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Candlewood Isle is a census-designated place (CDP) on an island of the same name in Candlewood Lake, in the town of New Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is in the southeastern section of the town, with Candlewood Knolls and Kellogg Point on the mainland to the west and Candlewood Lake Club , Candlewood Shores and ...
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.
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.
New Fairfield borders Danbury to the south, Brookfield to the southeast, New Milford to the northeast, Sherman to the north, and Patterson, New York to the west. There are four lakes in New Fairfield: Candlewood Lake, Squantz Pond, Ball Pond, and Margerie Lake Reservoir. Candlewood Lake dominates the eastern side of the town and extends both ...
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 ...
Location of Fairfield County in South Carolina. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Fairfield County, South Carolina. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Fairfield County, South Carolina, United States. The locations of National ...
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 ...
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]