eAGLE rOCK
Address: Rt. 66, east of Rt. 2 toward Hebron
Date: first painted in the late 1980s.
Notes: This rock is well known, and is signed by a local artist named, "Sawyer". The signature has multiple dates, indicating the re-painting of this memorable landmark.
Posted on June 21, 2007 11:50 AM
Date: first painted in the late 1980s.
Notes: This rock is well known, and is signed by a local artist named, "Sawyer". The signature has multiple dates, indicating the re-painting of this memorable landmark.
Posted on June 21, 2007 11:50 AM
tURTLE rOCK
Address: Rt. 66, just west of Marlborough center, toward East Hampton.
Date: first painted in the early 2000s.
Notes: This new landmark is not as well know as Eagle Rock, but you definitely can't miss it as you drive into Marlborough from the west. There is no information about the artist at this time.
Posted on June 21, 2007 11:54 AM
Date: first painted in the early 2000s.
Notes: This new landmark is not as well know as Eagle Rock, but you definitely can't miss it as you drive into Marlborough from the west. There is no information about the artist at this time.
Posted on June 21, 2007 11:54 AM
mARLBOROUGH tOWN sEAL
Name: Marlborough Town Seal
Date of map: 1985
Description: Official town seal, designed by WWII veteran Bill Nystrom
Sources: Collection of the Marlborough Historical Society, image from Joe Giggey.
Notes:
Posted on July 12, 2007 1:42 PM
Date of map: 1985
Description: Official town seal, designed by WWII veteran Bill Nystrom
Sources: Collection of the Marlborough Historical Society, image from Joe Giggey.
Notes:
Posted on July 12, 2007 1:42 PM
gOOD wILL cLUB
Name: The Good Will Club
Date of image: c. 1920
Significance: Mary Hall, who became the first female lawyer in Connecticut, later founded the Good Will Club, an organization which housed young, wayward boys. She also founded a camp in Marlborough, where these young men would come for two weeks. This image shows some of the club members in front of the "chow hall". It was originally located on East Hampton Road / Route 66, about where the Liberty Bank is today.
Sources: Collection of the Marlborough Historical Society
Notes: Today, the Good Will Club is still in operation as is known as the Boys and Girls Club of Hartford.
Posted on July 12, 2007 2:20 PM
Date of image: c. 1920
Significance: Mary Hall, who became the first female lawyer in Connecticut, later founded the Good Will Club, an organization which housed young, wayward boys. She also founded a camp in Marlborough, where these young men would come for two weeks. This image shows some of the club members in front of the "chow hall". It was originally located on East Hampton Road / Route 66, about where the Liberty Bank is today.
Sources: Collection of the Marlborough Historical Society
Notes: Today, the Good Will Club is still in operation as is known as the Boys and Girls Club of Hartford.
Posted on July 12, 2007 2:20 PM
bUILDING OF rT 2 lOOKING sOUTH
Route 2 follows the path of two 19th-century turnpikes: the Hartford and New London, dating from 1800, and the Colchester and Norwich, dating from 1805. These turnpikes collected tolls for about 50 years.
Route 2 had several names in the 20th century, including NE-17. But, it was during the 1950s, when construction began to make Route 2 into the highway it is today.
In Marlborough, Route 2 once ran through the center of town, with North and South Main Streets. The new highway would run just to the east of the center, and include several on and off ramps to access Marlborough. The new Route 2 would run through the "Ten Curves" or "Dark Hollow" area of Marlborough. The curves were straightened, but parts of the original road can still be seen at times in the brush.
The road was completed in sections, with
# Route 17 to West Road, Marlborough, completed Oct. 15, 1964. Portions were only 2 lanes wide, though.
# West Road to Route 66 completed in 1966
# Route 66 to South Main St (exit 15) completed in 1964
# South Main St to Prospect Hill Road (near exit 17), Colchester completed in 1959.
One of the oddities of Route 2 that Marlborough can claim is the absence of Exit 14. Supposedly, it was to create a Route 66 bypass around the center of Marlborough. When it became too cost prohibitive, the idea was abandoned.
