Where I Live

Where I Live – Hebron and Connecticut
Where I Live – Hebron and Connecticut A compilation of Local Connections to enhance studies of Connecticut Using Where I Live by Elizabeth Norman, Melanie...
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Marjorie Circle Tour

Introduction
Trails and Tales -- Meet Your Neighbors along Marjorie Circle Welcome Take a look at the surroundings from the Airdorondack chairs seasonally placed next to...
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Hebron Center
Hebron Center in 1830 by Reuben Rowley from a c 1910 postcard William Annable sketch of Hebron Center c 1840 courtesy of the Douglas Library...
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The View to the West # 8 Marjorie Circle
Tennant postcard Fuller’s Tavern stood until 1888 where Route 66 crests the hill before the traffic light. It stood to the left of the Tennant...
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Fuller House-- #21 Marjorie Circle
Courtesy Hebron Ct American Bicentennial Celebration publication 1976 This is one of the few “mansion Houses” remaining in Hebron Center. By the early 1800’s there...
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Marjorie Martin House -# 25 Marjorie Circle
S. B. Pendleton c 1900 This is the oldest house still standing in Hebron Center. It is one of few houses in Hebron that would...
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Pliny Parker House – # 30 Marjorie Lane
Courtesy Hebron Ct American Bicentennial Celebration publication Pliny Parker was a broom maker and farmer. He sold his farm products and made brooms during the...
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Miss Esther Buell’s House #22 Marjorie Circle
This house is one of the few fully developed smaller Greek Revival Houses in Hebron Center. Notice how it is different from the surrounding houses...
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Gull School – relocated from Old Colchester Road
This building was moved to Hebron Center from the Gull section of Old Colchester Road. It is a district school and represents how children in...
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WW II Civilian Aircraft Observation Post
This building once stood at the top of the hill on the Hebron / Columbia border and was used early in World War II to...
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Hebron Records building
These brick buildings date from 1910 and 1960. They contain the records of Hebron from before 1708 to the present. These records list births, marriages...
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Dr. Orrin White’s house – Horton House #8 Marjorie Circle
C. L. Pendleton 1893 When this house was built in 1856 it was one of the most stylish houses in Hebron with its wide eaves...
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Hendee house and store no longer standing, located where Route 85 heads toward Gilead
Before 1882 the space between Dr. White’s House and the Congregational Church was the location of Hendee’s house and store, one of 5 stores located...
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Congregational Church – 1 Main Street
This Gothic Revival structure is one of Hebron’s remarkable examples of religious architecture. Compare it in your mind with St. Peters church and the United...
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Conclusion
Conclusion – Return to Airdorondack chairs where you started this tour and look south down Church Street. Imagine that you are living in Hebron in...
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Hebron El Tour

The woods south of Saint Peters Church
Long before there were European settlers in the area now called Hebron, there were Indigenous People who used the land. In all probability, the first...
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St. Peters’ Parsonage 60 Church Street
This building was built in the 1860’s as the parsonage for St. Peters’ rector. In the 18th century it was very common for a minister...
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Land across from Hebron Elementary School
The wooded area south of St. Peter’s parking lot was once open fields. Due to glaciation depositing a layer of crushed stone that prevented moisture...
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Kinney Road to the Church of the Holy Family
This land was the first land settled by Euro Americans before Hebron became a town. For several years this area was Hebron’s Center. Further down...
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#22 Kinney Road
The little white house on the south side of Kinney Road is the only house identified so far as having been built by an Irish...
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Church of the Holy Family -- # 85 Church Street
Hebron was first settled in 1704-05 during Queen Anne’s War between the English and French. The Connecticut General Assembly was so concerned with invasion that...
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Church Street Tour

Trails and Tales - Meet Your Neighbors along Church Street
Welcome You are invited to meet some of the people and explore some of the places along Church Street (Route 85) related to Hebron’s past...
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Church Street QR Tour Sites
In this tour you will discover how Hebron’s center developed from a place where roads met to a thriving village and most prosperous town in...
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Traffic Light
Reuben Rowley artist Courtesy of Nathan Liverant and Son, Inc and Connecticut Historical Society, photography by Kevin Tulimieri The traffic light marks the location of...
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Fuller’s Tavern – no longer standing was located just west of the traffic light on Route 66
Courtesy of Delia Hills Scrapbook Hebron Records Building A tavern was a place serving meals, selling liquor and providing a bed for the night for...
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1 West Main Street - Dutton House
Hebron Connecticut Bicentennial 1976 This house was one of the most stylish houses built in Hebron Center when it was built in the 1790’s. This...
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Post house - no longer standing located where the War Memorial now stands
C. L. Pendleton 1893 Tenant post card early 20th century Veterans Memorial Park is located where the Post House was built in the 1790’s by...
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War Memorial Hebron Center
Today this spot honors citizens of Hebron who served in American wars. Soldiers from Hebron have served in American wars since the French and Indian...
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10 Church Street - United Brethren of Hebron Synagogue
Courtesy of the Town of Hebron This is one of the most architecturally sophisticated buildings in Hebron dating from the mid-20th century. It was designed...
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18 Church Street - Rev. Amos Bassett House
Courtesy of the Town of Hebron Courtesy American Bicentennial 1776-1976 Hebron, CT This house was built about 1806 as the home of the Congregational minister...
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17 Church Street - Darrow - Pomprowicz house
Courtesy of the Town of Hebron C. L. Pendleton 1893 This house was built in the early 1800’s and is one of the few brick...
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22 Church Street - Governor John S. Peters’ House
Courtesy of the Town of Hebron Watercolor by C. L. Pendleton 1893 This is one of the few brick houses with its broad side to...
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25 Church Street - Chesebrough - Keefe House
Courtesy of the Town of Hebron The four houses along the east side of Church Street represent some of Hebron’s outstanding early 1800 Federal Style...
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30 Church Street - St. Peters Church
Courtesy of the Town of Hebron From John Warner Barber Connecticut Historical Collections 1838 Hebron has some extraordinary examples of religious architecture. St. Peters church...
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Conclusion - Church Street Tour
Think About it If you could choose any building you have seen on your tour to live in which one would you choose and why...
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North Side of Green Tour

