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Wharton Brook State Park

Wharton Brook State Park is a public recreation area located off U.S. Route 5 in the towns of North Haven and Wallingford, Connecticut. Activities in the 96-acre (39 ha) state park center on Allen Brook Pond, a 5-acre (2.0 ha) pond that empties into Wharton Brook. The park is managed by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. History The state park was established as a precursor of the modern highway rest stop, with picnic grounds, a camping area, and services for automobiles. It opened on August 1, 1919, as the first of what the State Park Commission intended to be a series of "Wayside Parks" created in the more heavily traveled areas of the state. On May 15, 2018, an EF1 tornado that transitioned into a microburst caused significant damage to the park, forcing officials to close the park. It reopened in 2019. Activities and amenities The park offers fishing, swimming, picnicking, and several short footpaths totaling less than a mile in distance. The park is one of the state's designated trout parks that are stocked with trout on opening day and at other times of the year. Great blue herons and other wildlife may be found in the park. References External links Wharton Brook State Park Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Wharton Brook State Park Map Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Wheeler Block (Colchester, Connecticut)

The Wheeler Block, also known as the Old Town Hall and the former Ransom School, is a historic civic and commercial building at 40 Norwich Avenue in Colchester, Connecticut. Built in 1872, it is a good local example of Second Empire architecture, seeing a variety of civic and commercial uses. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 16, 1993. Description and history The Wheeler Block is located in the village center of Colchester, facing north across Norwich Avenue to the town green, near the junction with Hayward Avenue. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure in the Second Empire style, with a mansard roof, bracketed cornice, and gable-roof dormers with paired round-arch windows. A single-story porch extends across the front, with turned balusters and bracketed square posts supporting a low-pitch hip roof. An ell extends to the left of the main block. The interior is mainly the product of alterations made in the 1930s, when it was converted for use as town hall. The block was built in 1872 by Joshua Wheeler, a local merchant and Mason. The building originally housed commercial businesses in the ground floor and the local Masonic lodge above. The lodge, founded in 1781, was the first in the state east of the Connecticut River, and was a major social organization in the town, remaining an active force in civic events and occupying the building's upper floor until 1970. In 1910 Wheeler's daughter, Emeline Ransom, gave the building to the town, which used it as a schoolhouse until 1936, and as town hall until 1991. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in New London County, Connecticut References
Whitehall Mansion

The Whitehall Mansion is a historic house at 42 Whitehall Avenue in the Stonington side of Mystic, Connecticut. Built about 1771 for a local physician and politician, it is a fine example of late Georgian architecture. It has been moved twice, both times short distances, and now serves as a bed and breakfast inn. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 12, 1979. Description and history The Whitehall Mansion is located in a commercially built-up area in Mystic just north of Interstate 95, on the east side of Whitehall Avenue (Connecticut Route 27) in front of a modern hotel that has been built on the back of its property. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a gambrel roof, large central chimney, and a shingled exterior. Its main facade faces west, and is five bays wide, with the center entrance framed by pilasters and a corniced entablature. Unusual features include the use of brick instead of stone on part of the chimney inside the house, and the use of brick as nogging (fill and insulation) in the walls. The interior follows a typical central chimney plan, with a narrow entrance vestibule that also houses a winding staircase, parlor chambers to either side of the chimney, and the kitchen extending across much of the rear. There are small chambers in the rear corners on either side of the kitchen. The floor plan of the second floor is similar. The house was built in the 1770s by Dudley Woodbridge, a doctor in Mystic who also represented Groton in the state legislature. In 1962, the house was donated to the Stonington Historical Society, its original location threatened by the construction of nearby Interstate 95. The house was carefully moved to a new site just across the street. In 1993, the Stonington Historical Society sought permission to relocate the house forward on its lot so that it would attract more attention. The Stonington Historical Society had decided that it could not afford to continue operating the house as a museum, but its location on the rear of the lot was seen as an obstacle to its sale. The request was approved on March 2, 1994. The house is now operated as a bed and breakfast inn. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in New London County, Connecticut References
Whitneyville Congregational Church (Hamden, Connecticut)

