When our townspeople went on trips, they would bring back photos from their journey. Just as travelers here would take photos of Lake Waramaug to put in their albums. On the page opposite of last week’s images in Kitty Curtiss’s photo album, are photos of Madison Square Garden and the Metropolitan Museum of Art as they were in 1893.
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How does one go about moving houses and barns across town, not to mention all the other heavy lifting? These gentle giants shown here from Kitty Curtiss’s 1893 photo album are “drawing a load of hay”.
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Saturday September 24th join the Warren Land Trust and Warren Historical Society on a scenic walk beginning at the town beach at 10am. You will learn about the families, farms, and foresighted folks who lived, worked, and were instrumental in preserving this beautiful part of the Litchfield Hills. The walk will end with an informal celebration at the Hopkins Vineyard. Approximately 1.5 hours, 2.5 miles.
Registration is required.
**Please email your name, town and number of participants to: WarrenHistorian@outlook.com
https://www.warrenlandtrust.org/events/2022/9/24/housatonic-heritage-walk-lakeside
Registration is required.
**Please email your name, town and number of participants to: WarrenHistorian@outlook.com
https://www.warrenlandtrust.org/events/2022/9/24/housatonic-heritage-walk-lakeside
Explore the Environs of Lake Waramaug in Warren! The walk - part of the Housatonic Heritage series in partnership with the Warren Land Trust and the Warren Historical Society - will start at Warren’s scenic town beach on Lake Waramaug, then lead uphill for picturesque views of the lake and
In I946 John Willenbrock, husband of Lucille Hopkins, bought the house of Emily and Winifred Wedge Howland. It was disassembled from its original location near Rabbit Hill and Rt 45 and had it reassembled on Bliss Road. Post and beam frames were joined by mortice and tenon making it easier to disassemble and reassemble in its new location.
It was known locally as “The Pink House”
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It was known locally as “The Pink House”
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One of the things I love the most about going through the archives is finding little doodles in the margins of books or notes.
A rubbing of a classmate’s quarter from the 1920s Emil Vorisek
The repurposing of a history class notebook to include “Songs Poems and other necessities of Existence” by Josephine Vorisek 1925
A found feather tucked between the pages of Sarah Hopkins 1842
A doodle of entrepreneurial dreams by the Strong boys, David and Philip circa 1900
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A rubbing of a classmate’s quarter from the 1920s Emil Vorisek
The repurposing of a history class notebook to include “Songs Poems and other necessities of Existence” by Josephine Vorisek 1925
A found feather tucked between the pages of Sarah Hopkins 1842
A doodle of entrepreneurial dreams by the Strong boys, David and Philip circa 1900
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This photo is labeled “1924 Last Class in Brick School” (not counting those in kindergarten). Students in Warren attended the Center School until the new 2 room schoolhouse could be built on Sackett Hill Rd. In 1930.
Front Row L-R Alice Hoffman, Allyn Perkins, Frank Beran, Virginia Calhoun (Teacher)
Back Row L-R Robert Hoffman, Ethel Hoffman, Leslie Bault, ? Peters, Emil Vorisek, Howard Bault.
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Front Row L-R Alice Hoffman, Allyn Perkins, Frank Beran, Virginia Calhoun (Teacher)
Back Row L-R Robert Hoffman, Ethel Hoffman, Leslie Bault, ? Peters, Emil Vorisek, Howard Bault.
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