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The Trumbull Historical Society, founded in 1964, maintains a museum of Trumbull's past at 1856 Huntington Turnpike on the site of Abraham Nichols farm. [48] The Trumbull Nature & Arts Center is located at 7115 Main Street and coordinate trips for fishing, butterfly searches, gardening, outdoor photography and other nature related activities.
The Helen Plumb Building at 571 Church Hill Road was Trumbull's former town hall from 1883 through 1957. [4] Riverside Cemetery. A cemetery dating back to the American Revolution. It is also a site of the CT Freedom Trail as a prominent abolitionist Nero Hawley was buried here. Twin Brooks Park; Pequonnock River Valley State Park; Beach ...
Trumbull was originally settled as a part of Cupheag, the Pequannock word for "harbor", a coastal settlement established in 1639 by Puritan leader Reverend Adam Blakeman (pronounced Blackman), William Beardsley and either 16 families—according to legend—or approximately 35 families—suggested by later research—who had recently arrived in Connecticut from England seeking religious freedom.
The Town of Trumbull purchased it from the church in 1974. This tract was then known as the Woods Estate and is now the home of the Trumbull Historical Society. [ 12 ] Recent research has determined that Nichols holdings totaled around 285 acres (1.15 km 2 ) of land, of which 55 acres (0.22 km 2 ) remains as open space today.
Mischa Hill is located in the geographic center of Nichols. This area was first called Misha Hill or Lt. Joseph Judson's Farm in the land records. It was the first area within Trumbull to be settled due to its already cleared planting fields, fertile soil, spring-fed ponds, meadows and its close proximity to the main village, only three miles away.
Long Hill is served by the Trumbull Police Department and EMS, but does have three firehouses. Long Hill Fire Company #1 was formed in January 1921 and was officially recognized by the state on March 8, 1921. Notable locations. Old Mine Park Archeological Site, a historic mine; Notable residents. Harvey Hubbell (1857–1927), inventor
The Saint Theresa Parish was originally created on October 4, 1934, by Bishop Maurice F. McAuliffe of Hartford. Aware of the spiritual needs of the people of Trumbull, the Bishop made Saint Theresa's the first Catholic Church in town, and dedicated it in honor of Thérèse of Lisieux, the Little Flower of Jesus.
Category: People from Trumbull, ... Download as PDF; Printable version; Help. Pages in category "People from Trumbull, Connecticut" The following 45 pages are in this ...