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Sunrise State Park

Sunrise State Park (originally Sunrise Resort State Park) is a public recreation area occupying the site of the former Sunrise Resort in the town of East Haddam, Connecticut. The state park encompasses 143 acres (58 ha) on the east shore of Salmon River and shares an entrance with Machimoodus State Park to the south. The park is managed by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. History The property came to life as Ted Hilton's Vacation Hide-A-Way in 1916, before becoming the Frank Davis Resort, and finally Sunrise Resort, when the property was purchased by the state in 2009 for $3.2 million. At that time, the state planned to maintain the resort as a meeting place with camping and other recreational facilities in place. After failing to find redevelopers, in 2013 the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection began demolishing the dilapidated resort buildings—more than 80 in all, allowing the land to return to its natural state and leaving only patchy vestiges of asphalt basketball courts and a filled in swimming pool. Activities and amenities The park offers hiking, fishing and concessionaire kayak rentals added to the site in 2016. References External links Sunrise State Park Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Sunrise State Park Map Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Sunrise & Machimoodus State Parks Map Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Harrison House Museum

The Harrison House, also known as Harrison–Linsley House and incorrectly as the Swain-Harrison House, is a historic house museum at 124 Main Street in Branford, Connecticut. Built in 1724 by a descendant of Branford's founders, it is a good example of a Connecticut saltbox structure. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975, and is a contributing property to the Canoe Brook Historic District. Since 2016 it has been operated as a house museum by the Branford Historical Society. Description and history The Harrison House is located a short way west of the center of Branford, on the north side of Main Street (Connecticut Route 146) roughly midway between Cherry Hill Road and United States Route 1. It is a 2+1⁄2-story timber-frame structure, with a gabled roof, large central chimney, and clapboarded exterior. The main facade is five bays wide, with sash windows arranged symmetrically around the main entrance. The second story projects slightly in front of the ground floor, and a rear single-story extension gives the building its characteristic saltbox appearance. The house interior has been fitted with period furnishings, local historical items and archives, and the property includes a barn and a herb garden. It was built in 1724 by Nathaniel Harrison II. Its original construction date was estimated to be 1680, based on the acquisition of land and construction of a house by Daniel Swain in that year. Subsequent research has shown that Swain's house stood elsewhere on his land, which was later acquired by Thomas and Nathaniel Harrison I. Nathaniel Harrison I lived in the Swain house, and subdivided the property to provide a lot for his son to build his own house. The house was sold out of the Harrison family to the Linsleys in 1800. It was acquired in 1938 by architectural historian J. Frederick Kelly, who gave it a complete restoration. He bequeathed the property to the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities (SPNEA, now Historic New England). The Society leased the property to the Branford Historical Society in 1974, and sold it to that organization in 2016. See also List of the oldest buildings in Connecticut Thomas Harrison House (Branford, Connecticut), which is also NRHP-listed and in Branford National Register of Historic Places listings in New Haven County, Connecticut References External links Harrison House Museum & Barn, at Branford Historical Society Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. CT-111, "Harrison–Linsley House, New Haven Turpike, Branford, New Haven County, CT", 2 photos, supplemental material
Talcott Mountain State Park

