Historical Markers and War Memorials in Essex, Connecticut
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Essex is in Middlesex County
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On Main Street (Connecticut Route 602) at Deep River Road (Route 154), on the left when traveling east on Main Street.
World War I
★Anderson, Edward A. · Antonson, Theodore A. · Babcock, Leman e. · ★Babcock, Lloyd D. · Barbaresi, Frank · Baroni, Joseph R. · Baroni, Louis J. · Beebe, Orville N. · Berg, Albin · Blair, Walter D. · Blair, William G. · . . . — — Map (db m100243) HM
On Main Street (Connecticut Route 602) at Deep River Road (Connecticut Route 154), on the left when traveling east on Main Street.
Yesterday, Today And Forever
We Remember All
Who Served Our Country
In The Cause Of Liberty
Dedicated November 11, 1987
Essex Veterans Memorial Hall — — Map (db m100240) WM
On Main Street east of Novelty Lane, on the left when traveling east.
The British Raid on Essex
On April 7-8, 1814, a British raiding force of 136 sailors and marines rowed six miles up the Connecticut River from warships anchored in Long Island Sound to attack American shipping in Essex, then known as . . . — — Map (db m183087) HM
On West Avenue near Old West Street, on the left when traveling east.
At the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century, this area served as the village center. The well-equipped general store owned by Ebenezer Hayden and the surrounding businesses of the Pratt Smithy, a bake house two doors up . . . — — Map (db m69410) HM
On Main Street at North Lane, on the right when traveling east on Main Street.
Originally called Potopaug by local Indians, Essex was named after England’s Essex County, whence some of its early settlers had come. As a part of Saybrook colony, the Essex area was first settled in 1648 by John Lay, William Pratt, and William . . . — — Map (db m65666) HM
On Main Street at N Main Street, on the left when traveling west on Main Street.
Essex Square as we know it today did not exist until after the British attack on Essex harbor on April 8, 1814 when 28 ships were destroyed. A change in the configuration of the streets leading to the river, thanks to the building of a large, new . . . — — Map (db m183085) HM
On Prospect Street near & Church Lane, on the left when traveling north.
Essex was beginning to come into its own in 1832 when this building, known as Hills Academy, was built. Twelve years before, the new Borough of Essex, previously known as Potapoug Quarter, was set apart from the town of Saybrook. A letter dated . . . — — Map (db m69413) HM
On Main Street at Novelty Lane, on the left when traveling east on Main Street.
While a lot has changed since this 1881 “Birds-Eye-View” of Essex, a lot has remained the same including most of the houses along Main Street. Originally known as Pettipaug, Essex was first settled in 1648. It became a colonial seaport . . . — — Map (db m69414) HM
On Main Street east of Novelty Lane, on the left when traveling east.
The Onrust is a replica of one of the first sailing ships built in the New World and the first European vessel to explore the Connecticut River and Long Island Sound. On his fourth voyage to the New World (1613–1614), Dutch explorer Adriaen . . . — — Map (db m183090) HM
On Main Street at North Main Street (Connecticut Route 602), on the left when traveling east on Main Street.
Originally part of the Saybrook colony, the area now known as Ivoryton was annexed with the newly formed Essex in 1859. Thought of as the “wild country,” it soon developed into a prosperous manufacturing village. In the late 1700’s Phineas Pratt . . . — — Map (db m100239) HM
