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Waterford was a large agricultural town in the 19th century, having mostly sheep farms. Waterford was also widely known for its granite industry that lasted from the late 19th century to the 1930s. Graniteville is a district in Waterford that is named after this industry. The area today known as Crystal Mall was also home to granite quarries.
Waterford was settled in the 17th century, and was part of New London until 1801. Its industrial history as a granite quarrying locale began as early as 1737, when Edward Buor began quarrying stones for use in grist mills.
The Quaker Hill Historic District encompasses the center a mainly residential village in northeastern Waterford, Connecticut.Running in a mostly linear fashion along Old Norwich Road between Connecticut Route 32 and Richard Grove Road, the area first grew as a settlement of religious non-conformists in the 17th century, developed in the 19th century as a small industrial village, and became ...
The Waterford property where the Seaside Sanatorium would stand was commissioned in 1930 by The State Tuberculosis Commission. The 28-acre property was purchased from the heirs of the Smith-Grimes estate. More land was purchased in 1936, bringing the property to its current boundaries, totaling 36 acres at a cost of $125,000.
Quaker Hill is a village or neighborhood in the town of Waterford, in the southeastern part of Connecticut, United States.. It is located in the northeastern corner of the town, on the west bank of the Thames River (around Smith Cove) north of New London, [1] [2] and centered on the intersection of the Old Norwich Road and the Old Colchester Road.
Harkness Memorial State Park is a historic preservation area with botanical garden and recreational features located on Long Island Sound in the town of Waterford, Connecticut. The state park's 304 acres (123 ha) center around Eolia, a 42-room Renaissance Revival mansion with formal gardens and greenhouses.
The Oswegatchie Historic District is a historic district in the town of Waterford, Connecticut, United States.The historic district is located on a peninsula on the east side of the tidal Niantic River, and represents a cross-section of historic coastal land uses, from farming to a small colony of summer estates to year-round living.
The Hartford Colony is located in the central portion of Waterford's southern coastline. It is set on the southwest side of a lobe of land that forms the east side of Jordan Cove, and includes the south-facing Magonk Point (the district's southern and eastern limit) and southwest-facing White Point, and is roughly bounded on the north by Pleasure Beach and Lindros Lane.