Talcott Mountain State Park ist ein State Park auf dem Gebiet von Simsbury, Avon und Bloomfield im US-Bundesstaat Connecticut. Der Park erstreckt sich auf der Metacomet Ridge. Der größte, nördliche Teil mit einigen Kalksteinformationen liegt im Gebiet von Simsbury, während der südliche Teil schmaler wird und teilweise auf der Grenze von Avon und Bloomfield verläuft. Die höchsten Erhebungen sind King Philipp Mountain und Talcott Mountain (279 m). Am ersteren entspringt auch der King Philipp brook. Benannt sind Erhebung und Bach nach dem Indianerhäuptling Metacomet, der den europäischen Namen Philipp angenommen hatte. Der Talcott Mountain wurde wahrscheinlich nach Joseph Talcott benannt. Im Norden schließt sich der Penwood State Park an, der nächstgelegene Fluss ist der Farmington River, der etwa einen Kilometer weit westlich am Fuße der Metacomet Ridge entlangfließt. Der Park lädt ein zum Wandern und hält Aussichtspunkte bereit, unter anderem den Heublein Tower, einen 50 m hohen Aussichtsturm auf dem Gipfel des Talcott Mountain. Die Wanderwege gehören zum System des Metacomet Trail und es gibt Möglichkeiten zum Picknicken. Der Wanderweg zum Aussichtsturm ist etwa 2 km lang. Südlich des Parks befindet sich das Talcott Mountain Science Center. Siehe auch State Parks in Connecticut Weblinks Talcott Mountain State Park Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Talcott Mountain State Park Map Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Einzelnachweise
Talcott Mountain State Park

Talcott Mountain State Park is a 574-acre (232 ha) public recreation area located on Talcott Mountain in the towns of Avon, Bloomfield, and Simsbury, Connecticut. The state park features the Heublein Tower, a 165-foot-high (50 m) mountaintop lookout. Access to the tower and its associated museum is via a 1.25-mile-long (2 km) trail that takes 30 to 40 minutes to walk. The park offers picnicking, views of the surrounding area, and hiking along the Metacomet Trail. History Talcott Mountain was first listed as a 19-acre (7.7 ha) undeveloped state park in the 1953 edition of the Connecticut Register and Manual. Heublein Tower became part of the park "through the cooperative efforts of private conservationists and state and federal governments" in 1965. References External links Talcott Mountain State Park Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Talcott Mountain State Park Map Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Tephereth Israel Synagogue

Tephereth Israel Synagogue (transliterated from Hebrew as "The Glory of Israel"), is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 76 Winter Street in downtown New Britain, Connecticut, in the United States. The congregation, founded in 1925, meets at a two-story brick temple with Romanesque Revival and Colonial Revival features, designed by Hartford architect Adolf Feinberg and built in 1925. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995 as part of a multiple property listing of fifteen historic synagogues in Connecticut. Architecture and history Tephereth Israel Synagogue is located a few blocks northeast of downtown New Britain, on the north side of Winter Street west of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. It is a two-story masonry structure, built out of red brick with stone trim. Square towers flank a central entry section, which has three entrances at the top of a broad series of steps. The entrances are set in round-arch openings with keystones, as are the windows set above them. The towers have brick corner quoining, with tall round-arch windows, above which are stone panels bearing the Star of David. The interior is arranged with a social hall and classroom space on the ground floor, and the main sanctuary on the upper level. The fixtures of the sanctuary date to the period after a 1962 fire. Services are usually conducted every Saturday morning, led by Rabbi Robert Schectman. The synagogue was built in 1925, following a doctrinal split in New Britain's Jewish community. The city's first congregation, Ahey B'Nai Israel, was formally adopted as a Conservative organization, and more recently arrived Orthodox adherents broke off to form Tephereth Israel. The building is an architecturally distinctive blend of Romanesque and Colonial Revival features. Tephereth Israel Synagogue was one of fifteen Connecticut synagogues added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995 and 1996 in response to an unprecedented multiple submission, nominating nineteen synagogues. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Hartford County, Connecticut References External links Official website
Thames River Bridge (Amtrak)

