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83003508 [1] Added to NRHP. November 29, 1983. The Main Street Historic District in Danbury, Connecticut, United States, is the oldest section of that city, at its geographical center. It has long been the city's commercial core and downtown. Its 132 buildings, 97 of which are considered contributing properties, include government buildings ...
The Danbury Museum and Historical Society is a museum located in Danbury, Connecticut, the purpose of which is to acquire, preserve, exhibit, and interpret the heritage of the Greater Danbury area for education, information, and research. The main campus of the museum is located on 43 Main Street. It is home to five historic buildings ...
Danbury (/ ˈdænbɛəri / DAN-bair-ee) is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, located approximately 50 miles (80 km) northeast of New York City. Danbury's population as of 2020 was 86,518. It is the third-largest city in Western Connecticut, and the seventh-largest city in Connecticut. [3]
The original Mallory Hat Company, which would become one of Danbury's most prominent hat manufacturers, was established in Great Plain in 1823. [3] At this time, Danbury was in the early stages of becoming the "Hat City of the World" [4] The small shop operated at Great Plain until the 1850s, when Mallory decided to relocate downtown. [5]
The Danbury Railway Museum (reporting mark DRMX) [2] is a railway museum housed in the former Union Station on the east end of downtown Danbury, Connecticut, United States.It was established in the mid-1990s following the closure of the station by the Metro-North Railroad in favor of a new station nearby, and primarily focuses on the history of railroading in southern New England and ...
The Danbury Fair (also known as The Great Danbury State Fair) was a yearly exhibition in Danbury, Connecticut. It was begun in 1821 as an agricultural fair, but did not have a regular schedule until 1869 when hat manufacturers Rundle and White helped form the Danbury Farmers and Manufacturers Society. [1] From then until its closing, the fair ...
History of Connecticut. The U.S. state of Connecticut began as three distinct settlements of Puritans from Massachusetts and England; they combined under a single royal charter in 1663. Known as the "land of steady habits" for its political, social and religious conservatism, the colony prospered from the trade and farming of its ethnic English ...
1867 Map of Danbury (King Street District at the top left corner). The primary congregation in the community has historically been King Street Church, located on the corner of King and South King Street. The Church was founded on August 21, 1830, [6] initially in nearby Putnam County. However, by 1846 the decision was made to put down roots at ...