With the exception of the Bake Oven, which produced bread for camp, the identity and locations of numerous other buildings on the upper level is uncertain. We know that the Bake Oven was located in this ravine. It needed water from the stream . . . — — Map (db m26903) HM
A resident of Redding, Joel Barlow graduated from Yale in 1778. An accomplished poet and writer, Barlow was thought to have visited the Redding army camps during the winter of 1778-89. He was a chaplain for three years in the Continental Army. — — Map (db m26902) HM
Camp Guardhouse
A log hut which was reconstructed about 1890 on the remains of a hut from 1778. The actual purpose of the original structure is in question, although local lore said it was the Guardhouse. The construction and size of the hut . . . — — Map (db m26893) HM
The two mounds of stones inside the square formed by the granite posts, were thought to be the camp cemetery. Accordingly, a memorial marker was erected to mark the site in 1902.
Archaeology work has proven this site to be that of a double-ended . . . — — Map (db m26909) HM
This Tablet is Placed by the Commissioners
Of Israel Putnam Memorial Camp
To Perpetuate the Memory Of
Charles Burr Todd
1849 – 1928
Historian and Biographer
A Native of Redding, Inspired By Love For His Town
And State, He Was . . . — — Map (db m26898) HM
The enlisted men’s encampment consisted of 116 log huts set in a double row for almost a quarter mile down the company street. The only above ground remains of those huts today are the piles of collapsed stone chimneys. Each stone pile of . . . — — Map (db m26896) HM
About This Church
This church was built in 1837 by the Methodist Episcopal Society of Redding. The building committee consisted of Thomas B. Fanton, John Read Hill, Gershom Sherwood, Jesse Banks, and David Duncomb. It served the Methodist . . . — — Map (db m26816) HM
This tablet is placed to perpetuate the memory of
Aaron Sanford Hill
1800 – 1893
Interest in his native town and in public education inspired him to found
The Hill Academy
Erected on this site in 1883, this building, . . . — — Map (db m26871) HM
Donated A.D. 1969 by sculptress Anna Hyatt Huntington in her 93rd year in timeless memorial to Israel Putnam Senior Major General in the Continental Army who at Greenwich, Connecticut, in February of 1779, made good a dramatic mounted escape . . . — — Map (db m11994) HM
Home site of
“Lonetown Manor” where
John Read, Gentleman
after whom the town is named
settled in 1711
Title to the original 500 acres
was secured by colony grants
confirmed in 1714 by an Indian
deed from Chief . . . — — Map (db m26870) HM
The stone dam which makes this pond was installed at the time of the park’s creation. But the stream was in existence during the 1778-79 army encampment. It is one of two main streams, one at either end of the camp, which provided water for the . . . — — Map (db m26910) HM
Memorial Monument
Constructed in 1888, one year after the commissioning of the park, this monument honors the three different camps in Redding during the winter of 1778 – 79. This monument is the very first structure erected at the park. . . . — — Map (db m26895) HM
This building contains exhibits and historical materials including artifacts unearthed at the campsite during archaeological excavations.
The museum was built in 1921. The structure was a repository for the artifacts found in the park. . . . — — Map (db m26897) HM
Putnam Memorial State Park
This park commemorates the three winter encampments in 1778 – 79 of Major General Isreal Putnam’s division of Continental Army troops during the Revolutionary War. The memorial park was created on the actual site . . . — — Map (db m26890) HM
This bronze statue was sculpted by renowned local artist Anna Hyatt Huntington. She was 94 when she completed the statue for its 1969 dedication. The bronze depicts General Israel Putnam’s legendary ride down the stone steps in Greenwich (then . . . — — Map (db m69914) HM
Originally part of Fairfield and unclaimed land, Redding was settled about 1711, made a parish in 1729, and incorporated in 1767. It was named for John Read, gentleman, lawyer, early landowner, and spokesman for the settlers. One of his land . . . — — Map (db m26814) HM
In memory of the Redding citizens captured nearby April 26, 1777 & imprisoned in New York for ransom by British General William Tryon & his invading army. Russell Bartlett • Stephen Betts + • Daniel Chapman * • Thomas Couch • David Fairchild • . . . — — Map (db m69916) HM
Town of Redding
1914 Roll of Honor 1918
Erected in Appreciation of The
Services of Our Men and Women
Who Served in the World War
Harold Albin • Carl A. Anderson • Hubert Anderson • Sigurd Anderson • Edward Babcock • . . . — — Map (db m26815) HM
Visitor Center
(1893 Pavilion)
This building was originally built in 1893 as the park pavilion. It was used as a shelter for park visitors during inclement weather, for dances and picnics.
The upstairs was used as the original park museum. . . . — — Map (db m26891) HM
Front of Monument: Erected to commemorate the Winter Quarters of Putnam’s Division of the Continental Army. Nov. 7th 1778. May 25th 1779. Right of Monument: Putnam McDougal Poor Parsons Huntington Back of Monument: The men of ‘76 . . . — — Map (db m11997) HM
