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Killingly
Killingly is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 17,752 at the 2020 census. It consists of the borough of Danielson and the villages of Attawaugan, Ballouville, Dayville, East Killingly, Rogers, and South Killingly. History In 1653, the second John Winthrop, son of Massachusetts Bay Colony's founding governor, obtained a grant of land formerly held by the Quinebaug Indian tribe and known as the Quinebaug (Long Pond) Country. The name ''Quinebaug'' comes from the southern New England Native American term, spelled variously , , etc., meaning "long pond", from , "long", and , "pond". The area in that grant, which is now occupied by Killingly, was first settled by English colonists in 1700. It was first called "Aspinock", a word which may have come from the combination of the native term "aucks" or "ock" (the place of/where) and the name of the English settler, Lieutenant Aspinwall. When the town was incorporated in May 1708, Colony Govern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Killingly High School
The Old Killingly High School is a historic school building on 185 Broad Street in the Danielson section of Killingly, Connecticut. Built in 1908 and enlarged in 1927, it served as the town's high school until 1965, and then its junior high school until 1990. It is a significant local example of Renaissance and Colonial Revival architecture, designed by Hartwell, Richardson & Driver. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. It now houses the Killingly Police Department. Description and history The Old Killingly High School is located in a densely built residential neighborhood east of downtown Danielson, at the northwest corner of Broad and Cottage Streets. It is a two-story brick structure with a hip roof and limestone trim. It consists of a central main block, to which slightly projecting wings have been added. The building corners have patterned brick quoining, a detail repeated in pilasters flanking the two main entrances and articulating the ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windham County, Connecticut
Windham County is a county located in the northeastern corner of the U.S. state of Connecticut. As of the 2020 census, the population was 116,418, making it the least populous county in Connecticut. It forms the core of the region known as the Quiet Corner. Windham County is included in the Worcester, MA-CT Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA- RI- NH-CT Combined Statistical Area. The entire county is within the Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor, as designated by the National Park Service. History The area that is now Windham County became of interest to the English around 1635, but went unsettled for over fifty years due to its lack of access to the shore. John Winthrop took a strong interest to this land, purchased land from the Narragansetts, and was given permission by the court of Connecticut to settle in October 1671. In 1678, a tract of land, called Joshua's Tract (Joshua was the son ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elliottville Lower Mill
The Elliottville Lower Mill, also known historically as the Peep Toad Mill, is an historic cotton mill in the East Killingly section of Killingly, Connecticut. Built about 1850, it is a well-preserved example of an early wood-frame textile mill. The mill complex, which includes, a dam, pond, head race, and bridge, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Description and history The Elliottville Lower Mill is located in what is now a rural setting of eastern Killingly, on Peep Toad Road where it crosses Whetstone Brook. The mill complex occupies , and consists of a single building, along with a mill dam, pond, raceway, and a rubble stone-arch bridge which carries Peep Toad Road across the brook. The mill is of modest scale, stories in height with a gable roof, and is built of stone and wood framing. It is set across the road from the mill pond and dam. The mill was built c. 1850 by the Elliotville Manufacturing Company, whose larger main mill was upstr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel's Village Archeological Site
The Daniel's Village Archeological Site is a historic industrial archaeological site in Killingly, Connecticut. Located in the vicinity of the crossing of Putnam Road and the Five Mile River, the area is the site of one of the earliest textile mills in Connecticut. The mills burned in 1861 and were not rebuilt, ending the village's economic reason to exist. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The entire site was purchased in 2015 by a historic building expert who has put the original parcel back together. It is now private property. The area was settled in the early 18th-century, and has an industrial history dating to the 18th century, when a gristmill known as Talbot's Mill was operating at the site. In 1814, local landowners combined with investors from Rhode Island to establish a cotton mill at the site. It was first known as Howe's Factory, after its managers, and was acquired by the Daniels family in 1845. By this time, the village had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broad Street – Davis Park Historic District
Broad Street – Davis Park Historic District is a historic district in the borough of Danielson, in the town of Killingly, Connecticut. The district is mainly residential in character, and includes Davis Park, a triangular park created in 1890 and bounded by Main, Reynolds, and Broad Streets. The district as a whole is in size. It includes examples of Stick/Eastlake, Queen Anne, and Colonial Revival architectural styles and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. It includes 95 contributing buildings, one contributing site, and four contributing objects. The district is significant for its architecture, which includes many examples of Victorian architecture with rich detailing. The buildings in the district also reflect the institutions and people responsible with the development of Danielson. The town's growth began in 1809, when brothers James and Hezekiah Danielson built a cotton spinning mill. The house of Hezekiah, built about 1825, is the old ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danielson CT