Amtrak's Thames River Bridge spans the Thames River between New London and Groton, Connecticut. Design and history The bridge was originally a Strauss heel-trunnion Warren through-truss bascule design, built in 1919. It was built by the American Bridge Company for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, replacing a span dating from 1889. In June 2008, the bridge underwent replacement which included the span's conversion from a bascule to a vertical-lift mechanism. As built in 1919, the bridge's abutments and piers were designed to carry a second set of double-track spans, in the event that an expansion to four tracks was ever undertaken at this location by the New Haven Railroad (it never was). Operation The bridge opens for marine traffic more than four times per day and serves up to 36 passenger trains and two freight trains per day. The bridge sits 29 feet (8.8 m) above mean high water (MHW), and the vertical lift span opens to 135 feet (41 m) above MHW and provides 105 feet (32 m) of horizontal clearance. It is one of eight moveable bridges on the Northeast Corridor through Connecticut surveyed in one multiple-property study in 1986. See also List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Connecticut References External links Media related to Thames River Bridge (Connecticut) at Wikimedia Commons Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. CT-25, "New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Groton Bridge, Spanning Thames River between New London & Groton, New London, New London County, CT", 24 photos, 10 data pages, 2 photo caption pages
The Griswold Inn

The Griswold Inn is located in Essex, Connecticut and is one of the oldest continuously run inns in the United States. It was founded by three brothers in the late 18th century and named after the Griswold Family of the area, and it has been under the stewardship of only six families. British troops captured it during the War of 1812 and used it as a base of operations. During Prohibition, it still maintained a lively entertainment schedule for the local yachtsmen. Over the years, several surrounding buildings were added to the inn complex, each with its own history. It was also used as a filming location for the gothic soap opera Dark Shadows. Historical displays The walls of the inn hold numerous historical artifacts. Paintings are prominently displayed of famous vessels from the ages of sail and steam, and the Gun Room has a collection of rare firearms. The inn has the largest privately held collection of the works of Antonio Jacobsen, the country's most prolific painter of maritime art. Amenities The tavern serves New England cuisine. It serves lunch and dinner on most days, and it features a special Hunt Breakfast on Sundays, a convention which has existed for approximately two hundred years. The Tap Room was built in 1735 as a schoolhouse, but today it offers drinks and casual food as well as live entertainment. Sea music The Griswold Inn is known for hosting sea music performances. The Inn has hosted chantey nights for over 50 years and is one of the venues of the Connecticut Sea Music Festival. See also List of the oldest restaurants in the United States References External links Griswold Inn site
Institute of Living

The Institute of Living (IOL) is a comprehensive psychiatric facility in Hartford, Connecticut, that offers care across the spectrum of psychiatric services, including crisis evaluation, inpatient psychiatric care, group homes, specialized educational programs, outpatient programs, and addiction recovery services. History The hospital was built in 1823 and was opened to patients in 1824, under the direction of Eli Todd. It was initially called the Connecticut Retreat for the Insane, though later changed names to the Hartford Retreat before adopting its current name. At that time, the institute was among only four facilities of its kind in the nation. It was capable of accommodating 40 to 60 patients who were segregated by "sex, nature of disease, habits of life and the wishes of their friends." The hospital's 35 acres (14 ha) campus was landscaped by Frederick Law Olmsted in the 1860s. Dr. C. Charles Burlingame was named as superintendent in 1939. His vision was for the facility to become one-third hospital, one-third university/educational environment and one-third resort. This included adding residential cottages, a nine-hole golf course, indoor and outdoor pools and tennis courts, all of which are gone today. In the late 1980s, the IOL staffed 450 beds, with many patients staying for long-term periods, though by the early 1990s, the IOL reduced its number of beds to 150 and length of stay to a maximum 28 days. The IOL and Hartford Hospital's Department of Psychiatry merged in 1994. As a result of the merger, the IOL could accept Medicaid patients. There were many new programs including the Schizophrenia Rehabilitation Program, Anxiety Disorders Center, and LGBTQ offerings. Amid scrutiny into Catholic Church sexual abuse cases, the Institute of Living was accused of sheltering priests for decades so they could avoid discovery and prosecution. The Institute of Living maintains it was deceived by the Catholic Church, that the Church concealed information from doctors, and that it bears no responsibility for the conspiracy to perpetuate priest abuse. Historic grounds Rare or unusually large tree species make up the IOL grounds, redesigned by Frederick Law Olmsted and his associate, Jacob Weidenmann. These include several New England champion trees on the grounds, including the Ginkgo, which is also one of the biggest in the United States, the pecan, the bur oak and the Japanese Zelkova. On August 4, 2020, the pecan tree was destroyed by Tropical Storm Isaias. The pecan tree, in the middle of the central lawn, was one of two in Connecticut and was a New England champion for 30 years until a lightning strike caused significant damage a decade ago. There is evidence to suggest that the pecan tree predates Olmsted. Notes References Purdy, Stephen (September 20, 1998). "The View From Hartford: The History of Insanity, Shameful to Treatable". The New York Times. Retrieved September 9, 2006. Further reading Goodheart, Lawrence (2003). Mad Yankees: The Hartford Retreat for the Insane and Nineteenth-Century Psychiatry. University of Massachusetts Press. ISBN 1-55849-405-7.
Rectory School

