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Train service began in Stamford in 1848, and regular service along the New Haven Line began on January 1, 1849. [12] The introduction of train service in Stamford improved access to the city, helped develop its industry, and attracted immigrants. [13] Stamford's population grew from about 5,000 in 1850 to 11,000 in 1880. [13]
Although plural in name, this is a single house in Stamford, Connecticut that was expanded from a first section that dates from 1791. Now predominantly a Georgian style house with a newer Federal style wing, it is the only remainder of the large Stamford Mills complex at the Cove. [9] 4: Deacon John Davenport House: Deacon John Davenport House ...
The Connecticut Colony, originally known as the Connecticut River Colony, was an English colony in New England which later became the state of Connecticut. It was organized on March 3, 1636, as a settlement for a Puritan congregation of settlers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony led by Thomas Hooker .
Stamford's public library, the Ferguson Library, is one of the largest in Connecticut. The library also shows movies and has a used book store run by Friends of Ferguson Library. The library has branches in South End, Springdale, and the Turn of River sections of the city, it also has a bookmobile that runs daily to different neighborhoods.
In November 2016, the City of Stamford moved the Hoyt-Barnum House to the Historical Society's North Stamford campus to make way for a new police station on Bedford Street. [5] In 2017, the board of directors voted to use the name, Stamford History Center, to reflect the physical change of the organization. [6]
The district, located in rural northern Stamford near the border with New York, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. [1] Although the district includes a few early 19th-century properties, the area was most heavily developed between 1850 and 1920, and was a local center of shoe manufacturing until it was bypassed by ...
Edward E. King Museum, East Hartford, information, collection of aviation and tobacco memorabilia, [29] now spread throughout the East Hartford Public Library but not as a separate museum Farm Implement Museum, Bloomfield - was dedicated to the history of farming in New England and displayed farm tools dating from the 1790s [ 30 ] [ 31 ]
The grandson of New Haven Colony founder John Davenport, [1] Abraham Davenport was born in the Connecticut Colony town of Stamford in 1715 to John and Elizabeth (née Maltby). Davenport's home in Stamford was on Main Street, near the corner of Summer Street. [2] Davenport graduated from Yale College with his Bachelor of Arts in 1732.