Please direct to Park Supervisor, Vincent Messino at Putnam Park. The park is located southeast of Danbury, Connecticut at the junction of Routes 58 and 107. This building contains exhibits and historical material related to the Redding encampments. Museum is open weekends and holidays 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., May 1st through October 31st.
Guides are on duty to assist visitors.
The more than 100 piles of stone in this area are believed to mark the locations of the huts that sheltered Continental Troops in the winter of 1778 - 1779. These men belonged to the New Hampshire Brigade of Enoch Poor and the 2nd Canadian Regiment of Moses Hazen. Among them were many veterans of the battles of Long Island, Brandywine, Germantown, Ticonderoga, Bemis Heights, Saratoga, Barren Hill and Monmouth. Historical evidence indicates that the huts were constructed of logs from the site. The fireplaces were made of fieldstone and were probably topped with a chimney of wood heavily plastered with clay.