Historical Sites in ConnecticutTotal found in this region of Connecticut: 5Beckley Iron Furnace Industrial Monument Route 44 North Canaan, CT One the best preserved examples of a local iron blast furnace; the Beckley Iron Furnace produced iron for railroad car wheels fr... Connecticut State Capitol Building 210 Capitol Avenue Hartford, CT Type: Building The gold domed Capitol building located next to Bushnell Park offers guided and self-guided tours; the building is extremely orn... Fort Griswold Battlefield 57 Fort Street Groton, CT Site of Fort Griswold, where in 1781 the British (with Benedict Arnold) attacked and massacred the American defenders. A monumen... Putnam Memorial State Park Route 107 (Intersection of Route 58) Redding, CT Site of the Continental Army's 1779 winter encampment under the command of General Israel Putnam; features a museum and reconstr... Weir Farm National Historic Site 735 Nod Hill Road Wilton, CT Type: National Home of painter J. Alden Weir and later sculptor Mahonri Young and painter Sperry Andrews; 60 acre site preserves the home, stud... |