Mining the Depths for This Website Cobalt Post Office, East Hampton Pro-tip: If a town is linked on CTMQ, it's a real town. If it's not, it's not. I used to get all fired up when people would say certain non-towns were towns in Connecticut. I'm mostly over that now with a few exceptions: I'm looking at you … [Read more...]
Pleasant Valley Post Office
So Pleasant (Valley) Pleasant Valley Post Office, Barkhamsted Of all the place names in Connecticut, Pleasant Valley may be one of my favorites. It's just so... so accurate. The southern section of Barkhamsted along the Farmington River is not only a valley, it is very pleasant. It's sylvan and quaint. A large … [Read more...]
Polmart Post Office
Polishing Off Another Superlative Polmart Post Office, New Britain In a sense, we could find infinite things that are only in Connecticut. Like, "only Whole Foods that used to be a Wild Oats that's only a mile or two away from two other Whole Foods" (West Hartford) or "Only town that is shaped like a wallaby" (New … [Read more...]
East Canaan Post Office
Canaaaaaaaaaaan! East Canaan Post Office, North Canaan I'm annoyed with myself. I'm annoyed I started noticing unique post offices around Connecticut and now I "have to" document them and write a bunch of sentences about them. In the end, they're just post offices, y'know? This one in the East Canaan section … [Read more...]
Staffordville Post Office
The Whole Package Staffordville Post Office, Stafford If you ever find yourself driving around Staffordville and western Union and become lost in the thought that you've somehow driven off the grid to somewhere in, oh I don't know, Michigan's upper peninsula somehow, this creepy post office may wind up being your … [Read more...]
Litchfield Post Office
"Good Looking" Litchfield Post Office, Litchfield Hey, you clicked on the link to take you here, not me. I don't know why you did, but you did. And you know what your reward is? A whole lotta nothin'. I began noticing some of Connecticut's more unique post offices - and we do have our share - and … [Read more...]
Lakewood Road Post Office
Stamping Out Architectural Design Lakewood Road Post Office, Waterbury I've become enamored with out of place post offices in Connecticut. We have a bunch of them, so stay tuned over the next few decades as I uncover and expose them all here. Perhaps, when all is said and done, I'll have the definitive collection … [Read more...]
Old Mystic Post Office
Squeee! Ole Mystic Post Office, Stonington I was scrolling through old pictures and came across the one below that I took of the Old Mystic Post Office. I remember thinking at the time I took it, "Oh my gosh, that is just the cutest little post office in Connecticut!" Sure, there are tons of tiny post offices … [Read more...]
Old West Suffield Post Office
Howdy Pardner West Suffield Post Office, Suffield I know that I'm the only one entertained by this, but I don't care. I found the rather unique font used at the post office in West Suffield funny. I know that's not actually funny. But let me be me. CTMQ's Libraries Post Offices, & Schools … [Read more...]
East Windsor Hill Post Office
Is This Possibly True? Oldest Active Post Office in US South Windsor Something that is definitely true: I often do "hidden giveaways" towards the end of CTMQ posts. The thrill I get from knowing people read things I write is bigger for me than the thrill of winning is for them. The last one I did was for … [Read more...]