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Plumtrees School, Bethel CT
Chery, myself and Molloy (our dog) pulled into the driveway of the Plumtrees School and I was able to capture this photograph. The Plumtrees School in Bethel, Connecticut, is a historic one-room schoolhouse built in 1867 on land donated by Eliza Benedict. It originally served the Plumtrees District, one of Bethel’s five school districts at the time. Over the years,…
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Pleasant Valley Schoolhouse, So.Windsor CT
The Pleasant Valley One-Room Schoolhouse is also known as the Pleasant Valley District #5 Schoolhouse. It was originally built in 1862 to replace an earlier school from 1837 and served students until 1952. Today, it functions as a museum showcasing South Windsor’s history. As far as one and two room schoolhouses go, this ones a beauty! All photographed with a…
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Toll House Museum, Plymouth CT
Once upon a time (more specifically, during the late 18th to 19th centuries), Connecticut was laced with 1,600 miles of toll roads. (Here is a list of them.) The tolls were collected not by the government, but by private corporations which built and maintained the roads. Sometimes this involved repairing an existing path, but other toll roads had to be…
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Barn Beauties on the CT coastline (5 STARS)
These two barns sit almost directly across from one another along a well travelled CT coastal country road. If you’re one to pay any attention to old barns what will immediately strike you is their absolute pristine, new like, appearance. The roofs are brand new, the cladding does not show one board that is so much as slightly warped. None…
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Beautifully maintained Tobacco Farm, Suffield CT area
The northern portion of CT straddling the CT river was rich in tobacco farming through the 19th and 20th century. As a result tobacco farms dotted the countryside and it’s almost impossible not to see dozens of them as you drive throughout the towns in this area. As a photographer and connoisseur of old barns I couldn’t help but take…
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Horses Grazing at The Butterfly Farm, Lincoln RI
The Butterfly Farm 667 Great Rd., (Rte. 123) Lincoln, RI 02865 While in Lincoln RI I spotted this beautiful farm scene that I had photographed years ago. However, this time it had two horses grazing in the field. In addition the sky was warm and the fence in the foreground had an interested break. These are the kinds of scenes…
