Historical Markers and War Memorials in Woodstock, Connecticut
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Woodstock is in Windham County
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Henry C. Bowen House
has been designated a
National Historic Landmark
This Building Possesses National Significance
In Commemorating the History of the
United States of America
1992
National Park Service
United States . . . — — Map (db m141607) HM
The intersection of two turnpikes
brought about the growth of this
settlement known for many years as
Village Corners. The Norwich and
Woodstock Turnpike began in 1801 to
carry traffic northward to the
Massachusetts line. About 1827 . . . — — Map (db m123732) HM
Front John Eliot and Daniel Gookin visited
“Wabquisset” in 1674 to preach to upward
of one hundred and fifty Indians. Soon
after, King Philip''s war broke out and by
August 1675, Captain Nathaniel Thomas of
Providence . . . — — Map (db m123515) HM
Just south of here, Pulpit Rock
Road joins Old Hall Road briefly
and then turns west as a mostly
unpaved road. Not far beyond the
turn stands Pulpit Rock. This part
of the road formed a small segment
of the Connecticut path, which was
part of . . . — — Map (db m123727) HM
1748 – 1943
Moved to present site 1954
Built 1854
America’s oldest schoolhouse in regular use
“Sacred to the beginning of America Education” — — Map (db m123514) HM
In 1690, Woodstock appointed its
first school master and built a
school in 1704. The first school
to serve this, The "West Parish"
was constructed in 1734.
Tradition says that a red school
house formerly stood on this site.
About 1873 . . . — — Map (db m122557) HM
Front In 1801, The town of Woodstock gave
land "on the common north of The
Meeting House” for the first simple
Academy building, founded by The
Reverend Eliphalet Lyman, John
McClellan, and others of the first
ecclesiastical . . . — — Map (db m123798) HM
(front)
In honor of
those who served their
Country in its struggles for
liberty, justice and humanity
1775 Revolutionary War 1783
1812 War of 1812 1814
1846 War with Mexico 1848
1861 Civil War 1865
1898 Spanish America . . . — — Map (db m123854) WM
Near this place, in 1636, Thomas Hooker and his party may have passed by way of the
Connecticut Path, going to settle what is now Hartford. In 1674 John Eliot, Apostle to the Indians, Pastor of the First Church in Roxbury, . . . — — Map (db m123401) HM
Front The industry of northeastern
Connecticut had its earliest
beginnings in this area, Soon
after arriving in 1686 the early
settlers built a sawmill on a
small brook running into the
“Great Lake.” Later several . . . — — Map (db m123797) HM