Danielson is a borough in the town of Killingly in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 4,051 at the 2010 census. History Danielson was originally named "Danielsonville" for Gen. James Danielson, the builder of the first house in the settlement. It was renamed Danielson in 1895. Historic districts Danielson is the site of two historic districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places: * Danielson Main Street Historic District is a historic district along Main Street, from Water Street to Spring Street. Architectural styles in the district include Colonial Revival and Italianate, as well as others. The Danielson Main Street Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 8, 1992. * Broad Street – Davis Park Historic District: roughly along Broad Street, from Dorrance Street to Winter Street, to the north of Danielson Main Street Historic District. Architectural styles represented include Stick/Eastlake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danielson, Connecticut
Danielson is a borough (Connecticut), borough in the town of Killingly, Connecticut, Killingly in Windham County, Connecticut, Windham County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 4,051 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. History Danielson was originally named "Danielsonville" for Gen. James Danielson, the builder of the first house in the settlement. It was renamed Danielson in 1895. Historic districts Danielson is the site of two historic districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places: * Danielson Main Street Historic District is a historic district along Main Street, from Water Street to Spring Street. Architectural styles in the district include Colonial Revival and Italianate, as well as others. The Danielson Main Street Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 8, 1992. * Broad Street – Davis Park Historic District: roughly along Broad Street, from Dorrance Street to Winter Street, to the nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quiet Corner
Northeastern Connecticut, better known as the Quiet Corner, is a historic region of the state of Connecticut, located in the northeastern corner of the state. It is generally associated with Windham County, but also sometimes incorporates eastern sections of Tolland County and the northern portion of New London County. Description The Quiet Corner has historically been maintained as a colloquial, somewhat nebulous term, likely originating sometime in the middle of the 20th Century, and has often been subject to interpretation by outsiders and residents alike. Indeed, there is no official definition for the Quiet Corner, but owing to its common use in day-to-day parlance amongst Connecticut residents and in organization and business names of the area, its existence as a regional identifier laying outside of de jure boundaries of Connecticut's counties cannot be ignored. In an attempt to roughly define the region, an occasionally cited, but debatable boundary marker for the re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danielson Main Street Historic District
The Danielson Main Street Historic District encompasses the historic late 19th-century commercial business district of the borough of Danielson in the town of Killingly, Connecticut. It extends along Main Street, between the Five Mile River and Spring Street, including a few buildings on adjacent side streets, representing the area's growth as a commercial and civic center in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. Description and history The borough of Danielson is located just north of the confluence of the Quinebaug and Five Mile Rivers. Its early 19th-century development took place because of mills located mainly across the Quinebaug in Brooklyn, whose proprietors built worker housing in the Danielson area. The Norwich and Worcester Railroad was routed through that village in the 1830s, and the Danielson Manufacturing Company was established in Danielson at the point above the river confluence. The railr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dayville (CDP), Connecticut
Dayville is a census-designated place (CDP) in the northwest part of the town of Killingly in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. It is located on the east side of the Fivemile River, north of Danielson. Interstate 395 passes through the east side of the CDP, leading south to Norwich and north to Auburn, Massachusetts. Dayville was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. The Dayville Historic District The Dayville Historic District encompasses a collection of mid-19th century architecture in the Dayville village of Killingly, Connecticut. It is clustered around the junction of Main and Pleasant streets, extending along Main to High Street. Th ... occupies at the center of the village. References {{authority control Census-designated places in Windham County, Connecticut Census-designated places in Connecticut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temple Beth Israel (Danielson, Connecticut)
Temple Beth Israel is a historic Jewish synagogue building at 39 Killingly Drive in the Danielson village of Killingly, Connecticut. Built between 1951 and 1961 to a design by Boston, Massachusetts architect William Riseman, it is one of the first Modernist synagogues built in Connecticut. It was built in part by members of its congregation, many of whom were survivors of The Holocaust, and was formally dedicated on June 5, 1961 after ten years of construction. The congregation was a mix of Orthodox and Conservative adherents, and was merged with a congregation in Putnam in 2003. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. It now serves as a cultural historical center, managed by a non-profit organization. Architecture and history Temple Beth Israel is located in a residential area to the east of the Danielson's commercial district, at the southwest corner of Killingly Drive and Corinne Street. It is a two-story structure, built mainly out o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dayville Historic District
The Dayville Historic District encompasses a collection of mid-19th century architecture in the Dayville village of Killingly, Connecticut. It is clustered around the junction of Main and Pleasant streets, extending along Main to High Street. The area flourished in the mid-19th century, as a consequence of the railroad being routed nearby, serving area textile mills. The district, residential except for a church, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. Description and history The village of Dayville was named after Capt. John Day, who owned the water privileges on the Five Mile River. With the opening of the Norwich and Worcester Railroad in 1830, Dayville also became a hub for freight transport for other manufacturing villages along the river. By 1849, the village had grown sufficiently in population to have its own church, the Dayville Congregational Church, a Greek revival building built by Alexander Blanchard. Blanchard's own house is a fine example of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
