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The Middlebury Center Historic District encompasses the historic civic and religious center of Middlebury, Connecticut.Centered at the junction of North and South Streets with Whittemore Road, the District includes churches, schools and municipal buildings, many from the late 19th or early 20th centuries, as well as a diversity of residential architecture.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 18.5 square miles (48 km 2), of which 17.8 square miles (46 km 2) is land and 0.7 square miles (1.8 km 2), or 3.79%, is water. Towns that border Middlebury are Southbury, Woodbury, Watertown, Waterbury, Naugatuck and Oxford.
It was moved to Middlebury by truck and reassembled there. [2] Middlebury Chapel: 1916 [2] Chapel for formal events; built in the style of a traditional New England meeting house combined with the marble of the American neoclassical style. Above the colonnade is a quote from Psalm 95, "The strength of the hills is His also." Also has an 11-bell ...
Chris Cheng (MIIS) 2006 - American sport shooter [34] Bob Beattie 1955 - head coach of the U.S. Ski Team from 1961 to 1969 and co-founded the Alpine Skiing World Cup [35] Penny Pitou 1960 - first American skier to win a medal in the Olympic downhill event [36] Chris Waddell 1991 - American Paralympic sit-skier and wheelchair track athlete [37]
Believed to be the first coupon ever, this ticket for a free glass of Coca-Cola was first distributed in 1888 to help promote the drink. By 1913, the company had redeemed 8.5 million tickets. [6] Coca-Cola's 1888-issued "free glass of" is the earliest documented coupon. [6] [7] Coupons were mailed to potential customers and placed in magazines ...
Westover School was founded in 1909 by Mary Robbins Hillard "to provide young women with a liberal education in a community which would contribute to the development of their character, independence and sense of responsibility."
Pomperaug was built in 1979 on the border between Southbury and Middlebury, the two communities which it serves. It is the only high school in Regional School District 15, and receives students who have graduated from Memorial Middle School (in Middlebury) and Rochambeau Middle School (in Southbury). Previous to the building of Pomperaug High ...
99 - Orthodox Cheng Ming System which was devised as a combination of the 5 Main styles in Nanjing in 1929 and was taught by the Master Wang Shujin; 103 - Yang long form (The moves can also add up to 85, 88, 108 or 150 depending on how they are counted.) 105 - Fu style tai chi; 108 - Taoist Tai Chi form, As done by Taoist Tai Chi Society; 108 ...