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Don’t fall!
While driving through a local CT city looking for photo opportunities I spotted this one. Photographed while still in my truck through my open window real quickly and they never even saw me. Photographed with Sony A7RV, 61mp,mirrorless camera and a Sony 24-70 f2.8 GMII lens at 35mm. 1/160th, f16, ISO 400, Aperture Priority
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Welles-Shipman-Ward Homestead & Barns, Glastonbury CT
The Welles-Shipman-Ward House is a historic property in South Glastonbury, Connecticut, originally built in 1755 for John and Jerusha Welles. The main house is a Georgian-style mansion with one of the largest colonial-era hearth fireplaces in Connecticut. Over the years, it has been preserved and restored, maintaining its original colonial charm. The property also features several outbuildings, including: A four-story…
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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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District School # 3, Glastonbury CT
This post is part of a continuing series called “one room schoolhouses”. To view other one room schoolhouses in CT and RI access the search menu in the top right corner of the homepage and enter “schoolhouse”. While in Glastonbury I photographed the Distinct School No. 3, built in 1820. It was known as the Green School because it served…
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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…
