Talk:Poquetanuck, Connecticut/VersionC
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 known as Poquetanuck Cove that opens to the Thames River. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Poquetanuck Village Historic District.[2]
Historically, Poquetanuck was one of three distinct settlements in the town, the others being Preston City and Long Society. The village of Poquetanuck was the site of shipbuilding activity.[3]
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 which currently houses a bed and breakfast inn.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
- ^ "Poquetanuck Village and Hallville Listed on the National Register of Historic Places",Preston Pipeline, September 1996, Vol. 3, issue 2, page 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
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Category:Historic districts in Connecticut Category:New London County, Connecticut