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The Connecticut Company or Connecticut Land Company (est. 1795) was a post-colonial land speculation company formed in the late eighteenth century to survey and encourage settlement in the eastern parts of the newly chartered Connecticut Western Reserve of the former "Ohio Country" [1] and a prized-part of the Northwest Territory)—a post ...
Fifteen years ago, the Museum acquired part of its original property from the town of Vernon. Once owned by the GAR, the property was annexed by the town and used as a jail cell. The Memorial Hall is also used for meetings by the Connecticut Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS).
Also, the counts in this table exclude boundary increase and decrease listings which modify the area covered by an existing property or district and which carry a separate National Register reference number. The numbers of NRHP listings in each county are documented by tables in each of the individual county list-articles.
The Connecticut Land Company was formed in the late eighteenth century to survey and encourage settlement in the Connecticut Western Reserve, part of the Old Northwest Territory in present-day Ohio. Pages in category "Connecticut Land Company"
Founder and provisional Commander-in-Chief, April 6-November 21, 1866. Stephen Augustus Hurlbut: 1866 1868 Illinois: John Alexander Logan: 1868 1871 Illinois: Issued General Order No. 11 on May 5, 1868 designating Decoration Day as May 30. It ultimately became a national holiday and today is known as Memorial Day, the final Monday in the month ...
New Canaan Land Trust: New Canaan: Fairfield Website: Northern Connecticut Land Trust: Somers: Tolland website: Roxbury Land Trust: Roxbury: Litchfield website, includes Mine Hills Preserve: Waterford Land Trust: Waterford: New London website: Northwest Connecticut Land Conservancy: Kent: Litchfield Regional website: Wintonbury Land Trust ...
In 2013, the headquarters building was sold to the town of Lexington, [21] with the offices of the Sovereign Grand Commander moving into the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library located next door. In December 2023, Past Sovereign Grand Commander, David Glattly criticized the Supreme Council over internal bickering and financial mismanagement ...
Connecticut Landmarks is a non-profit organization that has restored and operates significant historic house museums in Connecticut. Headquartered in Hartford , Connecticut, the organization was founded in 1936 as the Antiquarian & Landmarks Society.