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The Middletown Tribune, Republican newspaper in Middletown, Connecticut including 1893-1906, daily ex. Sun [6] [4] News and Advertiser, including 1851-1854, weekly [4] Penny Press, including 1884-1939, daily ex. Sun. [4] The Sentinel and Witness, former weekly newspaper, including 1869-1884 [4] [6] Regional Standard – Guilford; Waterbury ...
The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [3]
This area includes the township Simsbury as well as Granby and Canton, which would later separate from Simsbury in 1786 [16] and 1806, [5] respectively. The precise origin of the name of the town is not known for certain. The town records covering the first ten years after incorporation were accidentally burned in 1680 and 1681.
The Simsbury Center Historic District is a 75-acre (30 ha) historic district located in the town center area of Simsbury, Connecticut. It encompasses seven blocks of Hopmeadow Street, as well as the cluster of commercial, civic, and residential buildings along Railroad, Station, and Wilcox Streets, and Phelps Lane.
The Simsbury Bank and Trust Company Building occupies a prominent position in Simsbury's town center, at the northeast corner of Hopmeadow and Station Streets. It is a two-story Colonial Revival brick building. The roughly square building has a 72-foot (22 m) facade, divided into five bays by paired fluted pilasters topped by rosettes.
The John Humphrey House is located in Simsbury's rural East Weatogue area, on the west side of East Weatogue Road north of its junction with Talcott Mountain Road. It is a two-story frame house, five bays wide, with a centered entry and a large central chimney. Its exterior is finished in wooden clapboards.
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Simsbury was founded as a town in 1670. Not long thereafter, the town established a militia, then known as a "traine band". The date of establishment of the militia is not known, but records of assemblies date to 1673. [4] The Grand Committee of the Militia met in Hartford on August 11, 1673 to organize militia against a potential attack by the ...