Sources: http://www.kurumi.com/roads/ct/ct2.html
Posted on August 2, 2007 11:16 AM
Route 2 had several names in the 20th century, including NE-17. But, it was during the 1950s, when construction began to make Route 2 into the highway it is today.
In Marlborough, Route 2 once ran through the center of town, with North and South Main Streets. The new highway would run just to the east of the center, and include several on and off ramps to access Marlborough. The new Route 2 would run through the "Ten Curves" or "Dark Hollow" area of Marlborough. The curves were straightened, but parts of the original road can still be seen at times in the brush.
The road was completed in sections, with
# Route 17 to West Road, Marlborough, completed Oct. 15, 1964. Portions were only 2 lanes wide, though.
# West Road to Route 66 completed in 1966
# Route 66 to South Main St (exit 15) completed in 1964
# South Main St to Prospect Hill Road (near exit 17), Colchester completed in 1959.
One of the oddities of Route 2 that Marlborough can claim is the absence of Exit 14. Supposedly, it was to create a Route 66 bypass around the center of Marlborough. When it became too cost prohibitive, the idea was abandoned.
Sources: http://www.kurumi.com/roads/ct/ct2.html
Posted on August 2, 2007 11:16 AM
Building of Rt 2 Looking North
Route 2 follows the path of two 19th-century turnpikes: the Hartford and New London, dating from 1800, and the Colchester and Norwich, dating from 1805. These turnpikes collected tolls for about 50 years.
Route 2 had several names in the 20th century, including NE-17. But, it was during the 1950s, when construction began to make Route 2 into the highway it is today.
In Marlborough, Route 2 once ran through the center of town, with North and South Main Streets. The new highway would run just to the east of the center, and include several on and off ramps to access Marlborough. The new Route 2 would run through the "Ten Curves" or "Dark Hollow" area of Marlborough. The curves were straightened, but parts of the original road can still be seen at times in the brush.
The road was completed in sections, with
# Route 17 to West Road, Marlborough, completed Oct. 15, 1964. Portions were only 2 lanes wide, though.
# West Road to Route 66 completed in 1966
# Route 66 to South Main St (exit 15) completed in 1964
# South Main St to Prospect Hill Road (near exit 17), Colchester completed in 1959.
One of the oddities of Route 2 that Marlborough can claim is the absence of Exit 14. Supposedly, it was to create a Route 66 bypass around the center of Marlborough. When it became too cost prohibitive, the idea was abandoned.
Sources: http://www.kurumi.com/roads/ct/ct2.html
Posted on August 2, 2007 11:37 AM
Route 2 had several names in the 20th century, including NE-17. But, it was during the 1950s, when construction began to make Route 2 into the highway it is today.
In Marlborough, Route 2 once ran through the center of town, with North and South Main Streets. The new highway would run just to the east of the center, and include several on and off ramps to access Marlborough. The new Route 2 would run through the "Ten Curves" or "Dark Hollow" area of Marlborough. The curves were straightened, but parts of the original road can still be seen at times in the brush.
The road was completed in sections, with
# Route 17 to West Road, Marlborough, completed Oct. 15, 1964. Portions were only 2 lanes wide, though.
# West Road to Route 66 completed in 1966
# Route 66 to South Main St (exit 15) completed in 1964
# South Main St to Prospect Hill Road (near exit 17), Colchester completed in 1959.
One of the oddities of Route 2 that Marlborough can claim is the absence of Exit 14. Supposedly, it was to create a Route 66 bypass around the center of Marlborough. When it became too cost prohibitive, the idea was abandoned.
Sources: http://www.kurumi.com/roads/ct/ct2.html
Posted on August 2, 2007 11:37 AM