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Brookfield Center Historic District (Brookfield, Connecticut)

The Brookfield Center Historic District in Brookfield, Connecticut is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. It is located in the vicinity of the junction of Route 133 and Route 25. The district represents the original settlement of the town of Brookfield and contains 67 residential, religious, and municipal buildings over a 43-acre (17 ha) area representing a wide range of architectural styles from the 18th to 20th centuries including Bungalow/Craftsman, Greek Revival, and Queen Anne style architecture. The district includes the old town hall, the Congregational Church of Brookfield, Saint Joseph Church & Elementary School, Center Elementary School (Public), the former general store (now a real estate agency), St. Paul's Episcopal Church, and the surrounding residential neighborhood. The district is architecturally significant as an accurate representation of the historical development of the original settlement of the Town of Brookfield as the buildings are well-preserved from the time they were built with minimal alterations and intrusions, including their spatial relationships to one another. The area that is now Brookfield was settled about 1700, and was given its own parish in 1754, formed out of portions of Danbury, New Milford, and Newtown. It was incorporated in 1788. The road junction was where the first church, town hall, school, and tavern were built. In addition to housing the central religious and political functions, the center area was also home to a number of private schools in the 19th century. Contributing properties in the district include: 150 Whisconier Road, c. 1700, a saltbox 140 Whisconier Road, a vernacular building with selected Federal style details, has semi-elliptical attic windows Congregational Church, an 1854 Greek Revival church designed by Beckwith Nash St. Paul's School (3 Longmeadow Hill Road), a building in the Italianate style 1907 gymnasium building of the Curtis School for Boys, now in use as the Brookfield Theatre for the Arts, a building in the Rustic Style. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Fairfield County, Connecticut References
Center Street Cemetery (Wallingford, Connecticut)

The Center Street Cemetery is a historic cemetery at 2 Center Street in Wallingford, Connecticut. Established about 1670, it is the town's oldest cemetery, and the burial site for many of the city's civic and industrial leaders. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. Description and history The Center Street Cemetery is located in Wallingford's town center, occupying most of a block bounded by South Colony Road, Center Street, South Orchard Street, and Prince Street. It is about 9.6 acres (3.9 ha) in size, its terrain basically level. Its main entrance is near the western end of its Center Street frontage, demarcated by an Egyptian Revival gateway. A secondary entrance is located on Orchard Street, and the internal circulation is defined in part by a series of allées lined by mature sycamore trees, with gravel and grass paths in between. Graves are generally organized in open settings -- there are no fenced burial plots. Layout of the burials varies depending on the practices of the period: early graves, mainly in the western third, were placed without noticeable planning, while the eastern two-thirds are organized into a grid pattern. Funerary markers consist of a cross-section of materials and styles, spanning more than three centuries of history. Lyman Hall, a native of Connecticut who moved to Georgia and was a signer of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, is memorialized here, as is Moses Yale Beach, newspaper publisher and founder of the Associated Press. The tomb, set on the north end of the 300-year-old Center Street Cemetery, lies near the grave of Joseph Benham, whose daughter and granddaughter were the last people in New England to be tried for witchcraft. In addition to such notables are stones marking the graves of the town's first settlers and those of soldiers who fought in the American Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the American Civil War and every other major conflict up to the present. See also National Register of Historic Places listings in New Haven County, Connecticut References External links [1] Find A Grave [2] NY Times article re Cemetery
Central High School (Connecticut)

Central High School is a high school in Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut in the United States. It was founded in 1876 as Bridgeport High School. In 2003 the school held 2,217 students and 152 teachers. Ethnically the students were 41% African-American, 41% Hispanic, 13% white and 4% Asian, with .1% marked as unknown. The current school building was constructed in 1963–4, and was dedicated on October 25, 1964. The school is under renovation scheduled to be complete in 2021. Notable alumni Al Capp, cartoonist (failed to graduate) Kiddo Davis, MLB outfielder. Michael Jai White, actor Fred De Luca, Subway restaurant's co-founder John Mayer's father, Richard, was principal of Central High School Greg McCarthy, former MLB player (Seattle Mariners) Kevin Nealon, comedian, Saturday Night Live John Schick, former professional basketball player (Toledo Jeeps) Vinnie Vincent, guitarist, Kiss, Vinnie Vincent Invasion Deborah Walley, actress Trevardo Williams, professional NFL player (Houston Texans) Vincent Zarrilli, businessman Nadine Domond, NCAA Basketball Coach (Morgan State University) See also John F. Kennedy Stadium (Bridgeport) References External links Official website
Chapel Street Historic District

