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Caroline Woolsey Ferriday (July 3, 1902 – April 24, 1990) was an American philanthropist known for her efforts during World War II and the period after. She is best known for bringing the plight of the "Rabbits", or "Lapins", Polish women subjected to medical experimentation by the Nazis at Ravensbrück concentration camp, to the American public.
Location of Litchfield County in Connecticut. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Litchfield County, Connecticut.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States.
Canterbury village green, junction of CT 14 and CT 169: Canterbury: Site of Prudence Crandall's Canterbury Female Boarding School, which in 1833–1834 offered schooling to black girls. Forced to close by fierce town resistance, culminating in violence.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Greenwich.The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
Historically a prison for delinquent girls, it underwent various name changes, was acquired by the state in 1924, and began housing boys in 1972. Prior to its 2003 closure, it was operated by the Connecticut Department of Children and Families, and was for inmates of the ages 11–16. [1] It was a locked and high-security facility. [2]
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The Bellamy-Ferriday House and Garden (also known as the Joseph Bellamy House) is a historic house museum at 9 Main Street North in Bethlehem, Connecticut.The main house was built between about 1754 and 1767 by the Rev. Joseph Bellamy, a prominent Congregationalist minister who played an influential role in the First Great Awakening.
Prior to this, Sarah Pierce had been holding classes in her house on North Street in Litchfield. $385 was raised and a school house was built on the north side of Sarah Pierce's house. The building was described by student Lucy Sheldon Beach as being a large room with a swinging partition in the center so that the room could be expanded or ...