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Box 18

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Contains 13 Results:

Torrington Road & Karl Street

 File — Box: 18, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents Located at the southeast corner of Torrington Road and Karl Street (at #65 Karl Street) this building was the District 5 (Harris Plains) Schoolhouse originally located in front of the American Legion Hall at #418 Bantam Road. It was moved behind the Litchfield school at the top of East Street in 1922-23 and used for one year for the kindergarten. When the school was torn down it was moved to the present site. One photograph shows the building at its Harris Plains site, and a color photograph...
Dates: 1840-2000

Whiskers Lane

 File — Box: 18, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents

Color photograph taken in 1957 of the Ebenezer Marsh house, built ca. 1740, located at the intersection of Whiskers Lane and Wigway Road. Later owners included Linus T. Gilbert; Mrs. Lawrence Hunter; Jeannette Washburn (1986).

Dates: 1840-2000

Torrington Road - North Farms District School

 File — Box: 18, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents

In 1913, Dr. Peck donated this small black & white photograph of the North Farms District School. On an 1874 map, it was located on the west side of Torrington Road, north of the intersection with Town Farm Road. The school was closed ca. 1917

Dates: 1840-2000