List of sites administered by the Connecticut State Historic Preservation Office facts for kids
This is a list of historic sites in Connecticut that are administered by the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development's Historic Preservation Office. The division fulfills a range of responsibilities in the field of historic preservation, including the operation of five historic sites owned by the state.
# | Name | Image | Location | County | Description |
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1 | Prudence Crandall Museum | Canterbury | Windham | Historic house and the site of Prudence Crandall's Canterbury Female Boarding School which reopened in 1833 for African-American students, whom she called "young Ladies and little Misses of color". | |
2 | Old New-Gate Prison & Copper Mine | East Granby | Hartford | Historic former prison and mine site | |
3 | Eric Sloane Museum and Kent Furnace | Kent | Litchfield | Museum focused on the work and interests of artist, author, and illustrator Eric Sloane, in a building that was donated to the state by Stanley Works, with exhibits of hand tools, an iron furnace and the artist's studio. | |
4 | Viets' Tavern | East Granby | Hartford | C. 1760 unrestored home of John Viets, first prison warden of Old Newgate Prison; not open to the public. | |
5 | Henry Whitfield State Museum | Guilford | New Haven | Historic house dating from 1639. The oldest house in Connecticut and the oldest stone house in New England. |
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