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Machimoodus State Park is a public recreation area located on the Salmon River near the village of Moodus in the town of East Haddam, Connecticut.The state park is bordered by Sunrise State Park to the north and by the Salmon River and Salmon Cove to the west and south.
The Amasa Day House occupies a prominent location at the northwest end of the Moodus village green, on 3.5 acres (1.4 ha) of land that are mostly screened from the nearby state highway by trees. It is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. Corner pilasters rise to a shallow entablature, with ...
The village center, dubbed "Downtown Moodus", located formerly at the intersection of routes CT 151 and CT 149, was a popular destination for resort guests. However most of the village was razed after the citizens of East Haddam controversially voted in 1967 to accept urban renewal funding to build a new commercial district for Moodus a quarter ...
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 article describes National Historic Landmarks in the United States state of Connecticut. These include the most highly recognized historic sites in Connecticut that are officially designated and/or funded and operated by the U.S. Federal Government. There are no UNESCO-designated World Heritage Sites in Connecticut.
In the 1920s, the Moodus-Haddam Neck-Cobalt route was designated as a state highway known as Highway 167. Route 151 was established as part of the 1932 state highway renumbering and incorporated old Highway 167. [2] In 1947, Route 151 was extended south of Moodus via the village of Little Haddam to Route 82. [3]
In the nineteenth century, Moodus was the “Twine Capital of America,” with twelve mills in operation. [4] In the winter of 1773, American patriot Nathan Hale briefly taught in a one-room schoolhouse in East Haddam which is now a living history museum operated by Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.
Sunrise State Park (originally Sunrise Resort State Park) is a public recreation area occupying the site of the former Sunrise Resort in the town of East Haddam, Connecticut. The state park encompasses 143 acres (58 ha) on the east shore of Salmon River and shares an entrance with Machimoodus State Park to the south. [2]