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December 30, 1970 [1] The Lockwood–Mathews Mansion is a Second Empire style country house in Norwalk, Connecticut. Now a museum, it was built in 1864-68 for railroad and banking magnate LeGrand Lockwood. The 62-room 44,000 square feet (4,100 m 2) [3] mansion was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and was declared a National ...
East Norwalk Historical Cemetery. / 41.102; -73.403. Established in c. 1655, the East Norwalk Historical Cemetery is Norwalk 's oldest cemetery, and many of the area's first settlers are buried there. The cemetery is owned and maintained by the Third Taxing District, formally known as the East Norwalk Fire District of the Town of Norwalk, and ...
Battles/wars. Korean War. Frank J. Esposito (March 24, 1928 – January 9, 2013) was the mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut for seven terms, from 1987 to 2001, the longest-serving mayor in the city's history. He also served four terms from 1981 to 1987 in the Connecticut House of Representatives, including as Assistant Majority Leader and Minority ...
The Battle of Norwalk was part a series of skirmishes between the Thirteen Colonies and Great Britain during the American Revolutionary War. 70th (Surrey) Regiment of Foot of Great Britain commanded by Major General William Tryon [ 41 ] arrived on July 10, 1779.
Mill Hill Historic Park in Norwalk, Connecticut, is a living history museum composed of three buildings: the circa 1740 Governor Thomas Fitch IV "law office", the c. 1826 Downtown District Schoolhouse, and the 1835 Norwalk Town Hall; as well as a historic cemetery also called the Town House Hill Cemetery. The museum is also known as the Mill ...
Lehigh University ( B.S) Stanford University ( M.B.A.) William A. Collins (1935 – 21 July 2022) [2] was a Democratic former two-term member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from the 140th assembly district and four-term mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut, from 1977 to 1981 and from 1983 to 1987. He founded Minuteman Media, which later ...
Pine Island Cemetery. / 41.107609°N 73.415634°W / 41.107609; -73.415634 ( Pine Island Cemetery) Pine Island Cemetery (formerly Over River Burying Ground) is a historical cemetery in Norwalk, Connecticut. It is the second oldest cemetery in Norwalk. [1] The cemetery is located behind Lockwood–Mathews Mansion on Crescent Street.
Mat Devine (born 1974), lead singer of Kill Hannah. Violet Englefield (1881–1946), actress and singer; lived in Norwalk 1930–1939. Ellen Hanley (1926–2007), musical theater performer. Eileen Heckart (1919–2001), actress; died at her home in the city. Clegg Hoyt (1910–1967), film and television actor; born in Norwalk.