Spring 2018
VOLUME 16/NUMBER 2
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Connecticut Explored
CONNECTICUT HISTORY, ONE GOOD STORY AFTER ANOTHER
IN THIS ISSUE: Preservation Detective Stories > New Canaan’s Frank Lloyd Wright > The Challenge of Abandoned Churches > Olmsted in Connecticut > Is Your House a Kit House?
ON THE COVER: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Tirranna, New Canaan. photo: Robert Gregson
Table of Contents
9 Hog River Journal: Connecticut history revealed down a long driveway.
By Elizabeth Normen
10 Letters, etc.
13 From the State Historian: At Least for Now…
By Walter W. Woodward
14 Order Your House from a Catalog
Tips for discovering if your house was built from a kit.
By Rachel Shoemaker
20 Connecticut Architecture Explored
A preview of Connecticut Architecture: Stories of 100 Places.
By Christopher Wigren
26 Frederick Law Olmsted in Connecticut
Where the revered landscape architect left his mark.
By W. Phillips Barlow and Elena Pascarella
32 Connecticut’s Wright-Designed “Running Waters”
A hidden Frank Lloyd Wright right here.
By Robert Gregson
36 Harry Holtzman and Hadlyme’s Grand Barn
By Carolyn Wakeman
38 Bringing Back “Restmore”
By David K. Sturges
40 Preserving Houses of Worship
By Frank Hagaman
44 Rediscovering the Oldest House in Greenwich
By Christopher Franco
46 Saving Face: The Hartford Times Building
By Mary M. Donohue
48 Site Lines: Finding Isabel
By Nicholas DeLong
50 Spotlight
57 Afterword