. Connecticut Quide A PROJECT OF THE STATE PLANNING BOARD PUBLISHED BY EMERGENCY RELIEF COMMISSION SHAHON /CORNWALL/ G03HEN ' NEW V \ FAIlrlELD ftJlOOXFIEL /tfACON* OXFOW / FALU; IDCEF!ELD,| REDDING \ STAMFOU \ ;K From the collection of the n z m o Prelinger v JJibrary San Francisco, California 2007 THK GOVERNOR'S GREETING Connecticut extends welcome to visitors on her Three Hundredth Anniversary. Here is a green and pleasant land, with fields and rugged hills, with forests where the dogwood and mountain laurel bloom, with rivers and lakes and rushing streams that still keep in their names the echoes of the long Indian past, with miles of fine beaches and friendly harbors along beautiful shores, with elm- shaded villages and modern cities, and with highways linking them to the quiet countryside. This book will help you to find these places of beauty and the many old houses that have come down from colonial days. It tells something of the State's history and of the Connecticut Yankee with inventive genius who became famous even at King Arthur's court. Every one of our towns has something of special historic interest. With this Connecticut Guide in hand and eyes alert for all that is worth seeing, your stay with us will give you in return rich and lasting rewards in remembered pleasure. WII.IH R L. THE CONNECTICUT GUIDE WHAT TO SEE AND WHERE TO FIND IT A Project of the State Planning Board Initiated under CWA and completed with FERA funds Compiled by Edgar L. Heermance Published by EMERGENCY RELIEF COMMISSION Hartford, Connecticut 1935 COPYRIGHT 1935 by Emergency Relief Commission Printed by Curtiss-Way Co., Inc. Meriden, Conn. THE TOWNS ALPHABETICALLY PAGE ANDOVER. Journey XI. 4 253 ANSONIA. III. 3 120 ASHFORD. VII. 6 188 AVON. IV. 7 150 BARKHAMSTED. V. 4 158 BEACON FALLS. III. 6 123 BERLIN. VI. 4 167 BETHANY. III. 11 128 BETHEL. II. 6 80 BETHLEHEM. II. 22 104 BLOOMFIELD. IV. 9 152 BOLTON. VII. 3 185 BOZRAH. XL 1 249 BRANFORD. 1.15 42 BRIDGEPORT. 1.8 16 BRIDGEWATER. II. 9 83 BRISTOL. IV. 5 145 BROOKFIELD. II. 7 81 BROOKLYN. XIII. 9 270 BURLINGTON. V. 1 155 CANAAN. II. 16 94 CANTERBURY. XIII. 6 267 CANTON. V. 2 156 CHAPLIN. XII. 4 258 CHESHIRE. IV. 2 141 CHESTER. VIII. 3 197 CLINTON. I. 19 49 COLCHESTER. IX. 2 233 COLEBROOK. III. 20 138 COLUMBIA. XI. 3 253 CORNWALL. II. 13 H7 COVENTRY. VII. 4. 186 CROMWELL. VIII. 8 205 DANBURY. II. 5.. 78 DARIEN. 1.3 6 DERBY. III. 2 118 DURHAM. VIII. 6 202 EASTFORD. VII. 10.. 192 EAST GRANBY. IV. 11 153 EAST HADDAM. VIII. 21 226 EAST HAMPTON. VIII. 20 225 EAST HARTFORD. VII. 1 183 EAST HAVEN. I. 14 41 EAST LYME. I. 24 59 EASTON. 11.30.. 115 VI T1IK CONNE4 I KIT PAGE EAST WINDSOR. VIII. 16 220 ELLINGTON. XIV. 2 276 ENFIELD. VIII. 15 219 ESSEX. VIII. 1 195 FAIRFIELD. I. 7.. 13 FARMINGTON. IV. 6 146 FRANKLIN. XII. 1 255 GLASTONBURY. VIII. 18. 