The Rectory School is an independent, coeducational, junior boarding (5–9) and day school (K–9) in Pomfret, Connecticut. The school was founded by the Rev. Frank H. Bigelow in 1920. It has expanded to 138 acres (0.56 km2), 26 buildings, 250 students, and 65 faculty members as of 2017. Rectory's campus is located on Connecticut Route 169, immediately north of the Pomfret School. Academics All students must receive education in music. The school requires that students take classes on various genres of music, and many choose to supplement this with private lessons arranged by the school. Every student also takes part in sports on levels that test the skilled athlete and encourage the beginner. Rectory's Individualized Instruction Program (IIP) provides students in need of extra support with daily one-on-one assistance from an assigned faculty tutor. Students meet with their tutors within the regular rotation of classes during the academic day, when their peers are in study hall. The program is customized to each student, helping students with language disorders develop skills in language and reading comprehension, foreign-language students master English, and students with attention-deficit disorders develop study habits and accountability. The Rectory School is accredited by the Connecticut Association of Independent Schools and the National Association for the Education of Young Children, and approved by the Connecticut State Board of Education. Memberships include the National Association of Independent Schools, The Connecticut Association of Independent Schools, the Association of Boarding Schools, and the New England Preparatory School Athletic Council. Athletics Students are required to participate in the sports program every trimester. The school fields numerous teams for most sports so that students can play at a level appropriate to them. Notable alumni Terrence Clarke - basketball player and NBA Draft prospect Robert Ludlum - author best known for the Jason Bourne novels William Reese "Will" Owsley III - Grammy-nominated musician Peter L. Pond - clergyman, activist and philanthropist Peter Kellogg - businessman and philanthropist Julian Roosevelt - Olympic gold medalist Bernard Ryan Jr. - writer Oscar Tang - financier and philanthropist Jeremy Thorpe - British politician who served as leader of the Liberal Party Gabriel Traversari - Nicaraguan-American actor, director, writer, singer & songwriter Christian Vital (born 1997) - basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League References External links Official website
The Shoppes at Buckland Hills

