| Ellington Contributor(s): Kloter Fahy, Lynn (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738538248 ISBN-13: 9780738538242 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2005 Annotation: Located 16 miles northeast of Hartford, Ellington was incorporated in 1786 and has retained the charm of a New England village and farming community. Originally part of Windsor, it was known as the Great Marsh. Ellington Center, with its town green and 18th- to 20th-century houses, is on the National Register of Historic Places. Japanese business pioneer Francis Hall donated the jewel of the district to his hometown in 1903 -- the neoclassical-revival-style library. Archival photographs preserve faded memories of schools, churches, townspeople, and a unique dentist's tooth-shaped tombstone. Ellington captures a time when John Hall's Ellington School was known worldwide, Crystal Lake was a popular summer resort, and Daniel Hallady invented the modern windmill. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - New England (ct, Ma, Me, Nh, Ri, Vt) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) |
| Dewey: 974.643 |
| LCCN: 2005923942 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.35" H x 6.58" W x 9.28" (0.68 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Connecticut |
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| Publisher Description: Located 16 miles northeast of Hartford, Ellington was incorporated in 1786 and has retained the charm of a New England village and farming community. Originally part of Windsor, it was known as the Great Marsh. Ellington Center, with its town green and 18th- to 20th-century houses, is on the National Register of Historic Places. Japanese business pioneer Francis Hall donated the jewel of the district to his hometown in 1903 the neoclassical-revival-style library. Archival photographs preserve faded memories of schools, churches, townspeople, and a unique dentist s tooth-shaped tombstone. Ellington captures a time when John Hall s Ellington School was known worldwide, Crystal Lake was a popular summer resort, and Daniel Hallady invented the modern windmill." |
Contributor Bio(s): Kloter Fahy, Lynn: - Lynn Kloter Fahy created this photographic history of Ellington from the collections of the Hall Memorial Library and the Nellie McKnight Museum. The author, archivist of the Ellington Historical Society, is also a librarian at Trinity College. |