Photos and Images for Student Reference

Photos and Images for Student Reference

18th Century

Directions:

Cut along the dotted line that separates each image from its date and description. Laminate the photo and description front-to-back and pass out to student groups to help them place their artifacts on the floor map.

1712
The First Congregational Meeting House was built on the corner of Main Street and Farmington Avenue.
1716
Old cemetery was built on North Main Street, where it still stands today. It is located between Farmington Avenue and Bishop Road (Fern Road).

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1745
The Old North School was built in 1745 on the corner of Albany Avenue and North Main Street. Most likely, this was a one-room schoolhouse that taught students of a wide range of ages. Boys would sit in desks on one side of the room while the girls sat on the other side.
October 16, 1758
Noah Webster was born on October 16, 1758. He would later on publish the first American dictionary of English Words. His homestead is located on south Main Street between South Middle Road (Sedgwick Road) and Old South Road (New Britain Avenue).
1760
Asa Gillet’s grandfather, Joseph Gillet, was a signer of the petition in 1710 that requested a West Division of Hartford be established. Asa Gillet’s house can be found on South Main Street between Noah Webster’s house and South Middle Road.
1767
The 1767 census showed that agriculture was the main industry in West Hartford. Sheep outnumbered People 3:1! Distillery Businesses also thrived, using grain and apples.
1769
This house, on South Middle Road (what is now Sedgwick Road) is across from Sedgwick Blacksmith Shop and was built in 1769. It was owned by Benjamin Colton, son of Reverend Benjamin Colton, who was the West Division of Hartford’s first minister from 1713-1759.
1770
Ebenezer Faxon settled in what is now Elmwood and established a pottery business as there was an abundance of workable clay in the area. Redware pottery like this jug were popular in New England. He lived on the corner of South Road (which is now New Britain Avenue) and Quaker Lane.
1790s
More affluent families owned slaves to do work, such as Thomas and Sarah Hooker, whose home is located on New Britain Avenue near the corner of South Main Street.