Preface
Map of the 100 Places
OVERVIEW: CONNECTICUT AND ITS PLACES
Looking at Architecture
The Land
History
PART ONE: SHAPING THE LANDSCAPE
The First Builders: Mohegan Hill, Uncasville
Colonial Framework: Main Street, South Windsor
Garden by the Sea: Eolia (Harkness Memorial State Park), Waterford
Reshaping the Landscape: Rocky River Hydroelectric Station, New Milford
Modernism in the Garden: The Glass House, New Canaan
Landscape on a Grand Scale: Saville Dam and Barkhamsted Reservoir, Barkhamsted
The Roar of the Landscape: Lime Rock Park, Salisbury
Architecture for the Environment: Kroon Hall, Yale University, New Haven
PART TWO: MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGIES
Wood for Stone: New London County Courthouse, New London
Something Old, Something New: Noroton Presbyterian Church, Darien
Connecticut Stone: Portland Brownstone Quarries, Portland
Engineering Beauty: Lover’s Leap Bridge, New Milford
Buildings from the Assembly Line: Winslow Ames and Steel Houses, New London
Inside the Sapphire: First Presbyterian Church, Stamford
PART THREE: WHERE WE LIVE
For the Middling Sort: Benjamin Hall Jr. House, Guilford
Temple Mania: Samuel Russell and William Trench Houses, Middletown
Artistic Design: Mark Twain House, Hartford
Behind the Scenes: Wallace T. Fenn House, Wethersfield
Local Specialty: Perfect Sixes, Hartford
Art versus the Machine: Nathaniel R. Bronson House, Middlebury
Comfortable Houses: Beaver Hills, New Haven
From Cape Cod to Connecticut: Axel Nelson House, Waterford
Redesigning the Suburbs: Heritage Village, Southbury
PART FOUR: WORKING THE LAND
The Business of Farming: Thomas Catlin Jr. Farm, Litchfield
Modest Farm: Cyrus Wilson Farm, Harwinton
The Rhythm of the Seasons: Tobacco Farms, Windsor
Agricultural Showplace: Hilltop Farm, Suffield
Connecticut Catskills: Orchard Mansion, Moodus
Scientific Farming: Wengloski Poultry House, Lebanon
PART FIVE: MEANS OF PRODUCTION
Industrial Beginnings: Ledyard Up-Down Sawmill, Ledyard
The Company Town: Collinsville
Iron Making: Beckley Furnace, North Canaan
Industrial Structure and Aesthetics: Hockanum Mill, Rockville
The Power of Water: Ousatonic Dam, Derby and Shelton
Industrial Specialization: Clark Brothers Factory, Southington
Industrial Campanile: Remington Shot Tower, Bridgeport
Industry in the Suburbs: Medway Business Park, Meriden and Wallingford
Corporate Pride: Union Carbide Headquarters, Danbury
PART SIX: TOWNSCAPES AND CITYSCAPES
The Ideal Village: Colebrook Center
Civic Embellishment: New Haven Green
Greater Than Its Parts: Downtown Norwich
Under the Mill Towers: North Grosvenordale
Consumer Culture: The Arcade, Bridgeport
Unnecessary Excellence: Seaside Village, Bridgeport
Fantasy Palace: Warner Theatre, Torrington
Renewing the City: Constitution Plaza and the Phoenix Building, Hartford
New Urbanism: Blue Back Square, West Hartford
Suburban Chinatown: Montville
PART SEVEN: FROM PLACE TO PLACE
Lights along the Shore: Harbor and Ledge Lighthouses, New London
Architecture Travels New Roads: Two Houses, Thompson Hill
Canal Engineering: Enfield Falls Canal, Windsor Locks and Suffield
River Traffic: Steamboat Dock, Essex
Gateway to the City: Union Station, New London
To Enjoy as We Go: The Merritt Parkway
Highway Culture: The Berlin Turnpike, Berlin and Newington
PART EIGHT: BODY, MIND, AND SOUL
Puritan Finery: First Church of Christ, Wethersfield
Schools for All: Little Red School, Winchester
The Big House: Middletown Alms House, Middletown
Meetinghouse to Church: Warren Congregational Church, Warren
Memory and Antiquity: Groton Battle Monument, Groton
Church in Society: Saint Mary of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Complex, Baltic
Therapeutic Landscape: The Institute of Living, Hartford
Holy Retreat: Plainville Campground, Plainville
Model School: Locust Avenue School, Danbury
Built for Healing: The Seaside, Waterford
Aging Revolutionary: Ansonia High School
Comfort for the Dying: Connecticut Hospice, Branford
PART NINE: DESIGNERS, BUILDERS, AND CLIENTS
Master Builder: Epaphroditus Champion House, East Haddam
From the Inside Out: Phelps-Hatheway House, Suffield
Architecture from Books: Willis Bristol House, New Haven
Under the Radar: Walter Bunce House, Manchester
Homes for the People: Barnum-Sherwood Development, Bridgeport
Handmade: Avon Old Farms School, Avon
When Is a Copy More Than a Copy? Yale Divinity School, New Haven
Onion Dome in the Countryside: Saint Philip the Apostle Catholic Church, Ashford
Your Taxes at Work: People’s State Forest Museum, Barkhamsted
The Business of Houses: Broadview Lane, Warehouse Point, East Windsor
Modernist Patronage: Torin Company Buildings, Torrington
PART TEN: COLONIAL AND COLONIAL REVIVAL
English Beginnings: Buttolph-Williams House, Wethersfield
The Connecticut House: Deacon Adams House, New Hartford
Our Own History: Horace Bushnell Congregational Church, Hartford
Inventing Restoration: Hyland House, Guilford
American Style: Waterbury City Hall, Waterbury
Townwide Makeover: Litchfield
The Last Vernacular: Houses by Alice Washburn, Hamden
Back to History: Salisbury Town Hall, Salisbury
PART ELEVEN: MEANING AND MESSAGE
Connecticut Valley Baroque: Ebenezer Grant House, South Windsor
Republican Simplicity: Old State House, Hartford
Federal Presence: United States Custom House, New London
One Style, Two Messages: Two Houses in Plainfield
The Architecture of Citizenship: Connecticut State Capitol, Hartford
American Renaissance: James Blackstone Memorial Library, Branford
Immigrant Success: Villa Friuli, Torrington
Native American Renaissance: Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center, Mashantucket
PART TWELVE: TRANSFORMATIONS
How Buildings Learn: Taintor House, Hampton
City Beautiful: Downtown Naugatuck
Change and Similarity: Canaan Institutional Baptist Church, Norwalk
Hazardous Duty: Wilcox, Crittenden & Company Factory, Middletown
Model City: Dixwell Plaza, New Haven
New Life for Old Buildings: Cheney Yarn Dye House, Manchester
Afterword
Architectural Glossary
Index
