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In 1994, a new operator, Connecticut Brownstone Quarries, began a small-scale quarrying operation to provide stone for restoration of brownstone buildings. [5] The town purchased the historic quarries and 42 acres (170,000 m 2) of adjacent land in 1999 and 2000. [5] A modern-day view of Brownstone Exploration and Discovery Park.
In 1960, it was renamed Portland Junior High School and then renamed again in 1989 to Portland Middle School where it housed grades 6 through 8. In 2004, it was renamed Brownstone Intermediate School and now houses grades 5 and 6. [12] [13] Valley View Elementary School located at 81 High Street opened in 1954. An addition was completed in 1958 ...
It began operations on January 22, 1961, closed in 2007, and reopened in 2013 as Powder Ridge Mountain Park & Resort. It is located on Besek Mountain . [ 2 ] Powder Ridge Park is affiliated with the Brownstone Exploration and Discovery Park in the Portland Brownstone Quarries in nearby Portland, Connecticut .
Portland Brownstone Quarries, Portland, Connecticut, NRHP-listed, source of much of the brownstone used in New York City, Boston, Philadelphia; Luman Andrews House, Southington, Connecticut, NRHP-listed. Identified in 1825 to be a site of blue limestone, suitable for making Portland cement, which previously had to be imported from England
Marlborough Street is one of Portland's major thoroughfares, running southeasterly from Main Street and connecting neighboring Middletown to points east. Main Street (Connecticut Route 17A) historically separated the upper and lower classes of the community, whose economy was dominated by the large brownstone quarries between Main Street and the Connecticut River.
The so-called House of Death can be found near Washington Square Park. An otherwise ordinary looking brownstone, it is said to be haunted by more than 20 spirits, including author Mark Twain, a ...
The Joseph Williams Octagon House and the Gilbert Stancliff Octagon House are once-identical historic mid-1850s octagon houses located next to each other at 26 and 28 Marlborough Street in Portland, Connecticut. Constructed of Portland brownstone in
Portland brownstone, also known as Connecticut River Brownstone, is also very popular. The stone from quarries located in Portland, Connecticut and nearby localities was used in a number of landmark buildings in Chicago , Boston , New York City , Philadelphia , New Haven , Hartford , Washington, D.C. , and Baltimore .