Today is the Fourteenth Anniversary of Historic Buildings of Connecticut, which started with its first post (the Joseph Webb House in Wethersfield) back in 2007! Thank you all who follow my posts here, which have featured over 4,346 buildings in 136 towns! I hope to someday get to buildings in the other 33 towns!
Fourteenth Anniversary!
Congratulation on the wonderful work you do, I always look forward to your posts, and love your website on historic buildings which I can spend hours going through and always consult before I go wandering around anywhere.
Hi Daniel – Congratulations on 14 years of great photography, history and architecture! Your website is treasure to us who like to explore. I look forward to you documenting buildings in every CT town someday!
I also love exploring and in recent years have studied old town maps from the mid 1800’s to find interesting villages and settlements within the towns. I looked through your list of towns awaiting your documentation and offer two that I have found with a treasure of architecture.
Brooklyn has a great town center with great architecture. A few miles away is Trinity Church from 1771. It’s the oldest Episcopal Church building in Connecticut and to my eye one of the oldest best preserved churches of any denomination in CT.
Stafford is another town of architectural treasures. It has numerous villages, the best known being Stafford Springs. It’s a village built in the valley to harness water power for industry. There are many fine homes including a number of elaborate Victorians. But a bigger surprise is learning that Stafford started on high ground. Up on Stafford Street there are old colonial homes predating the industrial revolution coming to Stafford. These colonial homes, some with fine detailing, are well preserved through today.
Just my thoughts. Your knowledge of CT architecture is awesome so you well may know everything I just shared. Regardless of where you explore we will all learn and benefit.