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Historic Stonington on CT Public’s “Hidden Gems” Series

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Historic Stonington on CT Public’s “Hidden Gems” Series

By Ellen WarfieldAugust 19, 2026No Comments

Recently our museum manager David Naumec was featured on CT Public’s “Hidden Gems” Series. Enjoy!

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A big thanks to Doris Kearns Goodwin!

A big thanks to Doris Kearns Goodwin!

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Fall just got a lot more interesting. Join Histo

Fall just got a lot more interesting.

Join Historic Stonington this September and every membership level comes with two limited-time perks:

🎟️ GUEST PASS: Bring a friend free to any Historic Stonington site
🗝️ NEW MEMBER TOUR: A behind-the-scenes look at our archives

This is a one-time offer for our fall drive. Don't wait. Link in bio to join.

#HistoricStonington #StoningtonCT #FallMembershipDrive #SupportLocalHistory #MysticCT #ConnecticutHistory #BecomeAMember

Join us for an evening series of stargazing, navig

Join us for an evening series of stargazing, navigation, and history on the grounds of the Lighthouse Museum. Associate Director of the Treworgy Planetarium, Brian Koehler, will explore how sailors like Stonington's own Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer navigated by the stars. Bring a blanket, pack some snacks and raise a glass under the stars.

$25 suggested donation per blanket - $20 for members. Space is limited and registration is strongly encouraged. The link to register is on our homepage, www.historicstonington.org.

#localhistory #astronomy #community #navigation #celestial #stargazing #thingstodo #byob #nonprofit #history #maritime #lighthouse #StoningtonCT #wayfinding

"Cousins: First Day of School, Fall 1955." (Outsid

"Cousins: First Day of School, Fall 1955." (Outside West Broad Street School) Back Row: Ernest Norcia, Lydia DiCesare, Carlene Vacca. Middle Row: Stephen Vacca, Deborah Norcia, John DiCesare. Front Row: Cynthia Vacca, Antoinette Norcia, Samuel Norcia.

#localhistory #community #schooldays #education #memories #familyhistory #cousins #history #PawcatuckCT #StoningtonCT #1950s

Ready or not, it's back to school! Class photogra

Ready or not, it's back to school!
Class photograph of the graduating class of Stonington Grammar School, June 1921, taken by Vera Hewitt. Front Row(L to R): Nicholeta Squadrito, Wilhelmina Derricks Meikle, Emily Robinson Cole, Elsie Morrison, Laura Mello, Alma Spears. Second Row: Clara Kerscheiper, Josephine Delagrange, Dorothea Hewitt Gould, Edward Beattie, Mary Clay, Mary Moniz, Genevieve Lynch. Back Row: Morton Brainard, David Robinson, John Marino, Thomas Anderson, Miss Blythe (?) 8th grade teacher and principal of the grammar school, Dorothy Stanton, Frank ?. The last two boys are unidentified.

Gift of Dorothea Hewitt Gould.

#localhistory #schooldays #backtoschool #memories #classroom #1920s #history #education #StoningtonCT #community

Photograph of the children of Charles O. and Wilhe

Photograph of the children of Charles O. and Wilhemena Ryon: Charles G. "Charlie," John W. "Jack," and Marion, c. 1932. Gift of Anne Ryon.

#localhistory #children #community #memories #Ryon #familyhistory #photography #StoningtonCT #20thcentury #portrait

This is a friendly reminder that tomorrow is Natio

This is a friendly reminder that tomorrow is National Dog Day! Be sure you give the dogs in your life a belly rub, lots of treats, and plenty of kisses - the local representatives tell us its mandatory!

This good boy is Toby, the Streeter family dog, photographed in 1916 at their home on North Main Street. Gift of Anita P. (Streeter) Smith.

#localhistory #dogs #history #community #memories #pets #goodboy #StoningtonCT #nationaldogday #love #adoptdontshop #rescue

St. Patrick Catholic Church, Mystic, 1910. From

St. Patrick Catholic Church, Mystic, 1910.

