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Talking About Preservation: Should Preservationists Support Zoning Reform?
Join us on Wednesday, January 27th when we will have Sara Bronin, the founder and lead organizer of Desegregate Connecticut. The organization is a coalition of neighbors and nonprofits who believe...
Talking About Preservation: What’s New At Connecticut Landmarks?
Join us on Wednesday, January 20th to hear about what is new at Connecticut Landmarks. The new Executive Director Aaron Marcavitch and Deputy Director Robert Brock will discuss the 85-year legacy of...
Meet Janet Jainschigg Award Winner Bruce Clouette
If you want to preserve historic places, the first step is to know what they are. For more than forty years, the historian and historical consultant Bruce Clouette has sought out historic places...
Technical Assistance Consultancy Helps Owner of Former Somersville Manufacturing Company Buildings
The Somersville Manufacturing Company, established in 1879 on the banks of the Scantic River in Somers, made heavy woolen cloth until closing in 1969. The complex sprawled across nearly seven acres...
8 Mayflower Pkwy, Westport
Large historic mansion, 4,584 square feet in Compo Beach neighborhood. Built 1926. Posted 12/18/2020 Email Jordan Sorensen with questions about objections.
237 Long Neck Point Road, Darien
Large historic estate with main house, shed, and cottage. Built c. 1915. Posted 12/7/2020 Email Jordan Sorensen with questions about objections.
19 and 21 Loveland Street, Middletown
Two residential houses, built c. 1887 and 1900. #19 was a cottage designed for Charles Lewis by local Middletown architect Jasper D. Sibley, and it was published in the issue of Building Age, July...
An owner’s perspective: Why an easement?
Written by Edward F. Gerber I am often asked why I donated a preservation easement on my 1760s house (and outbuildings), commonly referred to as the Sturges-Wright house in Westport. Had I...
225 Water Street and 229 Church Street, Torrington
The extant buildings of the former Hotchkiss mill complex date from the mid-1880s to the mid-1920s. The facade along Water Street follows the curve of the road and is made up of four separate two-...