The Chapel Street Historic District is a 23-acre (9.3 ha) historic district in the Downtown New Haven area of the city of New Haven, Connecticut. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. The district covers the southwestern corner of Downtown New Haven, including properties from Park Street to Temple Street between Chapel and Crown streets, and properties from High Street to Temple Street between George and Crown streets. It is bordered on the north by the New Haven Green and the Yale University campus. The western edge borders the Dwight Street Historic District. The eastern and southern edges of the district abut areas of more modern development. In 1984 the district included, over a 5 and a half block area, 102 buildings, of which 76 were contributing buildings. The predominantly brick structures represent a wide range of architectural styles. Maps show that the area was residential in the eighteenth century and through the first quarter of the nineteenth century. Commercial development began to take over at that time, though residential properties remained well represented. The oldest building in the district is the Ira Atwater House, built in 1817. Most of the buildings now in the district were built in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, having replaced earlier residential and commercial development. One of the oldest surviving commercial buildings in the city is a c. 1831 building on Church Street. There are three church buildings in the district, including the former Calvary Church Baptist Church (1871) which now house the Yale Repertory Theatre. Gallery See also National Register of Historic Places listings in New Haven, Connecticut References
Chase Collegiate School

Chase Collegiate School was a nonsectarian private day school offering education for children from pre-kindergarten through grade 12. The school was on a 47-acre (190,000 m2) campus in Waterbury, Connecticut. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the school announced its closure on August 13, 2020. As of 2015, the enrollment was 276 students: 61 Lower School (age 3 pre-kindergarten through 5th grade), 75 Middle School (6th through 8th grades), and 140 Upper School (high school). History Chase was a co-educational school formed by the merger of two single-sex schools. The first was a girls' school established in 1865 as Collegiate Institute for Young Ladies, later St. Margaret's School for Girls. The second was a boys' school established in 1912 as the McTernan School for Boys. Upon merging in 1972, the combined school was called St. Margaret's-McTernan. The unified name was meant to appeal to both school communities. Circa 2004-2005 a "School Name Committee" was determining whether to and how to change the school's name. The school leadership wanted a name that showed secularism as the school was at that point secular. The institution was renamed to Chase Collegiate School in 2005. All members of the school's board of trustees had voted to rename the school. On October 2, 2017, the school announced that it had been purchased by York Education Group, a for-profit entity which owns multiple schools. The school closed in August 2020 before the 2020-2021 school year could begin, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Connecticut. The school stated that the pandemic caused the closure. By 2021 the campus was sold to Area Cooperative Educational Services (ACES), an organization that operates magnet schools . ACES operates "ACES at Chase" at the former Chase Collegiate campus. Notable alumni Diana Muldaur - actress, former board member of the Screen Actors Guild and first female president of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Grant Goodeve - television actor Steven Erlanger - journalist Joan Bennett - actress Lucia Chase - founding patron of the American Ballet Theatre Jayne Meadows - stage, film, and television actress Gene Tierney - actress (attended St. Margaret's School for Girls) Michaela Petit - victim of the Cheshire murders References External links Chase Collegiate School
Chase Headquarters Building