The Whitneyville Congregational Church, now the Whitneyville United Church of Christ, is a historic Congregational Church at 1247-1253 Whitney Avenue in the Whitneyville section of Hamden, Connecticut, United States. The congregation is now affiliated with the United Church of Christ (UCC). The church building is a Greek Revival style built in 1834, with an interior altered in 1866 to designs by Rufus G. Russell. The church, along with its 1924 parish house, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995 for its architecture. Architecture and history The Whitneyville Congregational Church stands in the Whitneyville village of southeastern Hamden, on the east side of Whitney Avenue just east of Ralston Avenue. It is a single-story frame structure, covered by a gabled roof and finished mainly in clapboards. The front facade resembles a Greek temple front, with square pilastered corners, entrances recessed behind fluted Doric columns, and a gable pediment whose tympanum is flushboarded. The corners of the entrance recess are also pilastered, giving the appearance of square columns set in antes. The interior has a small vestibule area at the rear, and is otherwise a single large sanctuary chamber, with a gallery level supported by columns with Corinthian capitals. Just north of the church is its 1924 parish house, a Colonial Revival two-story brick building housing offices, classrooms, and a small auditorium. The church congregation was established in 1795, and built its first sanctuary in the Hamden Plains area. By 1833 the first church was too small, and the search began for land to build a larger structure. A gift of land from the Whitney family convinced the congregation to relocate to Whitneyville, then a community undergoing rapid growth due to the nearby Eli Whitney Gun Factory. The church was completed in 1834; its designer is not known. The interior underwent a Victorian restyling in 1866 under the auspices of Rufus G. Russell, a New Haven architect and protegé of Henry Austin. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in New Haven County, Connecticut References External links Church information
Whittemore Glen State Park

Whittemore Glen State Park (auch Whittemore Glen State Park Scenic Reserve) ist ein State Park im US-Bundesstaat Connecticut auf dem Gebiet der Gemeinden Naugatuck und Middlebury. Er grenzt an den südwestlichsten Zipfel von Waterbury. Der Park bietet Möglichkeiten zum Wandern und Reiten auf dem Larkin State Park Trail. Geographie Der Park erstreckt sich über 98 ha (242 acre) südlich der CT 63. In direktem Anschluss nach Norden befindet sich der kommunale Park von Waterbury am Hopbrook Lake (Hopbrook Dam) sowie der Hopbrook Golf Course. Nach Süden wird der Park vom Larkin State Park Trail begrenzt. Wenige hundert Meter weiter östlich verläuft der Naugatuck River. Die sanften Hügel sind von sumpfigen Stellen und kleinen Seen durchsetzt. Das bedeutendste Gewässer auf dem Gelände ist der Pigeon Brook, der über den Hopbrook zum Naugatuck hin entwässert. Darüber hinaus besitzt der Park keine öffentlichen Einrichtungen. Siehe auch State Parks in Connecticut Weblinks Whittemore Glen State Park, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection@1@2Vorlage:Toter Link/www.ct.gov (Seite nicht mehr abrufbar, festgestellt im November 2025. Suche im Internet Archive) Einzelnachweise
Whittemore Glen State Park

Whittemore Glen State Park is an undeveloped public recreation and wilderness area for hiking and horseback riding covering 242 acres (98 ha) mostly within the town of Naugatuck, Connecticut. Sitting outside the southwestern edge of the city of Waterbury, the state park is the eastern terminus of the Larkin State Park Trail. It entered the roles as Connecticut's forty-eighth state park in the 1945–46 edition of the Connecticut Register and Manual. The park is managed by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. References External links Other State Parks and Forests Archived July 23, 2024, at the Wayback Machine Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
William A. Buckingham House

