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<p>Here in “0684-Old,” we look back at New Canaan’s rich local history our lost districts, shops, community buildings and organizations, major figures and the historical events that bind modern townies to our earliest residents.</p> ....
This photograph was taken sometime before 1888 of 372 Brushy Ridge Road, a home built by Timothy Hoyt in 1732. It was known as Long Meadow Farm. The man seated in the picture is Timothy’s descendant, Samuel Hoyt; his wife, Clarissa, stands in the doorway. Samuel Hoyt was a harness maker who most likely supplied the local farms. His […] ....
The photographer here was C.E. Hilgert, looking north on Main Street ca. 1947. The stone wall is the one that now frames the parking lot. The Birdsall House used to sit on what is now the Morse Court parking lot in the center of New Canaan, bounded by Main Street, Cherry Street and South Avenue. Around […] ....