The Chase Headquarters Building is a building in Waterbury, Connecticut, on Grand Street across from the city hall. It is now occupied by the city of Waterbury's offices. Architecture The Chase Brass and Copper Company commissioned well-known architect Cass Gilbert to design its corporate headquarters in 1916 across from his recently completed Waterbury city hall. Henry Sabin Chase, the company president, specifically requested that the headquarters be designed to contrast with the style of the city hall, resulting in a design which shunned colonial marble and brick. The Renaissance inspired building relies heavily on Adamesque designs and detailing and evokes the Tower of the Winds in the capitals on the central pavilion's columns. The excellent iron and bronze work for the building was entrusted to Philadelphian Samuel Yellin. The building is notable for its excellent curved staircase, elaborate Adamesque plaster ceilings, careful detailing, and high quality materials. The stained-glass window in the staircase quotes Abraham Lincoln "Go forward without fear and with manly heart." Interior designer Geoffrey Webster considers the Chase Building to be one of Gilbert's finest works. Construction lasted from 1917 to 1919. The company sold its building in 1963 to preservationists for one dollar, who in turn sold it to the city of Waterbury to be used as city offices, a function it still serves today. It is now known as the Chase Municipal Building and is part of Waterbury's Cass Gilbert Historical District. Images References Cass Gilbert, Life and Work: Architect of the Public Domain eds. Barbara Christen and Steven Flanders, (Norton, 2001) pp. 188–190. Irish, Sharon (Monacelli, 1999) Cass Gilbert, Architect: Modern Traditionalist, Pg.155-6. [1]
Chatfield Hollow State Park

Chatfield Hollow State Park ist ein State Park im US-Bundesstaat Connecticut auf dem Gebiet der Gemeinde Killingworth. Im Park befinden sich Indianer-Höhlen und historische Orte, wie die Nachbildung eines Wasserrades und eine überdachte Brücke. Das Oak Lodge Nature Center ist saisonal geöffnet und bietet Informationen und Führungen im Park. Die CT-80 (North Branford Road) trennt den Park vom Forster Pond State Park. Geologie An verschiedenen Stellen des Parks tritt das Grundgestein zu Tage. Diese Aufschlüsse bestehen aus so genanntem Monson-Gneis, einer Art Granit aus der Subduktionszone des Iapetus-Schelfs. Der Iapetus-Ozean drängte auch nach der Bildung des Granits heran und formte den Plutonit bei der Kollision von Avalonia mit der nordamerikanischen Platte um in den heutigen Gneis. Später erodierten die darüber liegenden Schichten und gaben das Gestein frei. Der Monson-Gneis ist ein mittel- bis grobkörniges Gestein, von heller Farbe und vor allem aus Plagioklas, Quarz und Biotit aufgebaut. An manchen Stellen kommen Garnate, Epidot oder Magnetit vor. Das Tal, in dem Chatfield Hollow liegt, ist ein Gletschertal, was man an den steilen Hängen und den häufig vorkommenden "Erratics" erkennen kann. Diese Steinblöcke bestehen meist aus Monson-Gneis, aber es kommen auch Gesteine aus weit entfernten Gegenden vor. Gewässer Der Pond Meadow Brook fließt von Norden in das Parkgebiet, bildet zusammen mit anderen Rinnsalen den Chatfield Hollow Pond und fließt dann als Chatfield Hollow Brook weiter nach Süden zum Hammonasset River. Freizeitmöglichkeiten Wandern Im Park gibt es ca. 20 mi an Wanderwegen, die auch in einem angrenzenden Stück des Cockaponset State Forest weiterlaufen. Unter anderen der Chatfield Trail, einer der Blue-Blazed Trails gehört zu dem System und es gibt einige anspruchsvolle Routen. Zusätzlich bietet der 250 m (825 ft) lange Paul F. Wildermann Boardwalk die Möglichkeit ein Moor zu erkunden. Mountain biking Die Mountain-Bike-Routen gehören zu den technisch anspruchsvollsten Strecken im State. Besonders beliebt sind der Lookout Trail und der Pond Trail, eine Nebenstrecke des Deep Woods Trail. Klettern Verschiedene Steilwände und Kliffs entlang der Route 81 machen den Park zu einem beliebten Ziel für Kletterer. Angeln Chatfield Hollow State Park ist einer der elf Connecticut's Trout Parks. Er wird regelmäßig vom Department of Energy & Environmental Protection mit Fischen besetzt. Die beste Angelzeit liegt zwischen dem Opening day und dem Memorial day. Die Teiche und Bäche sind leicht zugänglich für Jungangler. Siehe auch State Parks in Connecticut Weblinks Chatfield Hollow State Park Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Chatfield Hollow State Park Map Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Einzelnachweise
Cheney Building