The William A. Buckingham House, also known as Buckingham Memorial Hall, is a historic house at 307 Main Street in Norwich, Connecticut. It was built in 1847 by William A. Buckingham, whose later political career included terms as mayor of Norwich and Governor of Connecticut during the American Civil War. It has housed a variety of veterans' service organizations since 1898, as well as government offices. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 29, 1982. Description and history The Buckingham House is located in downtown Norwich on the south side of Main Street just east of the Otis Library. It is a 2+1⁄2-story brick structure, with a main block three bays wide, topped by a hipped roof with a steep gable above the original main entrance. The roof has extended eaves which are adorned with modillion blocks. A recessed wing extends to the left side, fronted by a single-story porch covered by a curving metal roof and supported by posts with open fretwork. The interior has been extensively altered, retaining only a small number of original features, including fireplaces. The house was built in 1847 for William A. Buckingham, whose later political career included terms as mayor of Norwich and Governor of Connecticut during the American Civil War. Buckingham had both Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant as guests. The house was purchased in 1898 by the local chapter of the Grand Army of the Republic, a Civil War veterans organization. In the early 1980s, it was the meeting place of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, a Union Civil War descendants organization. It now houses a variety of government and social service offices, as well as the Norwich Area Veterans Council, Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 270, and the John R. Morse Chapter 10 of the Disabled American Veterans. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in New London County, Connecticut References
William E. Ward House

Das William E. Ward House, auch Ward’s Castle oder Ward House genannt, gilt als erstes in den Vereinigten Staaten gebautes Stahlbetongebäude. Es steht im Rye Brook im Bundesstaat New York an der Grenze zu Connecticut und ist seit 1992 im Privatbesitz. Geschichte Das Ward House ist nach Erbauer William E. Ward, einem Maschinenbauingenieur, benannt. Ward war ein Quäker, der zusammen mit Geschäftspartnern die Schraubenfabrik Russell, Burdsall & Ward Bolt and Nut Company (R&WB) gründete und gilt weiter als Erfinder der ersten vollautomatischen Kaltstauchmaschine für die Schraubenherstellung. Die Idee, ein Haus aus feuerfestem Beton zu bauen, kam vermutlich von seiner Mutter, die sehr große Angst vor einem Brand hatte. Der Entwurf stammte vom Architekten Robert Mook, der Bau begann 1873 und dauerte drei Jahre. Anwohner, die Wards Idee skeptisch gegenüberstanden, nannten sein Haus anfangs Ward’s Folly „Wards Dummheit“. Nachdem sich das Gebäude als stabil erwiesen hatte, wurde es im Volksmund als Ward’s Castle bekannt. Es wird angenommen, dass es das erste Wohnhaus in den Vereinigten Staaten war, das vollständig aus Beton gebaut wurde. Das Haus blieb bis 1972 im Besitz der Familie Ward und beherbergte von 1977 bis 1992 das Museum of Cartoon Art. Heute ist es ein privater Wohnsitz. Bauwerk Für das Haus wurde Beton aus Portlandzement verwendet, der mit Doppel-T-Trägern und Armierungseisen verstärkt wurde. Einzig Türen, Fensterrahmen und Verkleidungen sind aus Holz. Das Design ist ein herausragendes Beispiel für die Kombination von Neugotik und der französischen Stilrichtung des Second Empire. Es wurde kein Versuch unternommen, den Beton zu verbergen. Vielmehr betonte der Entwurf den Charakter des Baumaterials. Das Bauwerk zeigte eindrücklich das Potenzial des neuen Baustoffes auf und ist deshalb nicht nur als Kulturdenkmal ins National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) aufgenommen, sondern wurde auch von der American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) als Denkmal des Ingenieurbaus bezeichnet. Einzelnachweise
Palacio William E. Ward