Trails and Tales -- Meet Your Neighbors- North side of the Hebron Green
Welcome You are invited to meet some of the people and explore some of the places along the north side of the Hebron Green related...
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Trails and Tales – Meet Your neighbors
Introduction Hebron Center was substantially changed on a windy day in April of 1882 when a spark from the Hendee House and store (located where...
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Congregational Church – 1 Main Street
This Gothic Revival structure is one of Hebron’s most remarkable examples of religious architecture. Compare it in your mind with St. Peters Church and the...
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7 Main Street -site of Sylvester Gilbert’s house and law office
Courtesy of Hebron Bicentennial Book 1910 Photograph of Hebron Center after the Fire of 1882 courtesy of the Douglas Library Sylvester Gilbert was a successful...
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Main Street, site of the H. Bassett House
Photograph of Hebron Center after the Fire of 1882 courtesy of the Douglas Library Before the Fire of 1882, a large two-story house stood here...
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31 Main Street -- Kollock House
Tenant postcard c 1910 This structure survived the fire of 1882 and in the 1870’s was the home of Royal Kollock and his wife Polly...
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37 Main Street --Corner of Route 316 and 66 former site of the Jones House
around 1900 Tenant Post Card If you look east from the corner of Routes 66 and 316, much of what you currently see is relatively...
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44 Main Street Hebron Fire Station
The fire station you see today is the second Hebron fire house built on this site. It speaks to how Hebron has changed over the...
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38 Pendleton Drive -- The land between the firehouse and Old Town Hall
This land and the area around Pendleton drive had until recently been the site of a hollowed-out stone used by Native Americans to grind corn...
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110 Main Street former location of Henry Peters – Porter House
Henry Peters, a son of Cesar and Lois Peters who were rescued from being sold as slaves in South Carolina by their Hebron neighbors in...
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Further afield –Two different Barber Families
Merchant David Barber owned a large center chimney house to the east which has been relocated to the top of the Hill. Note this house...
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South Side of Green Tour

Trails and Tales -- Meet Your Neighbors
Welcome You are invited to meet some of the people and explore some of the places from Hebron’s past. This child friendly, family QR tour...
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Overview of Hebron’s Green
1930’s aerial view of Hebron Center. Notice how Route 66 was located more southerly than it is now Hebron Town Green In the early 1700’s...
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26 Main Street - Old Town Hall
This building was built as a two-story Methodist Meetinghouse in 1838. It was built on low swampy ground and when the Methodist Society disbanded in...
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Public Garden Space
Public Garden Space former location of the Jones - Ous House Until the 1990’s a little one-story house stood here. It was made up of...
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22 Main Street - Douglas Library
Douglas Library mid 1990’s Tenant postcard c 1910 Hebron ‘s Literary Association started a library collection in the 1888. This allowed Hebron people to enjoy...
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American Legion Post 95
1909 Hebron Bicentennial Postcard of Hebron buildings This building now used by the American Legion was built after the fire of 1882 as the center...
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Parsonage / Gale House
Courtesy of Hebron Bicentennial booklet “Hebron, CT.” In the 19th century, ministers began to think of themselves as professionals with careers. This change meant that...
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Porter - Celio’s Store
Tenant postcard of Hebron Center c 1910 Stores have been a part of Hebron since early settlement. In the 1700’s Moses Case ran his store...
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10 Main Street – Gray House
Notice how this house is similar to # 12 and # 14 Main Street. This gable end to the street house form is typical of...
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4 Main Street - Hewitt House
Courtesy of the Town of Hebron Tenant postcard This large brick house was built about 1820 and was very stylish for its day with its...
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7 Toomey Lane - Pendletonia - Home of the Pendleton family
C. L. Pendleton 1893 Reuben Rowley artist Courtesy of Nathan Liverant and Son, Inc and Connecticut Historical Society, photography by Kevin Tulimieri This house was...
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Conclusion
Conclusion – Today very few people live on the south side of Hebron’s Green, but when this area was developed around 1816, almost all of...
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