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 Town Hall - Cheshire CT Posted by:  nomadwillie
N 41° 29.855 W 072° 54.122
18T E 675113 N 4596120
The Cheshire Town Hall across the green from the church is a large brick building constructed just before the Civil War; it remains in use as a town hall.
Waymark Code: WM17K2X
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 03/02/2023
Views: 1
To the south of the Green is the Abijah Beach Tavern (1814) once named
for Benjamin Franklin, which still has its old bar, and a ballroom on the
third floor. The Congregational Church (1826) is fortunate in its location, a little remote from the highway, across the elm-shaded triangular Green.
It is one of the series of churches of almost identical design, the first at Milford and the last in Litchfield, with a tall spire and free-standing
Ionic columns. In front of the Town Hall, directly opposite the church,
is a handsome sycamore measuring 17' 4" in circumference. Facing the Green on the north is the Colonel Ruftcs Hitchcock House (1785), little changed except for the addition of dormer windows. The molded caps over the windows and the original broad porch make it an excellent sample of its period.
American-Guide-Series - Connecticut: a Guide to its Roads, Lore, and People, p.491 (1938)
The Town Hall is a contributing building in the Cheshire Historic District. It has served the town, since its construction before the Civil War, as the town hall.
Book: Connecticut
Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 491
Year Originally Published: 1938
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