Friday, April 21, 2023

New England's National Historic Landmarks: Connecticut


The National Register of Historic Places contains more than 85,000 sites, but only some 2,500 of them have been listed as National Historic Landmarks. New England is home to hundreds of these particularly significant structures, objects and places.

Above:
The Great Seal of the State of Connecticut

CONNECTICUT
Joseph Webb House, Wethersfield

Built in 1752, this house was the site of the Revolutionary War conference in 1781 between Gen. George Washington and French Gen. Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, Comte de Rochambeau.