Connecticut Soldier’s Orphans’ Home
LOST MANSFIELD # 22: THE CONNECTICUT SOLDIERS’ ORPHANS’ HOME.
Continue reading “Connecticut Soldier’s Orphans’ Home”Dedicated to preserving and publishing information on the history of Mansfield Connecticut
LOST MANSFIELD # 22: THE CONNECTICUT SOLDIERS’ ORPHANS’ HOME.
Continue reading “Connecticut Soldier’s Orphans’ Home”LOST MANSFIELD # 21: THE NORTH MANSFIELD MEETINGHOUSE.
Continue reading “The North Mansfield Meetinghouse”LOST MANSFIELD # 20: THE STORRS HOMESTEAD.
Continue reading “The Storrs Homestead”LOST MANSFIELD # 19 – THE STORRS GARAGE
Continue reading “The Storrs Garage”LOST MANSFIELD # 18: BEEBE’S STORE, STORRS.
Continue reading “Beebe’s Store”LOST MANSFIELD # 17: THE DOG LANE SCHOOL, STORRS
Continue reading “The Dog Lane School, Storrs”LOST MANSFIELD # 16: THE JOHN BROWN HOUSE, STORRS.
Continue reading “The John Brown House”LOST MANSFIELD # 15: THE LUCIEN FREEMAN HOUSE, SPRING HILL.
Continue reading “The Lucien Freeman House, Spring Hill”LOST MANSFIELD # 14: THE JABEZ SEARS HOUSE, SPRING HILL.
Continue reading “The Jabez Sears House, Spring Hill”LOST MANSFIELD # 13: THE EXPERIENCE PORTER HOUSE, SPRING HILL
Continue reading “The Experience Porter House”LOST MANSFIELD # 12 – EATON’S ICE HOUSE
Continue reading “Eaton’s Ice House”LOST MANSFIELD # 11: THE CONANTVILLE SILK MILL.
Continue reading “Conantville Mill”LOST MANSFIELD # 10: THE GEORGE CLARK HOUSE, MANSFIELD HOLLOW. For several decades this was the homestead and farm of the George Clark family.
Continue reading “The George Clark House”LOST MANSFIELD # 9: HERBERT CHAPPELL HOUSE, MANSFIELD HOLLOW. This house was built in 1889 for the Herbert G. Chappell family. Mr. Chappell was a manager at the nearby Kirby mill.
Continue reading “Herbert Chappell House”LOST MANSFIELD # 8: THE MILLS IN MANSFIELD HOLLOW.
Continue reading “The Mills in Mansfield Hollow”LOST MANSFIELD # 7: THE MANSFIELD CENTER DISTRICT SCHOOL.
Continue reading “The Mansfield Center School”LOST MANSFIELD # 6: THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH IN MANSFIELD CENTER. Founded in 1710, the Congregational church in Mansfield Center is the oldest church in Tolland County.
Continue reading “The Congregational Church”LOST MANSFIELD # 5: THE WILLIAM SIMONDS HOUSE.
Continue reading “The William Simonds House”LOST MANSFIELD # 4: THE ISAIAH RAMSDELL HOUSE. In 1838, Edwin Fitch built this house for Isaiah Ramsdell.
Continue reading “The Isaiah Ramsdell House”LOST MANSFIELD #3: THE HOWE/STORRS/DEWING HOUSE. This house was built by Abner Howe in 1794/95. It was later owned by Squire Zalmon Storrs and then inherited by his daughter, Susan Storrs Dewing.
Continue reading “The Howe, Storrs, Dewing House Mansfield Center”LOST MANSFIELD #2: JOHN SALTER HOUSE, MANSFIELD CENTER. This house, built c. 1754 for John Salter, Esq., was one of the landmarks of Mansfield Center.
Continue reading “John Salter House”LOST MANSFIELD #1: THE FARWELL HOUSE, STORRS. In 1736 Isaac Farwell settled his family on a 100-acre farm in North Mansfield. Sometime between 1746 and 1756, his son John built a center-chimney saltbox dwelling near his parent’s home.
Continue reading “The Farwell House”The Mansfield Historical Society will be posting a photographic series titled “Lost Mansfield” to both our web site and our Facebook page.
Continue reading “MHS Launches Lost Mansfield Series”The Mansfield Historical Society will hold its annual meeting and program on Thursday, October 8, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. Due to the current health concerns, this will be a virtual event via Zoom.
Continue reading “Annual Meeting and Program”Hello Historical Society members and supporters. Unfortunately the museum could not be opened this season due to the pandemic so we are working to bring the exhibits to you!
Volunteers at the society have been working hard to republish previous newsletter articles to the web site and now we have gone a step further and created an online exhibit experience.
Our first installment is titled “Made in America: The Folk Art of Coverlets.” This exhibit was curated by Ann Galonska and Peggy Church as part of the 2010 museum season. https://mansfieldct-history.org/exhibit-coverlet-2/
The format is a little bit different from our normal site content. The exhibit takes up the full width of the page in order to maximize the size of its images. If you would like to see even more detail of each image, just click on it and it will expand to fill your web browser. Also beware that you navigate the exhibit using the large green buttons at both the top and bottom of the page.
We hope you enjoy revisiting this exhibit and we look forward to any feed back you may have. Please feel free to leave a comment at the bottom of the page.
Thank you and stay well.
Your friends at the Mansfield Historical Society.