The R. and F. Cheney Building, also known as the Brown Thomson Building, is a commercial building designed by noted American architect H. H. Richardson. It is located at 942 Main Street, Hartford, Connecticut, and is now on the National Register of Historic Places. History The Cheney Building was constructed 1875–1876 for the Cheney Brothers silk manufacturers in Manchester, Connecticut. It was originally a multipurpose structure with five small shops on the ground floor, and offices and apartments above. For many years it housed Brown Thomson's department store, and later the G. Fox and Company. As of 2007, it has been renamed the Richardson Building, and is now a Residence Inn by Marriott, offices, stores, restaurants, and rehearsal space for The Hartford Stage Company. The building dominates its corner location and, with towers and attic, is various described as containing five, six, or seven stories. Its facade is organized into three heavy, horizontal tiers of roughly cut, reddish brownstone punctuated with much lighter Berea limestone trim. The lowest tier is defined by a series of huge round arches in striking polychrome bands, a motif repeated in the stories above at an increasingly smaller scale. The ground-floor tier on the Main Street facade features five broad arches above shop windows and doors, the second a two-story arcade of 10 major openings, and the third a single-story arcade of 14 openings. The building is crowned with low, asymmetric towers at its Main Street corners. The street corner tower was earlier topped by a pyramidal roof. Until 2024, the building housed a local brewery called City Steam Brewery. The building is currently home to a Residence Inn Marriott, a Fastsigns, and a local restaurant named Pietro's Pizza. Gallery See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Hartford, Connecticut Louis R. Cheney References James Francis O'Gorman, Three American Architects: Richardson, Sullivan, and Wright, 1865-1915, University of Chicago Press, 1991, page 47. ISBN 0-226-62072-7. Jeffrey Karl Ochsner, H. H. Richardson: Complete Architectural Works, MIT Press, 1985, page 58. ISBN 0-262-65015-0. Hartford Courant article (September 25, 2005) Mary Ann Sullivan article (with photographs)
Chester Airport

Chester Airport (ICAO: KSNC, FAA LID: SNC) is a public use airport located three miles (5 km) southwest of the central business district of Chester, a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. It is privately owned by Whelen Aviation. It is included in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021, in which it is categorized as a general aviation facility. Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Chester Airport is assigned SNC by the FAA but has no designation from the IATA (which assigned SNC to General Ulpiano Paez Airport in Salinas, Ecuador). The FAA identifier for Chester Airport was 3B9 and was changed to SNC in the early 2000s. Facilities and aircraft Chester Airport covers an area of 146 acres (59 ha) which contains one asphalt paved runway (17/35) measuring 2,566 x 50 ft (782 x 15 m). For the 12-month period ending August 21, 2000, the airport had 20,800 aircraft operations, an average of 56 per day: 80% general aviation and 20% air taxi. There are 115 aircraft based at this airport: 87% single engine, 9% multi-engine, 3% helicopters and 2% ultralights. References External links Resources for this airport: FAA airport information for SNC AirNav airport information for KSNC FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
Children's Museum of Southeastern Connecticut

The Niantic Children's Museum, formerly the Children's Museum of Southeastern Connecticut, is an interactive educational and cultural institution located in Niantic, Connecticut. Founded in 1992, the museum covers 5,000 square feet (460 m2) and is designed to encourage children to study arts, sciences, health, and various cultures. The museum features three major areas: The Discovery Room features a variety of science-based activities and the museum's resident animals. The Imagination Room features encourages learning through play with a fire engine, fishing boat, global market, toy garden and toddler area. The Outdoor Playspace features a retro treehouse, music garden, dig pit, playhouse and kid-sized zipline. References External links The Niantic Children's Museum web site
Choate Rosemary Hall

