List of sites administered by the Connecticut State Historic Preservation Office

List of sites administered by the Connecticut State Historic Preservation Office

This is a list of historic sites in Connecticut that are administered by the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism's Historic Preservation and Museum Division. As part of its place as Connecticut's State Historic Preservation Office, the division fulfills a range of responsibilities in the field of historic preservation, including the operation of five historic sites owned by the state.[1]

# Name Image Location County Description
1 Prudence Crandall Museum Elisha Payne House, Canterbury (Windham County, Connecticut).jpg Canterbury Windham
2 Old Newgate Prison and Copper Mine Oldnewgateprison.jpg East Granby Hartford
3 Sloane-Stanley Museum Kent Litchfield Museum focused on the work and interests of artist, author, and illustrator Eric Sloane, in a building that was donated to the state by Stanley Works. Exhibits of hand tools, iron furnace and artist's studio.[2]
4 Viets Tavern East Granby Hartford C. 1760 unrestored home of John Viets, first prison warden of Old Newgate Prison
5 Henry Whitfield State Museum Henry-whitfield-house-ct.png Guilford New Haven

References

  1. ^ Historic Preservation and Museum Division, Historic Preservation and Museum Division, 2010. Accessed 2010-02-15.
  2. ^ Sloane-Stanley Museum website

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