222 GOSHEN. II. 19 97 GRANBY. IV. 10 153 GREENWICH. I. 1 1 GRISWOLD. XIII. 3 264 GROTON. I. 27 65 GUILFORD. I. 17 44 HADDAM. VIII. 4... 198 HAMDEN. IV. 1 139 HAMPTON. XII. 5 259 HARTFORD. VI. 7 172 HARTLAND. V. 5 159 HARWINTON. III. 17 134 HEBRON. IX. 3 234 KENT. II. 12.. 85 KILLINGLY. XIII. 8 269 KILLINGWORTH. I. 20 51 LEBANON. XI. 2 250 LEDYARD. X. 4 245 LISBON. XIII. 1 263 LITCHFIELD. II. 20 99 LYME. VIII. 22 228 MADISON. 1.18... 48 MANCHESTER. VII. 2 184 MANSFIELD. VII. 5 187 MARLBOROUGH. IX. 4 235 MERIDEN. VI. 3 164 MIDDLEBURY. III. 9 126 MIDDLEFIELD. VIII. 7 204 MIDDLETOWN. VIII. 5 199 MILFORD. I. 10 21 MONROE. II. 29 114 MONTVILLE. X. 1 237 MORRIS. 11.21 ... 103 NAUGATUCK. III. 7. 123 NEW BRITAIN. VI. 5 170 NEW CANAAN. I. 4 8 NEW FAIRFIELD. II. 10 84 NEW HARTFORD. V. 3 157 NEW HAVEN. 1.13... 25 THE TOWNS ALPHABETICALLY Vll PAGE NEWINGTON. VIII. 11 211 NEW LONDON. I. 26 61 NEW MILFORD. II. 8 81 NEWTOWN. II. 28 112 NORFOLK. II. 18 96 NORTH BRANFORD. I. 16 43 NORTH CANAAN. II. 17 95 NORTH HAVEN. VI. 1 161 NORTH STONINGTON. X. 5 246 NORWALK. 1.5 9 NORWICH. X. 2 239 OLD LYME. I. 23 55 OLD SAYBROOK. I. 22 53 ORANGE. I. 11 24 OXFORD. III. 5 122 PLAINFIELD. XIII. 5 266 PLAINVILLE. IV. 4 144 PLYMOUTH. III. 16 133 POMFRET. VII. 11 193 PORTLAND. VIII. 19 224 PRESTON. X. 3 244 PROSPECT. III. 12 129 PUTNAM. XIII. 10 271 REDDING. II. 3. 75 RIDGEFIELD. II. 4 77 ROCKY HILL. VIII. 9 206 ROXBURY. II. 27 Ill SALEM. IX. 1.... 231 SALISBURY. II. 15 92 SAYBROOK. VIII. 2 196 SCOTLAND. XII. 3 257 SEYMOUR. III. 4 121 SHARON. II. 14 89 SHELTON. III. 1 117 SHERMAN. II. 11 84 SIMSBURY. IV. 8 150 SOMERS. XIV. 1 275 SOUTHBURY. II. 24 107 SOUTHINGTON. IV. 3 142 SOUTH WINDSOR. VIII. 17 221 SPRAGUE. XIII. 2 264 STAFFORD. XIV. 3 277 STAMFORD. I. 2 5 - STERLING. XIII. 7. 268 STONINGTON. I. 28 68 STRATFORD. 1.9 19 SUFFIELD. VIII. 14 216 THOMASTON. III. 15. 132 THOMPSON. XIII. 11.. 272 Vi THE CONNECTICUT GUIDE PAGE TOLLAND. VII. 8 190 TORRINGTON. III. 18 135 TRUMBULL. II. 31 116 UNION. XIV. 4 278 VERNON. VII. 7 189 VOLUNTOWN. XIII. 4 265 WALLINGFORD. VI. 2... 163 WARREN. II. 25 109 WASHINGTON. II. 26 110 WATERBURY. III. 8 124 WATERFORD. I. 25 60 WATERTOWN. III. 14 131 WESTBROOK. I. 21 52 WEST HARTFORD. VI. 6 171 WEST HAVEN. I. 12 24 WESTON. II. 2 74 WESTPORT. I. 6 11 WETHERSFIELD. VIII. 10 208 WILLINGTON. VII. 9 191 WILTON. II. 1 73 WINCHESTER. III. 19 136 WINDHAM. XII. 2 256 WINDSOR. VIII. 12 212 WINDSOR LOCKS. VIII. 13 216 WOLCOTT. III. 13 130 WOODBRIDGE. III. 10 .... 126 WOODBURY. II. 23 105 WOODSTOCK. XII. 6... 260 HOW THE TOWNS ARE ARRANGED Side Trips in Brackets. Towns covered in other Journeys in Italics. Journey I THE SHORE TOWNS Greenwich to Stonington. U. S. 1. PAGE 1. GREENWICH 1 2. STAMFORD 5 3. DARIEN 6 4. (NEW CANAAN) 8 5. NORWALK 9 6. WESTPORT 11 7. FAIRFIELD 13 8. BRIDGEPORT 16 9. STRATFORD 19 10. MILFORD 21 11. ORANGE 24 12. WEST HAVEN 24 13. NEW HAVEN 25 14. EAST HAVEN 41 15. BRANFORD 42 16. (NORTH BRANFORD) 43 17. GUILFORD 44 18. MADISON 48 19. CLINTON 49 20. (KILLINGWORTH) 51 21. WESTBROOK 52 22. OLD SAYBROOK 53 23. OLD LYME - 55 24. EAST LYME 59 25. WATERFORD 60 26. NEW LONDON 61 27. GROTON 65 28. STONINGTON.. 