Talk:Poquetanuck, Connecticut/VersionB
Poquetanuck Village Historic District | |
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| Location | Roughly, along Main St. between CT 117 and Middle Rd. and along School House and Cider Mill Rd., Preston, Connecticut |
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| Coordinates | 41°29′14″N 72°2′31″W / 41.48722°N 72.04194°W |
| Architectural style | Colonial, Mid 19th Century Revival, Late Victorian |
| NRHP reference No. | 96000912[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 22, 1996 |
Poquetanuck is a village in the town of Preston, Connecticut, located near the banks of a bay opening to the Thames River known as Poquetanuck Cove. The Poquetanuck Village Historic District is substantially the same as the village.
Historically, Poquetanuck was one of three distinct settlements in the town and was the site of shipbuilding activity.[2]
The historic district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 22, 1996.[1]
A contributing property in the historic district is a home built in 1754 by sea captain William Gonzales Grant. The Grant home, which currently houses a bed and breakfast inn, is reputed to be haunted.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
- ^ About Preston, Town of Preston website, accessed September 9, 2009
- ^ Captain Grant's, 1754, in Haunted Connecticut: Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the Constitution State, by Cheri Revai and Heather Adel Wiggins, Stackpole Books, 2006. ISBN 0811732967, ISBN 9780811732963
External links
[edit]- Captain Grant's Inn - Bed and breakfast inn including several properties in the historic district