Sunday, October 23, 2022

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
Charles W. Morgan (bark), Mystic

Launched in New Bedford, Mass., in 1841, the Charles W. Morgan is the only surviving wooden ship from the 19th-century American whaling fleet.