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ENFIELD Verna Dunn knew everything about Enfield and West Canaan, from the history of its farms to changes in roadside buildings along Route 4. After all, she’d witnessed the last 101 years of the region’s history unfold before her eyes.But even.
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An old school on the eastern edge of Enfield is currently undergoing a radical and historic transformation. (Courtesy of Enfield Historical Society)
ENFIELD, CT Today s look back at Enfield history takes us once again to a great book of photographs from the 1880s through 1950s, entitled Images of America: Enfield Connecticut. The book was compiled in 1998 by Michael Miller for the Enfield Historical Society.
On page 97, we find the Scitico School at 2 Broad Brook Rd. Built in 1854 (town land records say 1850), the 2,187 square-foot structure originally hosted classes on the first floor and religious services on the second. Later, grades 1 through 6 were taught there, with the three older grades on the second floor.
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Yes, there used to be a covered bridge between Enfield and Suffield. (Enfield Historical Society)
ENFIELD, CT Hard to picture this nowadays, but for nearly a century, there was a covered bridge spanning the Connecticut River from Enfield to Suffield, at the bottom of Bridge Lane (hence its name). This postcard from the Enfield Historical Society shows the wooden structure sometime in the 1800s; the story of the bridge and its spectacular demise is amazing.
Pages 14 and 15 of a great book of photographs from the 1880s through 1950s, entitled Images of America: Enfield Connecticut, details the construction of the original uncovered bridge in 1808, its collapse in 1821, and completion of the replacement span, depicted above, in 1832.