68 THE COXXECTICTT Cl'IDE Journey II THE WESTERN HIGHLANDS Norwalk to North Canaan; Norfolk to Bridgeport. U. S. 7 north; returning by various highways. \uncal II. 1. II. 2. now mi-; TOWNS ARE ARRANGED xi Journey III THROUGH THE BRASS TOWNS Stratford to Colebrook. U. S. 8 and Route 69. Stratford. See Journey I. 9. PAGE III. 1. SHELTON 117 ' III. 2. DERBY 118 III. 3. ANSONIA 120 III. 4. SEYMOUR 121 III. 5. (OXFORD.) 122 III. 6. BEACON FALLS 123 III. 7. NAUGATUCK 123 III. 8. WATERBURY 124 III. 9. (MIDDELBURY.) 126 III. 10. (WOODBRIDGE.) 126 III. 11. (BETHANY.) 128 III. 12. (PROSPECT.) 129 III. 13. (WOLCOTT.) 130 III. 14. (WATERTOWN.) 131 III. 15. THOMASTON 132 III. 16. (PLYMOUTH.) , 133 III. 17. HARWINTON 134 III. 18. TORRINGTON 135 III. 19. WINCHESTER 136 III. 20. COLEBROOK 138 Journey IV THE COLLEGE HIGHWAY New Haven to Granby. Route 10. New Haven. See Journey I. 13. PAGE IV. 1. HAMDEN 139 IV. 2. CHESHIRE 141 IV. 3. SOUTHINGTON 142 IV. 4. PLAINVILLE . 144 IV. 5. (BRISTOL.) 145 IV. 6. FARMINGTON 146 IV. 7. AVON 150 IV. 8. SIMSBURY 150 IV. 9. (BLOOMFIELD.) 152 IV. 10. GRANBY 153 IV. 11. (EAST GRANBY.) . 153 Xll THE CONNECTICUT GUIDE Journey V THE TUNXIS COUNTRY Farmington to Granby. Routes 4, 101, and 20. Farmington. See Journey IV. 6. V 1 BURLINGTON HOW THE TOWNS ARK ARRANGED Xlli PAGE VII. 7. (VERNON.) 189 VII. 8. (TOLLAND.) 190 VII. 9. (WILLINGTON.) 191 VII. 10. EASTFORD.. 192 VII. 11. POMFRET 193 Putnam. See Journey XIII. 10. Thompson. SeeJourneyXIII.il. Journey VIII UP AND DOWN THE RIVER Old Saybrook to Suffield; Enfield to Old Lyme. North on Route 9 and U. S. 5A; returning by U. S. 5 and various highways. Old Saybrook. See Journey I. 22. PAGE VIII. 1. ESSEX 195 VIII. 2. SAYBROOK 196 VIII. 3. CHESTER 197 VIII. 4. HADDAM 198 VIII. 5. MIDDLETOWN 199 VIII. 6. (DURHAM.) 202 VIII. 7. (MIDDLEFIELD.) 204 VIII. 8. CROMWELL 205 VIII. 9. ROCKY HILL 206 VIII. 10. WETHERSFIELD 208 VIII. 11. NEWINGTON 211 Hartford. See Journey VI. 7. VIII. 12. WINDSOR 212 VIII. 13. WINDSOR LOCKS 216 VIII. 14. SUFFIELD 216 VIII. 15. ENFIELD 219 VIII. 16. EAST WINDSOR 220 VIII. 17. SOUTH WINDSOR 221 East Hartford. See Journey VII. 1. VIII. 18. GLASTONBURY 222 VIII. 19. PORTLAND 224 VIII. 20. EAST HAMPTON 225 VIII. 21. EAST HADDAM 226 VIII. 22. LYME 228 Old Lyme. See Journey I. 23. xiv i m < ON M< in i i ,rn>i; Journey IX THE GOVERNOR'S ROAD New London to Hartford. Routes 85 and 2. \cic I^nnlon. See Journey I. 26. Waterford. See Journey I. 25. P.M.K IX. L SALEM 231 IX. 2. COLCHESTER 233 IX. 3. HEBRON 234 IX. 4. MARLBOROUGH 235 Glastonbury. See Journey VIII. 18. Manchester. See Journey VII. 2. East Hartford. See Journey VII. 1. Hartford. See Journey VI.