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Candlewood Knolls is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of New Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is in the southeastern part of the town, on the western shore of Candlewood Lake. Candlewood Knolls was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.
Aloysius P. Kelley Center (named in honor of Aloysius P. Kelley S.J., 7th President of Fairfield University) Alumni House; Bellarmine Hall (named in honor of Saint Robert Bellarmine S.J.) Central Utility Facility; John C. Dolan Hall (named in honor of uncle of university benefactor Charles F. Dolan)
In 1888, a notable wooden public school building was constructed on Greene Avenue, which was used by the school system until about 1958. Adelphi University also used the building for a period of time in the early 1960s. [3] In 1964, the building was renovated for school administration use. [4] "Old 88" burned down in a fire in December 1969 ...
Fairfield was one of the two principal settlements of the Connecticut Colony in southwestern Connecticut (the other was Stratford).The town line with Stratford was set in May 1661 by John Banks, an early Fairfield settler, Richard Olmstead, and Lt. Joseph Judson, who were both appointed as a committee by the Colony of Connecticut. [6]
The earliest known inhabitants of Sayville were the Secatogue tribe of the Algonquian peoples. Sayville was founded by John Edwards (b. 1738) of East Hampton, New York. He built his home, the first in Sayville, in 1761, located at what is now the northwest corner of Foster Avenue and Edwards Street. The house was destroyed by fire in March 1913.
A portal frame steel building under construction. Portal frame is a construction technique where vertical supports are connected to horizontal beams or trusses via fixed joints with designed-in moment-resisting capacity. [1] The result is wide spans and open floors. Portal frame structures can be constructed using a variety of materials and ...
The Fairfield Museum and History Center is a museum and research library located at 370 Beach Road in Fairfield, Connecticut. [1] Established in 2007 by the 103 year old Fairfield Historical Society, the Fairfield Museum. The Fairfield Museum's goal is to promote civic engagement by celebrating the diverse history of its region and its people. [2]
Sayville is a station on the Montauk Branch of the Long Island Rail Road in the hamlet of Sayville, New York, on Depot Street between Greeley Avenue and Railroad Avenue. Ferries to Fire Island board from a nearby port located to the station's south.