History and Historic Preservation

Farmington Canal Talk on July 17, 2018 7pm Cheshire Public Library

July 12, 2018 John Fournier History and Historic Preservation, Transportation and Communication

Hear ye, hear ye! Cheshirepedia is sponsoring a talk on the Farmington Canal by Carl E. Walker, an acknowledged expert on this historic structure – part of which went through Cheshire. Come to the Cheshire Public Library, to the large first floor Mary Baldwin Room, at 7 PM on Tuesday, July 17, 2018.

A House, A Home, A Home-Away-From-Home – The History of the Hitchcock-Phillips House

May 12, 2017May 12, 2017 John Fournier History and Historic Preservation

A House, A Home, A Home-Away-From-Home The History of the Hitchcock-Phillips House By Mitzi Romano The assignment was simple: Go to Town Hall and do a title search for the Hitchcock-Phillips House. How difficult could that be? We already knew the basics: Rufus Hitchcock built the house in 1785. The west wing was added around […]

Cheshire Timeline – Cheshire History

January 12, 2017January 12, 2017 John Fournier 4 Comments History and Historic Preservation

CHESHIRE TIMELINE Here is a timeline of Cheshire’s history. There are gaps in the chronology, particularly in the 20th and 21st centuries. Please feel free to email Cheshirepedia ([email protected]) to offer suggestions of additional entries or comments on the timeline itself. Or you can make comments at the bottom of the article. Seventeenth Century 1638 New […]

Glebe House

Cheshire – Bedding Plant Capital of Connecticut

Early Map of Cheshire, 1723?

Early map of Cheshire, allegedly circa 1723. First published in John Beach’s 1912 History of Cheshire.

Cheshire Historical Marker

Memorial Day Parade

Civil War Monument Commemorated on July 9, 2016

July 13, 2016July 13, 2016 John Fournier History and Historic Preservation

This is the familiar 20’ tall granite obelisk that has stood on the Green for 150 years. In 1866 it was dedicated in memory of Civil War soldiers from Cheshire who lost their lives in that war. Twenty nine names were carved into the stone, with the names of FOOTE and LINCOLN on the base. […]

West Cheshire by Jeanné R. Chesanow

West Cheshire The Town Center of Cheshire, with its Town Hall and Church Green, sits upon a drumlin-like hill. At the base of the western side of that hill is the area called West Cheshire, a bustling place where canal boats took on cargo at a lively port called Beachport, from 1828-1848. Beachport Drawing Bo […]