• Journey's,  Schoolhouses

    Bullet Hill School (one room schoolhouse), Southbury CT -Updated 6/17/24

    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 I did my research. At time of writing this book was available on AMAZON. Bullet Hill School 215 Main St. North Southbury CT 06488 *************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** UPDATED – JUNE 17th, 2024 Thanks to an invite from the President of the Southbury Historical Society, Melinda Elliot, Cheryl and I were given a personal tour of the inside of the Bullet Hill School. …

  • Barns,  Featured Pictures

    A perfect barn in Southbury.

    I’ve been after this barn for months but there were always cars parked in front of it and people working in or around it which precluded me from taking the shot. Although, this day, there was one person working in the barn I knew it wouldn’t get much better than this so I took my shots. With no real place to park my car I just idled across the street for a brief second to take the wide angle shot. I left, changed lenses, then returned idling once again for another second or two and took my closer shots. I must say this is one of the most pristine nicely…