Hartland

[ front ]

Proprietors from Hartford, those whose names appeared on the tax lists of 1720, were originally given the western land grants called Hart(ford)land, now known as the Town of Hartland. The first permanent settler in this area was Thomas ...

W.C. Trout and the Counter-Balanced Pumping Unit

The son of an early industrial engineer, W.C. Trout (1874-1947) came to Lufkin in 1905 and joined Lufkin Foundry & Machine Co. as a shareholder and company secretary. Already a successful inventor, Trout led the diversification of the shop from ...

The Federal Post Office

1870 – 1939

On this site stood the western wall of the Federal Post Office. Designed by Alfred B. Mullet – architect of the Old Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C. – the ornate building’s broad north façade faced City ...

Crawford Long Birthsite

?— 1 block—«

Dr. Crawford W. Long who first used ether as an anesthetic, in a surgical operation at Jefferson, Ga., March 30, 1842, was born in a house that stands about 1 block from here. Dr. Long, born Nov. 1, ...

Old Town

In 1839 John Cuppy laid out 42 lots on his farm between Ohio River and hill; added 50 lots in 1850. Named Vernon but called Cuppy Town. In 1840 John Chapman built the first house. Industry based on rich clay ...

Barkhamsted Center Cemetery

The

Barkhamsted Center Cemetery

The Hollow Cemetery

and the

Tiffany Private Cemetery

Removed from their former locations to

this site. Dedicated to the memory of the

known and the unknown dead.

This new Barkhamsted Cemetery has been

constructed by the Water Bureau of the

Metropolitan District of Hartford ...

The Bridewell 1775-1838

This Georgian style gray stone structure served as New York City’s largest prison. The name of the building came from a common 18th century English term for a jail. In 1776, when British forces occupied New York City, hundreds of ...

Barkhamsted

Barkhamsted

Named for Barkhamsted in Hertfordshire, England, this area was part of the Western Lands granted by the proprietors of Windsor to 108 persons of that town in 1732. The first highway through the town was the New Country Road, better ...

Manchester Lodge No. 14

On September 19, 1795, Manchester Lodge No. 14, A.F.&A. M., laid the cornerstone of its first temple on this site. The ceremony was conducted by the worshipful master Archibald Campbell, grand master John Marshall, and deputy grand master Robert Brooke. ...

Barkhamsted Soldiers Memorial

[ north side ]

1776

The Tribute

Of The

People Of Barkhamsted

To The

Memory Of Her Sons

And Daughters

Who Fought To

Establish Defend And Preserve

The Nation

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Erected 1897

[ lower plaque ]

World War II

Jespersen, Donald • Jones, Edward E. • Kaiser, Herbert J. • Kelly, Harold M. • ...