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East Windsor is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Capitol Planning Region. The population was 11,190 at the 2020 census. [2] The town has five villages: Broad Brook, Melrose, Scantic, Warehouse Point and Windsorville.
- Connecticut Trolley Museum
- Connecticut Fire Museum
- East Windsor Academy Museum
- East Windsor Hill Historic District
- St John’s Episcopal Church
- Broad Brook Barber Shop Museum
- Scantic River State Park
- Problem Solved Brewing Company
- East Windsor Park
- New England Air Museum
East Windsor has what is thought to be the oldest museum for electric railroading in the United States. The Connecticut Trolley Museum was set up in 1940 on the right of way of the Rockville Branch of the Hartford and Springfield Street Railway Company, which had been abandoned some 14 years earlier. There’s a working 1.5-mile stretch of track, whe...
In a warehouse to the rear of the Trolley Museum is a separate attraction dedicated to the history of firefighting in the state. The museum has less frequent opening hours, so it’s worth checking in advance, but the good news is admission is included in the Trolley Museum ticket price. What you’ll see is a rare repository of trucks and hand and hor...
The East Windsor Historical Society maintains a small handful of buildings at this campus in Scantic Village, but the most significant is this Federal-style academy building from 1817. Built with bricks on a brownstone foundation, the academy offered higher education to boys from the area, and among its alumni were Yung Wing (1828-1912), Yale’s (an...
Mostly lining Main Street between the Scantic River and Edwards Cemetery is a historically important assemblage of folk vernacular buildings raised between the start of the 18th century and around 1860. This area, in the very north-west of East Windsor, was settled in the 1630s by families from across the river Windsor. The two areas were connected...
A linchpin at Warehouse Point village, St John’s went up at the very start of the 19th century. The curious story behind its foundation goes that some of the church’s founders were members of the First Congregational Church of East Windsor, who were keen to have a new church constructed. This came about after the former meeting house burned down, a...
Tucked behind the East Windsor Academy is a set of smaller buildings, each with its own tale to tell. The Barber Shop dates from the end of the 19th century and was moved here from Broad Brook in 1967. From the 1880s this was the business of one Maximilian Ertel, a Saxony native who sold the shop to the local judge Rudolph C. Geissler in 1919. Insi...
This linear park is in different sections adding up to almost 800 acres and lining the banks of the Scantic River in East Windsor, Enfield and Somers. The park was in the pipeline for 20 years after first being planned in the 1960s, and has grown steadily over the last 20 years. So far about a third of the planned 2,200 acres have been acquired. In...
Throw a dart at a map of Connecticut and there’s a good chance you’ll hit a craft brewery. The fierce competition means that only the best survive, and that applies to East Windsor’s Problem Solved Brewing Co., which has a high rating on the notoriously competitive Untappd. Problem Solved focuses its energy on a small line-up: The draft list in Oct...
Clean and well-maintained, East Windsor Park is a typical recreation space, with lighted basketball and tennis courts, a volleyball court and a sizeable playground for wee ones. Where the park stands out is for the Broad Brook Reservoir, which serves as a swimming area in the summer months and is fitted with a slide and diving board. There’s a nice...
A mere 10 minutes from Warehouse Point is the region’s premier aviation museum in a set of three hangars at Bradley International Airport. With a staggering fleet of historic aircraft, the museum charts New England’s contribution to America’s aviation industry, paying special attention to Connecticut brands like Sikorsky, Kaman and Pratt & Whitney....
East Windsor is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Capitol Planning Region. The population was 11,190 at the 2020 census. The town has five villages: Broad Brook, Melrose, Scantic, Warehouse Point and Windsorville. Map.
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Windsor is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States, and was the first English settlement in the state. It lies on the northern border of Connecticut's capital, Hartford. The town is part of the Capitol Planning Region.
East Windsor is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Capitol Planning Region. The population was 11,190 at the 2020 census. The town has five villages: Broad Brook, Melrose, Scantic, Warehouse Point and Windsorville.