The Shoppes at Buckland Hills, formerly Buckland Hills Mall, is a shopping mall located in Manchester, Connecticut and is currently owned by Namdar Realty Group. The mall features the traditional retailers Macy's, JCPenney, and Barnes & Noble while featuring prominent specialty retailers such as Aeropostale, Charlotte Russe, Express, Forever 21, H&M, Build-A-Bear, Newbury Comics, and Windsor. The Shoppes at Buckland Hills is located off I-84, near the intersection of I-291. History John Finguerra, with his business partner, Richard Ripps, planned the mall in 1972. Finguerra worked for JCPenney, which at the time had a 2,000,000-square-foot (190,000 m2) warehouse nearby, once used for their now-defunct catalog business. Finguerra's familiarity with local economic factors led him to believe that a regional mall would be successful. The location selected for the mall was elevated and overlooked a valley, and was close to an interstate highway, which would enable traffic flow to the mall, and future developments in the corridor. The mall opened in March 1990 as the Pavilions at Buckland Hills.. The mall was successful, and new businesses in the surrounding area developed. It was eventually renamed the Buckland Hills Mall. A multimillion-dollar renovation and expansion of the mall was completed in October 2003, and the name was again changed to The Shoppes at Buckland Hills. Design/Tenants The main building has an area of 1,082,708 square feet (100,587 m2) on two floors. However, the name "Buckland Hills Mall"' can informally refer to the mall plus the cluster of surrounding retail stores, hotels, and restaurants on the hill, totaling nearly 6,000,000 square feet (560,000 m2) or 1/4 square mile. There are approximately 145 shops and eateries in the mall, as well as four anchor stores, including Macy's (originally G. Fox, later Filene's), Macy's Men's, Children's, Juniors, and Furniture (originally Steiger's, later Lord & Taylor, then Filene's Men's, Children's, Juniors, and Furniture), JCPenney, which opened in 1992, and Barnes & Noble with two vacant anchors last occupied by Bob's Stores (originally Sage-Allen, later Dick's Sporting Goods) and Sears. In 2006, Newbury Comics opened its first Connecticut store inside the mall. There was once a D&L (Davidson & Leventhal) department store below the food court, which later became Filene's Men's Store and is now various shops and restaurants. Sears closed on January 24, 2021. In April 2021, Dick's Sporting Goods moved to a nearby shopping center. Their anchor store was remodeled to contain two stores, Bob's Stores and Eastern Mountain Sports. Bob's Stores opened on November 23, 2022, but closed in September 2024. The closure also caused the Eastern Mountain Sports expansion to be abandoned. The mall was sold to Namdar Realty Group in January 2025. References External links Official website
Connecticut State Community College Three Rivers

Connecticut State Community College Three Rivers, formerly Three Rivers Community College, is a public community college in Norwich, Connecticut, United States. In 2023, it was consolidated into Connecticut State Community College, a single accredited institution formed through the merger of Connecticut's twelve community colleges. As part of this restructuring, Three Rivers became the Connecticut State Community College Three Rivers campus. History In 1992, Mohegan Community College and Thames Valley State Technical College merged to form Three Rivers Community College, named after the three major rivers in the region: the Shetucket, the Yantic and the Thames. 2023 was the last commencement under the name Three Rivers Community College. On July 1, 2023, it, along with the other 11 community colleges, merged into a single state institution. It is now the Three Rivers campus of Connecticut State Community College. It is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education. Mohegan Community College was formed in 1970 by founding president Robert N. Rue and President Emeritus of Three Rivers Community College. Mohegan opened to students in September of 1970 and the inaugural address was given by Gorton Riethmiller, president emeritus of Olivet College where Rue's administrative career had begun. There were initially two campuses of Mohegan, one in Norwich and one in New London. The first commencement for Mohegan took place in May of 1972. Mohegan developed a strong nursing program, which began in 1971; it was awarded funds by the Connecticut State Health, Education and Welfare Department for scholarships and loans to students in 1977. A permanent new home for Mohegan on Mahan Drive in Norwich was also announced in May of 1972, when the State Bond Commission issued more than $3 million to purchase what was then the Notre Dame Girls High School. Campus Three Rivers was originally two separate community colleges of Mohegan and Thames Valley, which were on opposite sides of Norwich. In 2003, the state legislature approved funding to consolidate the college at the Thames Valley campus. In 2009, the college finally consolidated into the one campus at 574 New London Turnpke in Norwich. There are also two off-campus instructional centers, one at the nearby Naval Submarine Base, the other at Ella Grasso Technical School in Groton. Academics Three Rivers Community College offers associate degrees and certificates. It offers an honors program for students who meet the prerequisites. Three Rivers Community College is also the home of Three Rivers Middle College (TRMC), a dual-enrollment magnet high school. TRMC students combine the last two years of high school with up to one full year of college courses, giving them a head start on their associate degrees. The campus president is Mary Jukoski. References External links Official website