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Brownsville, Texas – Major Jacob Brown [86] Browntown, Wisconsin – William G. Brown (settler) [84] Brownville, Maine – Francis Brown (mill owner and trader) [84] Brownville, Nebraska – Richard Brown (settler) [84] Brownville, New York – John Brown (settler and father of General Jacob Jennings Brown) [84] Brownwood, Texas – Henry S ...
The Bigelow-Hartford Carpet Mills Historic District encompasses a company-built factory and residential area in the Thompsonville area of Enfield, Connecticut, United States. In addition to the former factory buildings of the Bigelow-Hartford Carpet Mills , it includes more than 150 housing units built by the company between about 1830 and 1920.
The Connecticut River valley was prized for its brownstone quarries, which were often used by the region's grave carvers. Portland, Connecticut in particular had one of the largest brownstone quarries, and many carvers were based in the region due to the ample supply of material. Families such as the Stanclift and Thomas Johnson families would ...
The historic district is essentially linear, running along Enfield Street for 2 miles (3.2 km) from Connecticut Route 190 in the north to the junction of Old King Street and Oliver Road in the south. Residential architecture predominates in the district, with wood frame houses 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 stories in height.
Enfield was home to the U.S. headquarters of Danish plastic building toy manufacturer Lego, which was also the town's largest employer. Hallmark Cards was the town's second-largest employer. It is now closed, having sent all distribution to Kansas City in 2016. Enfield was once the home to the headquarters of the Casual Corner clothing company.
St. Adalbert Parish - designated for Polish immigrants in Enfield, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1915, it is one of the Polish-American Roman Catholic parishes in New England in the Archdiocese of Hartford. In 2017, St. Adalbert was merged with St. Patrick Parish in Enfield to form St. Raymond of Penafort parish.
First named "Enfield" by settlers from Enfield, Connecticut, the town was renamed "Relhan" in 1766 to honor Dr. Anthony Relhan (c. 1715 –1776). The doctor was a promoter of sea-bathing as a curative, making Brighton, England, a fashionable resort. Following the American Revolution, the New Hampshire town was renamed Enfield in 1784. [3]
The first Hells Angels chapter in Connecticut was founded following a "patch over" of the Grateful Dead Motorcycle Club in Bridgeport in 1975. [120] Two other chapters in the state, in Hartford and Middletown, were subsequently established. [121] The Connecticut Hells Angels have been recruited as enforcers and contract killers for Mafia crime ...