Choate Rosemary Hall, auch einfach Choate, ist eine private US-amerikanische koedukative High School in Internats- und Tagesform, die auf den Besuch des College vorbereitet. Sie liegt in Wallingford im Staat Connecticut und weist etwa 850 Schüler in den Klassen 9–12 auf. Viele Schüler gehen danach auf die Yale, Columbia University oder Brown University. Die Schulgebühren lagen im Schuljahr 2024/25 bei $ 69.370 für einen Internatsplatz, bei $ 53.410 für einen Tagesplatz. Choate ist Mitglied der elitären Privatinternatevereinigung Eight Schools Association. In einem Schulranking von 2025 (Niche) erreichte Choate USA-weit den 4. Rang unter den Privatschulen. Geschichte Die Schule entstand 1978 durch die Fusion der Jungenschule Choate School (gegründet 1896) und der Mädchenschule Rosemary Hall (gegründet 1890). Die ursprünglichen Gründer waren die Eheleute William und Mary Choate. Die Mädchenschule zog 1900 nach Greenwich um. 1908 übernahm die Priesterfamilie St. John die Jungenschule und formte sie zu einem der größten Internate in Neuengland um. Der Campus wurde stark ausgebaut. Die Unterstützung der Kennedys aus Boston machte die Schule bekannt. Im Jahr 1959 wurde der erste Farbige aufgenommen. Der Architekt I. M. Pei errichtete 1972 ein Kunstzentrum auf dem Campus, das von Paul Mellon gefördert wurde. Nach finanziellen Schwierigkeiten sollte die Fusion die Kosten entlasten. Nach 1990 wurde die Aufnahmerate von 60 % auf 23 % im Jahr 2016 gesenkt. Mehrere Kampagnen sorgten für ein höheres Stiftungsvermögen, $ 100 Millionen 1995–2000; $ 220 Millionen 2006–2011; $ 334 Millionen 2023–2024. Namhafte Schüler John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917–1963), US-Präsident (Abschluss 1935 nach vielen Krankheitszeiten) Adlai Stevenson (1900–1965), US-Außenminister (Abschluss 1918) Paul Mellon (1907–1999), Unternehmer und Kunstmäzen John Dos Passos (1896–1970), Schriftsteller Edward Albee (1928–2016), Schriftsteller Michael Douglas (* 1944), Schauspieler Glenn Close (* 1947), Schauspielerin (Rosemary Hall) Jamie Lee Curtis (* 1958), Schauspielerin (Rosemary Hall) Paul Giamatti (* 1967), Schauspieler Ivanka Trump (* 1981), Geschäftsfrau und Model Weblinks Search for Private Schools - School Detail for. Abgerufen am 3. Juni 2025. Choate Rosemary Hall | Private Boarding & Day School. 1. Juni 2025, abgerufen am 3. Juni 2025 (amerikanisches Englisch). Einzelbelege
Choate Rosemary Hall

La Choate Rosemary Hall, ou simplement Choate, est une école privée mixte de préparation à l'université et un internat basé à Wallingford dans le Connecticut. Il s'agit de la fusion de la Choate School (fondée en 1896) et le Rosemary Hall (fondé en 1890). Parmi les anciens de Choate se trouvent John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Adlai Stevenson, Edward Albee, John Dos Passos, Brett Icahn (en), Paul Mellon, Geoffrey S. Fletcher, Glenn Close, Michael Douglas, James Laughlin, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ivanka Trump ou encore Paul Giamatti. Le Paul Mellon Arts Center se trouve sur son campus. En avril 2017, une enquête révèle que de nombreux abus sexuels sur mineur ont été commis dans l'établissement entre les années 1960 et les années 2010. Notes et références Portail des écoles Portail du Connecticut
Choate Rosemary Hall

Choate Rosemary Hall, o semplicemente Choate, è una scuola privata coeducativa per la preparazione universitaria e collegio con sede a Wallingford, nel Connecticut. È nata dalla fusione, nel 1971, tra la Choate School (fondata nel 1896) e la Rosemary Hall (fondata nel 1890). Tra gli ex allievi della Choate ci sono John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Adlai Stevenson, Edward Albee, John Dos Passos, Bett Icahn, Paul Mellon, Geoffrey Fletcher, Glenn Close, Michael Douglas, James Laughlin, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ivanka Trump o Paul Giamatti. Il Paul Mellon Arts Center si trova nel suo campus. Nell'aprile 2017, un'indagine ha rivelato che numerosi abusi sessuali su minori sono stati commessi nello stabilimento tra gli anni '60 e gli anni 2010. Note Altri progetti Wikimedia Commons contiene immagini o altri file su Choate Rosemary Hall Collegamenti esterni (EN) Sito ufficiale, su choate.edu.