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...
by Preservation CT | Jun 10, 2024 | Request for Proposals
The Town of Simsbury invites bids for a project that includes the permanent stabilization of Barns 3 and 4 along Firetown Road by removing, protecting, and resetting historic elements. A mandatory Pre‐Bid Site Visit will be held at the site at Firetown Road between...
by Preservation CT | Jun 7, 2024 | Demolition
Colonial Revival house, built c.1938 and totaling 4,795 square feet. Posted 05/21/2024. For objections, contact Jordan Sorensen at jsorensen@preservationct.org...
by Preservation CT | Jun 7, 2024 | Demolition
c. 1925 house totaling 3,238 square feet Posted May 21, 2024. To submit an objection, please send a letter to the Westport Building Department: Peter Howard, Building Official, 515 Post Road East, Westport CT...
by Preservation CT | May 23, 2024 | Event
In coordination with other events for the Lafayette Bicentennial Tour, Preservation Connecticut will present a walking tour “Walk in Lafayette’s Footsteps” featuring the places Lafayette toured in New Haven two hundred years ago in 1824. The tour will be led by...
by Preservation CT | May 15, 2024 | Funding, Press
The 1772 Foundation Awards Grants to Connecticut Historic Preservation Organizations 16 recipients in 15 towns receive funding FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – May 14, 2024 MACON, GA – The 1772 Foundation, partnering for a fourteenth year with Preservation Connecticut, awarded...
by Preservation CT | May 14, 2024 | Event
Join us on Saturday, June 1st from 11:00AM to 1:00PM for an exclusive open house of one of New Haven’s finest homes for sale with the Edgehill Team at Pearce Real Estate! Located at 76 Everit Street, this house was built for Winchester Bennett, grandson of...
by Preservation CT | Apr 25, 2024 | Demolition
18th century house totaling 2,138 square feet proposed for demolition. Post on April 3, 2024. Objections due within 30 days to formalize the next 60 day delay period. Please submit to Christopher Baldwin, Bethel Building Department, 1 School Street, Bethel, CT...
by Preservation CT | Apr 17, 2024 | Event
May 18th: On site at the Barnes Museum, Southington Christina Volpe, Curator Join us ON SITE at the Barnes Museum in Southington on Saturday, May 18th from 11:00-1:00 for a tour of the 15-room historic house (1836) led by their curator, Christina Volpe. The Barnes...
by Preservation CT | Apr 17, 2024 | Event
May 15th: Middletown’s Beman Triangle Jesse Nasta, PhD Join us on Wednesday, May 15th at noon to hear about one of the earliest free Black neighborhoods in Connecticut. Located in Middletown, and commonly called the Beman Triangle, this small activist community had...
by Preservation CT | Apr 17, 2024 | Event
May 8th: Connecticut’s Industrial Development During the Progressive Era Donald Rogers, PhD Join us on Wednesday May 8th at noon when we will hear from Donald Rogers, PhD, who will present about his current research diving into the history of Connecticut...
by Preservation CT | Apr 17, 2024 | Event
May 1st: Helping Historic Churches Mike Forino, PCT & ModernRuins Architects Join us on Wednesday, May 1st at noon to hear guidance regarding preserving historic sacred spaces and resources available for funding, including our Maintenance and Repair grant...
by Preservation CT | Apr 17, 2024 | Event
Thursday, April 25th: Jane Jacobs 101 Alan Plattus, Yale University Join us at this special first session on a THURSDAY at noon to hear from Yale Professor of Architecture, Alan Plattus, about Jane Jacobs (1916-2006), an urbanist and activist who championed a...
