Tag: historical building

East Village Schoolhouse, Monroe CT

The East Village Schoolhouse 311 Wheeler Rd. Monroe CT This blog entry is part of an ongoing project called “One Room Schoolhouses in CT”).  If you’re interested in the history of one room schoolhouses in CT I suggest you purchase CONNECTICUT SCHOOLHOUSES THROUGH TIME by Melinda K. Elliott. This book was […]

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Nova Scotia One Room Schoolhouse, Watertown CT

Nova Scotia One Room Schoolhouse Watertown, CT C. 1853-1929 This blog entry is part of an ongoing project called “One Room Schoolhouses in CT”).  If you’re interested in the history of one room schoolhouses in CT I suggest you purchase CONNECTICUT SCHOOLHOUSES THROUGH TIME by Melinda K. Elliott. This book was […]

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The Center School One Room Schoolhouse, Prospect CT

This blog entry is part of an ongoing project called “One Room Schoolhouses in CT”).  If you’re interested in the history of one room schoolhouses in CT I suggest you purchase CONNECTICUT SCHOOLHOUSES THROUGH TIME by Melinda K. Elliott. This book was has been a very helpful resource for me as […]

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Abandoned Old Church in Southbury CT

While Cheryl and I were on the hunt for barns in Southbury we stumbled upon this old gem. Which, of course, isn’t a barn.  I thought, at first, that it was some type of meeting house back in the day.  I wasn’t able to find anything on the internet about it […]

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Model train meets real world. Original trains station downtown, Wallingford CT

Using photoshop I merged a close up photo of an N scale (1:160) model train with an actual image of Wallingford CT’s downtown railroad station. The locomotive EMD SD P4 F and each passenger car is about 5″ long and about 1″ tall. They type 1 phase II which represents […]

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