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The Norfolk Historic District encompasses the historic civic and commercial center of Norfolk, Connecticut.Centered around a triangular green at the junction of United States Route 44 and Connecticut Route 272, it is a well-preserved late 19th to early 20th-century town center, with a number of architecturally distinctive buildings and structures.
Norfolk has important examples of regional architecture, notably the Village Hall (now Infinity Hall, a shingled 1880s Arts-and-Crafts confection, with an opera house upstairs and storefronts at street level); the Norfolk Library (a shingle-style structure, designed by George Keller, c. 1888 /1889); and over thirty buildings, in a wide variety ...
Native American: History and culture of Connecticut's Native American peoples Isham-Terry House: Hartford: Hartford: Historic house: Owned by Connecticut Landmarks, late 19th-century house and doctor's office Jabez Smith House: Groton: New London: Historic house: 18th-century house with 18th- and 19th-century antiques James Morris Museum ...
Norfolk is in northwestern Connecticut, in the Litchfield Hills.It includes the Norfolk Historic District, which covers the historic center of the village, but also extends west to include Old Colony Road, Blackberry Street, and Valley View Road, north to include Shepard Road, east to include Laurel Way and Beacon Lane, and south to include Highfield Road, Grant Street, and Battell Road. [2]
The Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area is a federally designated National Heritage Area in the U.S. states of Connecticut and Massachusetts.The heritage area interprets and promotes the historical, cultural and scenic features of the upper Housatonic River valley in the western part of both states.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
American Association for State and Local History (2002), Directory of historical organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.), Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, ISBN 9780759100022 – via archive.org
Permanent exhibits include "Making Connecticut", about the history of Connecticut, [1] and "Inn & Tavern Signs". [25] There are also galleries for temporary exhibitions. Recent exhibit topics include the American School for the Deaf, women and needlework, [26] the Kellogg brothers lithography firm, women's basketball, [27] the Amistad, [28] a history of cleanliness, [29] the Civil War [30] and ...