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Southington in Capitol Region, Connecticut — The American Northeast (New England)
 

Near This Spot

 
 
Near This Spot Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, July 21, 2010
1. Near This Spot Marker
Inscription.
Near this spot stood the first
meeting house of this town
from 1726 – 1757
This stone is also a memorial
to our Revolutionary soldiers

 
Erected by Hanna Woodruff Chapter D. A. R.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Colonial EraReligion & Religious StructuresWar, US Revolutionary. A significant historical year for this entry is 1726.
 
Location. 41° 37.13′ N, 72° 52.375′ W. Memorial is in Southington in Capitol Region, Connecticut. It can be reached from the intersection of Flanders Street and Queen Street (Connecticut Route 10), on the right when traveling west. Located in Oak Hill Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Southington CT 06489, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Connecticut River Valley, in Greater Hartford, and in the Knowledge Corridor. It is also in the American Northeast and in New England. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once Hartford County and also one of the original Thirteen
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Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Forever Honored Forever Mourned (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Constitution Oak (approx. 1.2 miles away); Southington Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.2 miles away); Southington Soldiers Memorial (approx. 1.3 miles away); Southington (approx. 1.3 miles away); Gang Scarpa Shoda (approx. 1.3 miles away); Southington World War II (approx. 1.3 miles away); In Memory of Southington Men (approx. 1.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Southington.
 
More about this memorial. The text on the bronze plaque is also inscribed on the stone, dated June, 1902.
 
Near This Spot Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, July 21, 2010
2. Near This Spot Marker
Inscription on the Stone image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, July 21, 2010
3. Inscription on the Stone
This Stone Is Also
A Memorial To
Our Revolutionary Soldiers
Inscription on the Stone image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, July 21, 2010
4. Inscription on the Stone
Erected By
Hanna Woodruff Chapter D. A. R.
June 1902
Near This Spot Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, July 21, 2010
5. Near This Spot Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 19, 2026. It was originally submitted on August 9, 2010, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 1,068 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on August 9, 2010, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.
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Jul. 27, 2026