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The oldest building in the district is the c. 1710 Captain David Riley House, a two-story three-bay Georgian structure. Important surviving early civic buildings include the Academy Hall, an 1803 schoolhouse that now serves as a local history museum, and the 1808 Rocky Hill Congregational Church, a highly visible landmark within the center ...
Rocky Hill: Built in 1803, a Federal style building which served as a school from 1803 to 1941. It was believed to be one of few original Federal style buildings in Connecticut that had been little altered in its exterior. [6] 2: Allen's Cider Mill: Allen's Cider Mill: April 28, 1992 : 7 Mountain Rd.
Rocky Hill is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Capitol Planning Region. The population was 20,845 at the 2020 census. [1] It was originally land of the Wangunks (a tribe of Native Americans). Europeans began to settle the area of Rocky Hill in 1650, as part of Wethersfield, the neighboring town to ...
Academy Hall is a historic former school building at 785 Old Main Street in Rocky Hill, Connecticut. Built in 1803, it is a well-preserved example of a Federal style academy. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. [1] It presently houses the Academy Hall Museum of the Rocky Hill Historical Society.
The Rocky Hill Congregational Church is a historic church at 805-817 Old Main Street in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, USA. Built in 1808 for a 1723 congregation, it is a distinctive late example of Georgian architecture, and a prominent landmark in the town center. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]
The Elm Street Historic District encompasses a colonial-era roadway layout and a cross-section of historical residential architecture styles in Rocky Hill, Connecticut.Elm Street between Silas Deane Highway and Grimes Road is an old colonial road, laid out in the late 17th century, and has retained an unusually wide right-of-way, typical for the period but rarely preserved.
The district consists of the town of Rocky Hill, the historical base of the district in which all representatives since 1975 have lived, and parts of the towns of Newington, which is split between the 24th, 27th and 29th districts, and Wethersfield, which is split between the 28th and 29th districts.
Council-manager, Mayor-council, Representative town meeting, Town meeting The U.S. state of Connecticut is divided into 169 municipalities , including 19 cities, 149 towns and one borough, which are grouped into eight historical counties , as well as nine planning regions which serve as county equivalents .