by Preservation CT | Apr 7, 2025 | Event
THIS EVENT IS POSTPONED Ball & Socket Arts May 17th at 11:00AM 493 West Main Street, Cheshire Join us as we go behind the scenes at Ball & Socket Arts, one of PCT’s 50 places! Come learn about the history of the former Ball & Socket Manufacturing Company...
by Preservation CT | Mar 26, 2025 | Demolition
St. Peter Church, slated for demolition based on an engineering report that called for cost prohibitive structural repairs. Parishioners have started a petition to save the church. Recent coverage by the Hartford Courant. Email Jordan Sorensen with questions about...
by Preservation CT | Mar 4, 2025 | Demolition
Five residential/commercial buildings, c.1890-1900, contributing resource in the Chapel Street National Register District. Objections letters submitted to Building Official, Robert Dillon, 200 Orange Street, Room 501, New Haven, CT...
by Preservation CT | Mar 3, 2025 | Demolition
Built in 1924 for Southern New England Telephone Co. See the listing on our CT Mills website here. Posted 1/20/2025, under 90-day demolition delay. Objections can be submitted in writing to: Office of Building Inspection & Enforcement ...
by Preservation CT | Mar 3, 2025 | Demolition
Corvino L. Ogden house, built c.1888, single family residence, and located in the 5 Mile River Landing National Register Historic District. Posted 2/18/2025 Submit written objection by March 11th to: Norwalk Building Official/Code Enforcement, 125 East Avenue, PO BOX...
by Preservation CT | Dec 27, 2024 | Demolition
Two residential now office buildings dating from the late 19th century (listed in Simsbury’s Historic Resources Inventory) totaling 5,408 square feet. Posted 12/18/2024. For objections, contact Simsbury Building Department, 933 Hopmeadow Street, Simsbury, CT...
by Preservation CT | Dec 12, 2024 | Education, Event
Wednesday, December 18th at 6:30 PM via Zoom Preservation Connecticut and the State Historic Preservation Office along with our virtual “host” the Wilton Historic District Commission, invite all local historic District commissioners, Building officials and planners...
by Preservation CT | Nov 22, 2024 | Demolition
Colonial Revival house, built c. 1930, to be demolished. Total square footage of 4,562. Posted 11/13/2024. For objections, contact Darien Building Department, Michael Vitti, Office 212, 2 Renshaw Road, Darien, CT 06820 within 21 days of posting date above....
by Preservation CT | Oct 25, 2024 | Event
Join us on Saturday, November 16th from 11:00AM to 1:00PM for an exclusive open house of one of Hartford’s finest homes! Located at 847 Asylum Avenue in the Asylum Hill National Register District, this c. 1884 house was owned for a time by Linus Plimpton, a...
by Preservation CT | Oct 16, 2024 | Education, Event
Tuesday, October 29th at 6:00PM Cheshire Town Hall, Council Chambers 84 South Main Street Preservation CT and the State Historic Preservation Office invite Local Historic District commissioners from surrounding communities to attend a training session hosted by the...
by Preservation CT | Sep 27, 2024 | Event
Join us for the first session of the Fall 2024 Talking About Preservation series! On Wednesday, October 16th, we will feature a project focused on the history and prevalence of deed provisions that exclude non-white people in Connecticut. Recently enacted Connecticut...
by Preservation CT | Sep 27, 2024 | Event
On Wednesday, October 23rd, on Talking About Preservation, we will be joined by Central Connecticut State University professor of history, William Mann, and CCSU student (and former Preservation Connecticut fellow) Anna Fossi, who will present on LGBTQ history in...
by Preservation CT | Sep 27, 2024 | Event
The Barnum Museum holds a world of wonders. From Tom Thumb’s miniature boots and carriages to ethnographic materials from cultures the world over, the museum’s collection is a veritable cabinet of curiosities. Even the most mundane seeming items have interesting...
by Preservation CT | Sep 27, 2024 | Event
Join us ON Site in Wilton for a talk and tour of Lambert Corner, a campus owned by the Wilton Historical Society. On Saturday, November 2nd from 11:00-1:00, their Director, Nick Foster, will talk about the historic buildings and how they have been adapted for new uses...
by Preservation CT | Aug 2, 2024 | Demolition
Last residence in Connecticut of Boy Scouts of America co-founder, Ernest Thompson Seton and called “Little Peequo”. Seton’s daughter, Anya Seton, wrote three of her most famous novels there in her little writing house. The property includes multiple...
