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Connecticut Architecture: Stories of 100 Places Wins Connecticut Book Award
The 2019 Connecticut Book Awards ceremony was held on October 20, 2019, at Hartford Public Library. These awards, given by the Connecticut Center for the Book, recognize the best books of...
Preservation Easement to Protect Historic Artist’s Home
Westport, Connecticut, November 11. Today Edward F. Gerber and the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation ensured the long-term protection of the Sturges-Wright house through a...
A Preservation Roadmap: How to Find and Protect your Historic Properties
Wednesday November 13, 2019, 6-8pm at the Weston Historical Society 104 Weston Road, Weston RSVP In partnership with the Connecticut League of History Organizations, The Fairfield County...
New Haven- 87 Trumbull Street
Benjamin Silliman, Sr. House Contributing resource to the Hillhouse Avenue Historic District Built c. 1807; moved to present location and rebuilt in 1871 Commercial/Office use Brick additions to be...
Preservation Law Pushed
https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/preservation_ordinance_/ by ALLAN APPEL, New Haven Independent | Nov 4, 2019 12:25 pm A demolition permit was approved Wednesday to raze...
Why preservationists must be more green to protect our historic places
The District of Columbia historic preservation review board has voted to reject a request by a property owner to install rooftop solar panels to the side facing the street of his historic home. (See...
Fall “Connecticut Architecture: Stories of 100 Places” Book Talks
October-November book events October 5, 2:30: panel discussion, Connecticut Literary Festival, at Real Art Ways, 56 Arbor Street, Hartford. Link: https://connecticutliteraryfestival.org/ ...
A New Name and a New Logo
The Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation has adopted a new name and a new logo. Beginning January 1, 2020, we will be known as Preservation Connecticut. First, some background: the decision...
Save the Date: “Historic & Green: A New Climate Agenda” Conference on 1/24
A conference scheduled for January 24 at UConn Law School, and co-sponsored by Preservation Connecticut and the State Historic Preservation Office, aims to craft a statewide policy agenda that...