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The North Stonington Village Historic District is a 105-acre (42 ha) historic district encompassing the historic center of the main village of North Stonington, Connecticut. The district includes a well-preserved small industrial village, which flourished in the years before the American Civil War, and declined afterward.
The first settlers to North Stonington were Ezekiel Main and Jeremiah Burch in 1667, who established settlements in the areas which became the village of North Stonington and Clark's Falls, respectively. Main was formerly of Massachusetts; he had served in King Philip's War and received a land grant in return for his military service.
Location of New London County in Connecticut. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in New London County, Connecticut.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in New London County, Connecticut, United States.
The Samuel Miner House was a historic house on Hewitt Road in North Stonington, Connecticut. Built in 1717, it was a unique and rare example of a house that was constructed of apple, oak, sycamore and chestnut wood, [2] The house was destroyed by fire in April 2003. [3] [4] with a particularly well-preserved late First Period bedchamber.
The Groton and Stonington Street Railway was a trolley line created in 1904 to serve the Stonington area. The trolley was dismantled and replaced by buses in 1928. [13] In recent decades, Stonington has experienced a large influx of new home owners using historic Stonington Borough houses as second homes.
Jan. 21—The towns of Stonington and North Stonington and the Borough of Stonington will soon be holding public hearings on a proposal to implement a six-month moratorium on zoning applications ...
The John Randall House is a historic house on Connecticut Route 2 in North Stonington, Connecticut, United States.Its earliest section dates to 1685, with the main block reaching its present configuration before 1720.
Stonington is a borough and the town center of Stonington, Connecticut, United States, referred to by locals as "The Borough". The population was 976 at the 2020 United States Census, up from 929 in 2010. [1] The densely built Borough of Stonington occupies a point of land that projects into Little Narragansett Bay. It has two main streets that ...