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The 1812 Litchfield County Jail, the town's oldest public building, is in Litchfield. [16] While controlled by the Connecticut state government, the facility historically held inmates convicted of minor offenses. [17] Governor of Connecticut Lowell P. Weicker Jr. ordered the facility closed for financial reasons in 1993.
Litchfield is a borough in, and the village center of, the town of Litchfield in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 1,258 at the 2010 census . [ 1 ] The entire borough was designated a Connecticut historic district in 1959 by special act of the state General Assembly and is listed on the National Register of ...
Location of Litchfield County in Connecticut. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Litchfield County, Connecticut. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The locations of National ...
Universities and colleges in Litchfield County, Connecticut (1 P) Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Litchfield County, Connecticut" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total.
[2] The first portion of the building was constructed in 1812 with subsequent additions in 1846 and 1890. The jail was originally operated by Litchfield County when Litchfield was the county seat of government. After 1960, when Connecticut dissolved county governance, the jail property was absorbed and operated by the State of Connecticut.
Litchfield County has voted for Republican presidential candidates more often than the rest of the state. In 2004 Bush won 52% to Kerry's 46%, making Litchfield the only county in southern New England that Bush carried. Litchfield was one of two Connecticut counties won by George H. W. Bush in 1992. [23]
At the center of the district is the Litchfield Town Green in the area of the intersection between U.S. Route 202 and Route 63, the main through routes of the town of Litchfield. The village green was originally established in 1720 and was primarily used as a common pasture ground, in addition to being the site of the first town meetinghouse ...
The Milton Center Historic District encompasses the historic 19th-century village center of Milton in the northwestern part of the town of Litchfield, Connecticut, United States. Basically linear, it stretches from Milton Cemetery in the west to the junction of Milton and Shearshop Roads in the east, including houses, churches, schools, and the ...