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Windsor's highest point is on Day Hill at 230 feet (70 m) above sea level. [15] Windsor's lowest point is on the Connecticut River, at 5 feet (1.5 m) above sea level. [15] The Connecticut River defines Windsor's eastern border. The city of Hartford, the capital of Connecticut, is adjacent
William Filley was one of the founders of Windsor, Connecticut, USA. [1] He helped establish a trading post on the Connecticut River near present-day Hartford despite Dutch threats. The local tribe of Algonquian -speaking Native Americans resented the location of the town site, as they considered the ground it stood on to be sacred.
Location of Windsor in Connecticut. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Windsor, Connecticut. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Windsor, Connecticut, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts ...
This article describes National Historic Landmarks in the United States state of Connecticut. These include the most highly recognized historic sites in Connecticut that are officially designated and/or funded and operated by the U.S. Federal Government. There are no UNESCO-designated World Heritage Sites in Connecticut.
John Strong (1610–1699) was an English-born New England colonist, politician, Puritan church leader, tanner, and one of the founders of Windsor, Connecticut, and Northampton, Massachusetts, as well as the progenitor of nearly all the Strong families in what is now the United States. He was referred to as Elder John Strong because he was an ...
The Oliver Ellsworth Homestead, also known as Elmwood, is a historic house museum at 788 Palisado Avenue in Windsor, Connecticut.Built in 1781, it was the home of the American lawyer and politician Oliver Ellsworth until his death in 1807, and was designated a National Historic Landmark because of this association.
This is a list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut. There are more than 1,500 listed sites in Connecticut. There are more than 1,500 listed sites in Connecticut.
A notable sculpture on the Windsor, Connecticut town green on Broad Street is the monument dedicated "To the Patriots of Windsor." Longman sculpted the large bronze eagle with partly spread wings bearing a wreath, atop a tall fieldstone pedestal, in 1928; it was dedicated in 1929. [ 12 ]