List of sites administered by the Connecticut State Historic Preservation Office
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This is a list of historic sites in Connecticut that are administered by the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development's Historic Preservation Office. The division fulfills a range of responsibilities in the field of historic preservation, including the operation of five historic sites owned by the state.[1]
| # | Name | Image | Location | County | Description |
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| 1 | Prudence Crandall Museum | .jpg)
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Canterbury | Windham | Historic house and the site of Prudence Crandall's Canterbury Female Boarding School which reopened in 1833 for African-American students, whom she called "young Ladies and little Misses of color". |
| 2 | Old New-Gate Prison & Copper Mine | 
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East Granby | Hartford | Historic former prison and mine site |
| 3 | Eric Sloane Museum and Kent Furnace | 
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Kent | Litchfield | Museum focused on the work and interests of artist, author, and illustrator Eric Sloane, in a building that was donated to the state by Stanley Works, with exhibits of hand tools, an iron furnace and the artist's studio.[2] |
| 4 | Viets' Tavern | 
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East Granby | Hartford | C. 1760 unrestored home of John Viets, first prison warden of Old Newgate Prison; not open to the public. |
| 5 | Henry Whitfield State Museum | 
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Guilford | New Haven | Historic house dating from 1639. The oldest house in Connecticut and the oldest stone house in New England. |
References
[edit]- ^ "Learn About State Museums". Connecticut's Official State Website. 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2019-09-08.
- ^ "Eric Sloane Museum, Kent, CT". Connecticut's Official State Website. 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2019-09-08.