Colebrook
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nomadwillie
N 41° 59.372 W 073° 05.754
18T E 657721 N 4650368
The marker is located in Colebrook center right in front of the Colebrook Historical Society
Waymark Code: WMKXT1
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 06/10/2014
Views: 5
Marker reads:
To the left stands the combined Historical Society quarters and Town Hall (1816), built as the Colebrook Tavern to serve the needs of travelers on the old New Haven Turnpike, the road just to the right. On the west side of the church in front of the viewer is the Martin Rockwell House (1793: and, lastly, the church itself rises serenely above the nearby conifers and maples. its measurements precisely like those of one attributed to Charles Bulfinch, an architect of the United States Capitol. The whole forms a setting that has been declared the best-preserved example of a small post-Revolutionary village center that has survived in the State of Connecticut, and perhaps in all New England. The Town's population peaked just before the Civil War. So did its commercial importance, which was marked by mills, a scythe factory, tanneries, and woolen and wooden-ware works. Today its cool, airy climate and rural quiet each year attract a sizeable summer colony.
Erected by the Town of Colebrook
the Colebrook Historical Society
and the Connecticut Historical Commission
1980
Marker Name: Colebrook
Marker Type: Rural roadside
Additional Information:
Colebrook Historical Society link
http://www.colebrookhistoricalsociety.org
Date Dedicated / Placed: 1980
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