Capturing them all on this page is an impossible task, so bear with me. Some … [Read more...]
The Oldest Operating Union Station in the US
All Aboard from Canaan to Sodom! The Oldest Operating Union Station in the US 2019 Update: This building is open and occupied by a brewery and a museum and other stuff! I've also read the claim that this is also the "oldest surviving Victorian train station in the US, but it burnt down so that's ridiculous to … [Read more...]
Bissell’s Ferry
Bissell’s Really Cleans Up My Ferry List Bissell's Ferry Site, Windsor/South Windsor "Site of the Oldest Ferry in the US" Most Nutmeggers know about the oldest continuously operating ferry in the US that connects Rocky Hill and Glastonbury. About half of them probably know about the other old ferry – the second … [Read more...]
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