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The Barn Door Hills of north-central Connecticut are a pair of prominent rocky trap rock knobs separated by a steep sided gap. They are located in Granby, Connecticut.The hills are an outlying section of the narrow, linear Metacomet Ridge that extends from Long Island Sound near New Haven, north through the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts to the Vermont border.
It is also significant for the part it played in the Battle of Ridgefield when British forces passed through, in 1777. The site was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 and is operated as the Keeler Tavern Museum & History Center (KTM&HC). It is also included in the Ridgefield Center Historic District, NRHP-listed in 1984. [2]
During the construction, Remington continued to work, creating a number of significant works. Although he had major plans for life in Ridgefield, he died of acute appendicitis a few months after the house was completed. [3] The main house is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story gambrel-roofed wood-frame structure with a stone facade, and clapboarded sides and ...
The Ridgefield Center Historic District is part of the town of Ridgefield, Connecticut.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1]The district is an irregularly shaped area that is roughly bounded by Pound St., Fairview Ave., Prospect, Ridge, and Whipstick Rds.
Ridgefield Playhouse; Ridgefield station (New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad) This page was last edited on 25 January 2023, at 01:19 (UTC). Text is available ...
Ridgefield in Review, by Silvio A. Bedini (1958) Out of print, but used copies often available locally; History of Ridgefield, by George L. Rockwell, 583 pages, long out of print; The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Records, Volume 36, an index to Ridgefield births, marriages and deaths from 1709 to 1850. Genealogical Publishing Company ...
Weir Farm National Historical Park is located in Ridgefield and Wilton, Connecticut. It commemorates the life and work of American impressionist painter J. Alden Weir and other artists who stayed at the site or lived there, to include Childe Hassam, Albert Pinkham Ryder, John Singer Sargent, and John Twachtman. J. Alden Weir's studio at Weir Farm
The West Mountain Historic District is a 425-acre (172 ha) historic district northwest of the center of Ridgefield, Connecticut in Fairfield County, Connecticut that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. It includes 12 contributing buildings. [1]