From the Saint Patrick's website: "On October 30, 1870, St. Patrick Church was dedicated by Bishop Francis McFarland, and Father Patrick Lawler. The dedication ceremony was largely attended by all denominations and nearly 2,000 people were present. At that time the Catholic population numbered 450 souls. The Stonington Mirror reported the dedication in its November 5, 1870 edition: 'On Sunday last, Right Reverend Francis P. McFarland dedicated St. Patrick Church at this place. At 9 o'clock Father James Reynolds, at the head of about 130 children and youth awaiting Confirmation, along with the laity and spectators, went out to meet the Bishop at the top of the hill on the Stonington side.' The trustees of the Westerly and Stonington churches came in a barouche and escorted them to the church. The Bishop and the priest passed down the east aisle, out around the church and returned to the chancel by the west aisle, reading in Latin the dedication service. The church was then pronounced dedicated to the worship of God under the name and patronage of St. Patrick.

#localhistory #Catholic #religion #history #MysticCT #StoningtonCT #StPatrick #community #memories #19thcentury #worship

Postcard of Salt Acres, 1911. Erastus S. Chesebr

Postcard of Salt Acres, 1911.

Erastus S. Chesebro (1832-1922) joined thousands of "forty-niners" who traveled to California seeking gold in the California Gold Rush. He returned to Stonington with enough money to build this beautiful mansard roof home in 1869. Known then as Little Point, the land was part of the original William Chesebrough land grant in 1649 that spanned over 2300 acres. Chesebro returned to Stonington at the outbreak of the Civil War to organize and command a military company. After the war, he returned to California, where he became Chief of the Napa City fire department. He had a steam fire engine built at Providence, RI, for the California department, which was shipped by way of Cape Horn, and it was the first engine of its type on the Pacific Coast. He came back to Stonington permanently and served as chief of the Stonington fire department from 1877 to 1894. The second owner, Henry F. Davis, a retired railroad builder, first fell in love with the sprawling mansion from his private railcar as he commuted to Boston. Mr. Davis purchased the property in 1910 and lived there for just four years. The home sat abandoned for more than a decade before it was purchased by Robert L. Johnstone in 1925 and renamed "Salt Acres" - a farm by the sea. Mrs. Johnstone remodeled the house in 1927 and added a wing to accommodate their large family.

#localhistory #architecture #goldrush #history #community #oldhouses #housetour #StoningtonCT #19thcentury #memories #SaltAcres

Men pouring molten metal into molds at the Atwood

Men pouring molten metal into molds at the Atwood Machine Company during the 1940s. During World War II, Atwood Machine Company manufactured products for the war effort. This included: ammunition machinery, cam limit stops, depth charges, gray iron castings, gun carriage parts, gun mounts, gyroscope parts, machine tool parts, submarine parts and truck axles. Gift of Judith Honiss.

#localhistory #community #WorldWarII #memories #Atwood #StoningtonCT #wartime #wareffort #history #metalwork

Abigail Pendleton was born January 10, 1794 in Sto

Abigail Pendleton was born January 10, 1794 in Stonington, the daughter of Charles Pendleton and Abigail Rhodes, the eldest of their five children. She married Francis Amy and became a mother before her 22nd birthday. Abby's life was marked by loss that would be hard for us to imagine. Her younger brother Charles was murdered at sea. Her sister Maria died as a child. Abby had fifteen children, and only two of them outlived her. (Ten of those children died in infancy.) Abby died in Providence, not long after her seventy fifth birthday. She is buried in the Stonington Cemetery beside a small cradle-shaped gravestone which lists the names of her departed babies.

This portrait was painted by Phineas Stanton, and was the gift of Miss F. Amy Richards, Abby's granddaughter.

#localhistory #womenshistory #loss #grief #motherhood #19thcentury #perseverence #StoningtonCT #genealogy #familyhistory #portrait

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