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Total Historical Sites Found In Connecticut: 5Beckley Iron Furnace Industrial Monument Route 44 North Canaan, CT One the best preserved examples of a local iron blast furnace; the Beckley Iron Furnace produced iron for railroad car wheels from 1847 to 1919; offers tours, picnicking, and pond fishing; no facilities Connecticut State Capitol Building 210 Capitol Avenue Hartford, CT Type: Building The gold domed Capitol building located next to Bushnell Park offers guided and self-guided tours; the building is extremely ornate outside and in and features statues and artifacts; the Connecticut General Assemble can even be viewed when in session Fort Griswold Battlefield 57 Fort Street Groton, CT Site of Fort Griswold, where in 1781 the British (with Benedict Arnold) attacked and massacred the American defenders. A monument & small Revolutionary War museum (seasonal) now stand nearby, also the Ebenezer Avery House, picnic tables, portable toilets Putnam Memorial State Park Route 107 (Intersection of Route 58) Redding, CT Site of the Continental Army's 1779 winter encampment under the command of General Israel Putnam; features a museum and reconstructed log buildings; offers picnicking, pond fishing, interpretive trail, youth group camping, ice skating Weir Farm National Historic Site 735 Nod Hill Road Wilton, CT Type: National Home of painter J. Alden Weir and later sculptor Mahonri Young and painter Sperry Andrews; 60 acre site preserves the home, studios, barns, and stone walls of the farm; main house actually in Ridgefield; Burlingham House Visitor Center in Wilton |
