Burnetts Corner is a

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in the

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!--This is a list of towns, boroughs, and villages. If a place is a town or a borough, it is indicated as such in the third column. If the third column is blank, the place is a village.--> and the site of Burnett's Corner Historic District, a historic district listed on the

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History

Burnett's Corner grew up in the 18th and 19th centuries as a

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and stagecoach stop on the

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that connected

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and

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. It takes its name from Richard Burnett (1801–1890), a former sea captain who operated the Pequot Hotel as an overnight stop on the Post Road. Burnett's Corner was bypassed by the

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that was built through the area in 1858 and that largely replaced stagecoach travel., 1997 Early in the 20th century, Burnett's Corner was the site of small-scale manufacturing operations, notably including a

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mill built by T. N. Dickinson, Jr., in about 1907 and a

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operated by a

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manufacturer. After the Gold Star Highway was built through the area in the 1930s, Burnett's Corner took on the function of a suburban community, housing people who

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to work by

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Historic district

Burnett's Corner Historic District was listed on the

in 1997. It includes 30

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s and three other contributing sites over a linear area along the Old Post Road (now Packer Road). Buildings in the district include representative examples of

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domestic architecture of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, including "fine examples" of both

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and

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styles. The Greek Revival-style Pequot Hotel, built in about 1842, is prominently located in the center of the district.

References

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History

Historic district

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