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Roughly Maple St. from Berr Ave. to just west of the High School and Main St. from Jobs Hill Rd. to East Green 41°54′15″N 72°28′17″W / 41.904167°N 72.471389°W / 41.904167; -72.471389 ( Ellington Center Historic
Tolland (/ ˈ t ɑː l ə n d / TAH-lənd) is a suburban town in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Capitol Planning Region . The population was 14,563 at the 2020 census .
The John Cady House stands in a rural residential area of southwestern Tolland, at the southwest corner of Mile Hill Road (Connecticut Route 31) and Cedar Swamp Road. It is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a large central chimney. Its main entrance is centered on the front facade, framed by Greek Revival pilasters ...
It was built in 1720 and has been operated by the Tolland Historical Society as a museum since 1970. [2] Along with the Old Tolland County Jail and Museum, the Tolland County Courthouse, and the Hicks-Stearns Family Museum, the Benton Homestead is one of Tolland's four major historic landmarks. [3]
Tolland County (/ ˈ t ɑː l ə n d / TAH-lənd) is a county in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Connecticut. As of the 2020 census , its population was 149,788. [ 1 ] It is incorporated into 13 towns and was originally formed on October 13, 1785, from portions of eastern Hartford County and western Windham County .
Route 195 serves as the Tolland Green's western boundary, while the street known as Tolland Green serves as the eastern boundary. Route 74 cuts through the Green from east to west. [4] On either side of the Green at the south end are two town halls, the Old Town Hall (1879) and the present Town Hall (1909).
Tolland was a junction point for multiple turnpikes, and when the Stafford Pool Turnpike (c. 1803) and Worcester and Stafford Turnpike (1810) opened, the Hartford and Tolland Turnpike formed an important segment in the major route between Hartford and Boston via Worcester, Massachusetts.
In Tolland, Route 31 continues southeast before turning south briefly before crossing into Coventry. In Coventry, Route 31 continues south to a concurrency with US 44 . The two highways run together for slightly more than one mile (1.6 km) before Route 31 heads southeast, crossing Route 275 before continuing into Mansfield.