Hoxie Scenic Overlook - Mystic, CT
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N 41° 22.288 W 071° 58.210
19T E 251598 N 4584251
The Hoxie Scenic Turnout is named for S. Jerome Hoxie, who was an artist that is known for the work he did for the WPA Federal Arts Project.
Waymark Code: WM1629V
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 04/19/2022
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Monument naming the Interstate 95 Northbound Hoxie Scenic Turnout. The monument is a granite block with a bronze plaque with the wording below. On top is a map of Mystic Seaport and a view of the seaport across the Mystic River.
The Person
"Stephen Jerome Hoxie was born in Phoenix, Rhode Island on September 24, 1895. He studied at the East Greenwich Academy and then at the Rhode Island School of Design for two and a half years. He did a study of color at the Eastman Kodak Research Laboratory. He completed a total of 82 paintings for the WPA Federal Arts Project, many of them for the Index of American Design. Hoxie’s style of painting was described by WPA officials as “conservative realism.” In 1959 Groton named a highway scenic outlook after him. Hoxie passed away in 1981in Stonington, Connecticut."
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The Place
The turnout is along I95 in Groton CT on the northbound side. It is located between mile mark 100.6 and 100.8. The turnout is clearly marked Scenic Overlook. The turnout has 7 parking places with the monument centered in the turnout. The turnout overlooks Mystic Seaport across the Mystic River, which is just shy of 1 mile away. The place is marked by a granite monument dedicated to S. Jerome Hoxie, naming the Scenic Turnout.
Monument reads:
Hoxie Scenic Turnout
Dedicated to S. Jerome Hoxie
A Man of Vision
June 21, 1966
John Dempsey
Governor
Howard S. Ives
State Highway Commissioner
Howard King
Division Engineer & P.R.