El palacio William E. Ward, también conocido localmente castillo de Ward, es un gran palacio ubicado en Nueva York, Estados Unidos.​​ Historia Ward colaboró con el arquitecto Robert Mook durante tres años para construir la casa. Su objetivo no era solo construir una vivienda para sí mismo, sino que esta fuera prácticamente ignífuga.​ La estructura se construyó íntegramente con cemento Portland y vigas en «I» y varillas de hierro ligero, incluso en el tejado. La madera se utilizó únicamente en los marcos de puertas y ventanas, así como en sus molduras decorativas.​ La madre de Ward también temía los incendios, lo que contribuyó a su deseo de construir una residencia resistente al fuego.​ Mook aportó un diseño acorde con los gustos de la época. El cuerpo principal y su cubierta abuhardillada responden al estilo Segundo Imperio, mientras que la torre de corte más gótico ofrece vistas panorámicas del estrecho de Long Island. La otra torre es un depósito de agua, destinado a proporcionar protección adicional contra incendios y suministro de agua potable. El arquitecto y el ingeniero dejaron el hormigón sin revestir para resaltar mejor su aspecto.​ Las publicaciones de arquitectura difundieron artículos sobre la casa incluso un año antes de que concluyera su construcción. Su finalización en 1876 dio lugar a artículos aún más extensos y a menciones en publicaciones del extranjero. Siete años más tarde, en 1883, Ward presentó su propia ponencia sobre la construcción de la casa ante la Sociedad Estadounidense de Ingenieros Mecánicos).​​​ Aunque a veces se le considera el primer edificio de concreto armado conocido en los Estados Unidos (si bien el edificio Coignet de Brooklyn, Nueva York, se terminó durante el invierno de 1872-1873),​ críticos y especialistas han reconocido su importancia desde entonces, calificándolo como «uno de los logros más notables del arte de la construcción en el siglo» y «una proeza técnica». Los vecinos de Ward no estaban tan convencidos: al principio lo llamaban «la locura de Ward», convencidos de que se derrumbaría o acabaría en ruinas, aunque más tarde pasaron a llamarlo «el castillo de Ward» al ver que resistía. Desde entonces, ha permanecido prácticamente inalterado, a excepción de las dos alas modernas.​ Desde 1976 hasta 1992, el castillo —que se conservó sin alteraciones— albergó al National Cartoon Museum, fundado por Mort Walker dos años antes.​​ Walker compró el edificio en ruinas por 60 000 dólares; restauró la propiedad y gestionó el museo junto a su familia. El recinto llegó a recibir hasta 75 000 visitantes al año.​​ La Ward House fue inscrita en el Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos en 1976.​​ Al año siguiente, la estructura fue designada conjuntamente como Hito Histórico Nacional de Ingeniería Civil y del Hormigón por American Concrete Institute y la Sociedad Estadounidense de Ingenieros Civiles.​​ Referencias
William E. Ward House

William E. Ward a fait construire, en 1873-1874, sa maison familiale William E. Ward House en béton armé, première application de ce matériau aux États-Unis, dans le village de Rye Brook, à Rye (New York), comté de Westchester, dans l'État de New York. Historique William E. Ward était un ingénieur mécanicien américain, inventeur et propriétaire de la Russell, Burdsall & Ward Bolt and Nut Company, de Port Chester. Il était né en 1821, et mort en 1901 Sa mère ayant la phobie du feu, il veut construire une maison familiale dans des matériaux insensibles au feu à partir de 1870. Il prend connaissance au cours d'un voyage en Angleterre des publications de François Coignet sur les poutres en béton armé. Pour cette construction, il emploie pour la mise en œuvre du béton une technique mise au point par François Coignet avec un béton sec et compacté en place. Avant de réaliser les planchers en béton armé, William E. Ward fait faire des essais par ses ouvriers, en 1871-1872. Ces essais lui ont permis de déterminer la taille optimale des agrégats et lui ont montré qu'il fallait placer les armatures en-dessous de la fibre neutre des poutres de plancher. En 1873-1875, il fait construire sa maison à Rye Brook, New-York, par l'architecte Robert Mook dans le style néogothique du Second Empire. Après la réalisation de sa maison, il a fait des essais sur la résistance et la déformation des poutres du plancher. La maison est inscrite au Registre national des lieux historiques. Publications Fire-proof building construction, Popular Science Monthly, Volume 23, Septembre 1883 (lire en ligne) Béton in Combination with Iron as a Building Material, p. 388-403, Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, November 1882 and june 1883, volume IV (lire en ligne) Annexes Liens externes Ressources relatives à l'architecture : American Society of Civil Engineers Registre national des lieux historiques Structurae ASCE Metropolitan section : Ward House Portail du Registre national des lieux historiques Portail de l’État de New York
William H. Putnam Memorial Bridge

