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The Coventry Glass Factory Historic District is a 32-acre (13 ha) historic district in Coventry, Connecticut that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. The listing encompasses ten historically significant houses, clustered near the site of the former Coventry Glass Factory, in a linear district along what was the ...
The Wadsworth Mansion at Long Hill Estate is located at 421 Wadsworth Street in Middletown, Connecticut. It is a 16,000-square-foot (1,500 m 2) classical revival house situated on 103 acres (0.42 km 2) wooded area. It is currently owned by the City of Middletown and is operated by the Long Hill Estate Authority.
The Junior League of Stamford-Norwalk eventually led a late 1960s restoration, supported by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the American Institute of Architects, the National Park Service, and the Connecticut Historical Commission. [7]: 6 The home was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1971. [6]
The Pitkin Glass Factory was established when the area was still considered part of East Hartford, and was known at the time as the East Hartford Glass Works.William and Elisha Pitkin had supplied gunpowder to the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War at a financial loss, and petitioned the state in 1783 for an exclusive right to manufacture glass as compensation for their losses.
Historic Barns of Connecticut is a Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation project dedicated to the documentation and preservation of barns. The program includes a grant program and a database. [2] The project began listing barns in 2004. By June 2011 8,200 barns had been documented in Connecticut, said project director Todd Levine.
A number of research projects, [27] [28] working groups, [29] and other initiatives have explored how conservation can become a more environmentally sustainable profession. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] Sustainable conservation practices apply both to work within cultural institutions [ 29 ] (e.g. museums, art galleries, archives, libraries, research centres ...
The exterior has vertical metal supports that reinforce the brick walls. The two mansard roofed ells, added prior to 1874, have a number of gabled dormers. A smokestack and decorative towers that crowned different parts of the roof were removed after 1896. The building, and nearby dam and pond, reflect South Farms' early industrial history.
The Eric Sloane Museum is located north of Kent village, on the west side of United States Route 7.Its grounds are separated from the road by the tracks of the Housatonic Railroad; a crossing facilitates access to its grounds, and those of the adjacent Connecticut Antique Machinery Association.