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In 2016, Stamford's oldest extant house, the Hoyt-Barnum House, was relocated from Bedford Street, near downtown, to a location next to the Stamford History Center in North Stamford. In 2018, the Cappelli Organization opened up the first of its two Atlantic Station towers, next to the United States Post Office–Stamford Main , which hosts 325 ...
Stamford (/ ˈ s t æ m f ər d /) is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, 34 miles (55 kilometers) outside of New York City.It is the sixth-most populous city in New England.
Old North Stamford Road at Rippowam River in northern Stamford [31]: 2 41°06′54″N 73°32′42″W / 41.115°N 73.545°W / 41.115; -73.545 ( Turn-of-River A lenticular pony truss bridge built by the Berlin Iron Bridge Company in 1892, using a design patented by William O. Douglas in 1878 for a lens-type truss bridge .
The Stamford History Center was founded in 1901 and incorporated in 1909 as the Stamford Historical Society, Inc. [2] The early collections included mainly agrarian objects such as wooden implements, early furniture, ironware, earthenware, pewter and silver.
Barnum's wife, Betsey Hoyt Barnum, was a descendant of the house's builder, Samuel Hoyt, and it remained with Betsey Hoyt Barnum's descendants until 1922. The Stamford Historical Society, now known as the Stamford History Center, purchased the Hoyt-Barnum house from a local bank in 1942, opening it to the public in 1950. [3]
The Stamford Museum & Nature Center, located in Stamford, Connecticut, is an art, history, nature, and agricultural sciences museum. The property covers 118 acres (c. 48 hectares) beginning about half a mile north of the Merritt Parkway. It was originally a private estate.
Stamford Art Association was set up in 1971. It is a non-profit organization that showcases local artists to the public. It is downtown on Franklin St. close to the UConn-Stamford Campus. Hoyt-Barnum House is a historic house museum, in a 17th-century structure stated to be the oldest authentic residence in Stamford. Originally built in 1699 by ...
The City of Stamford established the Old Town Hall Redevelopment Agency in 2006 to oversee three limited-liability corporations to whom ownership of the building was transferred as part of the project. [3] The renovation was completed in 2010. [5] [3] The cost of the renovation, has been variously cited at $16 million [5] or $20 million. [3]