The Putnam Bridge is a bridge in the state of Connecticut carrying the Route 3 freeway over the Connecticut River, connecting Interstate 91 in Wethersfield and Route 2 in Glastonbury. It is the southernmost crossing of the Connecticut River in the Hartford Area and carries an average of 50,800 vehicles per day.[1] The bridge was built in the late 1950s as part of the Route 3 freeway between Interstate 91 and Route 2. It originally terminated at Main Street in Glastonbury, rather than at Route 2. It was expected to be expanded to a double-decker in the early 1970s as part of the planned Interstate 491, a southeastern bypass around Hartford from Wethersfield to East Hartford. However, the project was cancelled in 1973. In the late 1980s, the freeway portion of Route 3 was extended to terminate at Route 2. In 2013, the bridge underwent a $15 million rehabilitation project, which repaved the roadbed, repainted the girders, added new lighting fixtures and a new pedestrian walkway. See also List of crossings of the Connecticut River References External links William H. Putnam Memorial Bridge at Structurae
William Jillson Stone House

The William Jillson Stone House is a historic house museum at 561 Main Street inside Jillson Square Park, in the Willimantic section of Windham, Connecticut. Built in 1825–27, it is a rare local instance of a stone house, built by one of the area's early industrialists. It is now maintained by the Windham Historical Society, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. Description and history The William Jillson Stone House is located on the south side of Jillson Square Park, overlooking Main Street and the Willimantic River. It is a two-story structure, built of native granite laid in alternating wide and narrow courses. Its walls are roughly 17 inches (43 cm) thick. A single-story ell extends to the right, at a recess from the front facade. The front facade is five bays wide, with the main entrance at the center, set in a rounded-arch opening. The interior follows a center hall plan, with relatively simple woodwork trimming the openings and the fireplaces. The house is locally significant as a rare example of a stone house, and as the home of William Jillson, a native of Cumberland, Rhode Island, who was one of the first people to purchase industrial water rights at the Willimantic Falls. Jillson and his brothers established several mills in the area, which grew to become the American Thread Company, Willimantic's leading employer for many years. The house is built out of the same materials that were used in construction of some of the mills, quarried out of the river bed. After Jillson died, the house was divided up into apartments, and was also used as storage by one of the mills for a time. It returned to single family ownership in 1920. It was rescued from demolition by local preservationists, and underwent restoration in the 1970s by the historical society. Its rooms are decorated to depict a typical early 19th-century industrialist's home. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Windham County, Connecticut References External links Windham Historical Society
William L. Linke House

The William L. Linke House is a historic house at 174 Sigourney Street in Hartford, Connecticut. Built about 1880, it is one of a small number of surviving Queen Anne Victorians on the street, which was once lined with similar houses. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. Description and history The William L. Linke House stands in Hartford's Asylum Hill neighborhood, on the east side of Sigourney Street north of Asylum Avenue. The street is now lined primarily by multiunit apartment buildings. The house is a 2+1⁄2-story masonry structure, built out of brick with stone trim. It has asymmetrical massing, with numerous gables and dormers projecting from its hip roof, which is . Its front porch features turned posts and carved valances, with a projecting gable above the stairs. To its left is a two-story projecting bay section with decorative brickwork and terra cotta paneling between the floors, and it is topped by a smaller wooden bay and carved wooden detail at the gable peak. This house was built about 1880, and was typical of houses built on Sigourney Street in the late 19th century. By 1896, a local map shows the street lined with houses similar to this one. Urban redevelopment of the neighborhood, and the street's transformation into a significant north–south artery have led to the demolition of most of those houses, replaced by two-to-four story apartment blocks. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Hartford, Connecticut References