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Woodstock Hill Historic District

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79: 839: 104: 282:, and was known as New Roxbury until 1690, when it was incorporated as Woodstock. The early settlers occupied the ridge along which Plain Ridge Road now runs, and the area now occupied by the green, Congregational church, and adjacent cemetery were set aside for those purposes by the first arrivals. The present church is the third to stand on the site; the first was completed in 1691. Woodstock Academy was founded in 1802, and the town center benefited from the philanthropy of 850: 62: 111: 86: 286:. Bowen was a descendant of one of the town's first settlers, and was a successful New York businessman. He summered at Roseland Cottage, and was a major philanthropic force in the village in the late 19th century, sponsoring elaborate Fourth of July celebrations, and helping fund the 1873 academy building. 728: 894: 823: 759: 743: 733: 889: 295: 818: 764: 405: 785: 687: 718: 652: 617: 692: 597: 557: 382: 657: 647: 642: 622: 738: 572: 487: 607: 602: 477: 874: 697: 662: 567: 542: 682: 632: 612: 587: 577: 562: 552: 537: 517: 492: 482: 472: 702: 677: 582: 522: 502: 497: 467: 457: 637: 592: 532: 507: 462: 769: 667: 547: 512: 723: 672: 627: 527: 435: 420: 375: 451: 144: 78: 853: 368: 103: 879: 843: 415: 48: 391: 323: 268: 256: 39: 806: 240: 884: 899: 811: 790: 264: 206: 251:
and Plaine Hill Road. Major buildings in the district include the 1821 Congregational Church, the buildings of
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Roughly along Plaine Hill Rd., and Academy Rd., including parts of Old Hall Rd. and Child Hill Rd.,
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that is one of the nation's finest Gothic Revival summer houses. The district was listed on the
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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Woodstock was settled in 1686 by English colonists from
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Woodstock Hill Historic District is located in Connecticut
Woodstock Hill Historic District is located in the United States
Woodstock, Connecticut
41°57′4″N 71°58′32″W / 41.95111°N 71.97556°W / 41.95111; -71.97556
Wells, Joseph Collins
Colonial
Federal
Greek Revival
98001578
historic district
Woodstock, Connecticut
Connecticut Route 169
Woodstock Academy
1873 classroom building
Roseland Cottage
National Historic Landmark
National Register of Historic Places
Roxbury
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Henry Chandler Bowen
National Register of Historic Places listings in Windham County, Connecticut


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service

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