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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.
- Northwest Park
- Vintage Radio and Communications Museum of Connecticut
- Windsor Historical Society
- Windsor Green
- Oliver Ellsworth Homestead
- Windsor Center River Trail
- Back East Brewery
- Windsor Art Center
- Connecticut Valley Tobacco Museum
- Northwest Park Country Fair
As the name suggests, this sprawling municipal park is in the very northwest of Windsor on land that was once given over to tobacco farming. Over the last few decades nature has taken over once more. Within the park’s boundaries there’s a diversity of woodland, open fields, wetlands and the south bank of the Farmington River. It’s all served by mor...
This is just the sort of local museum I hoped to find in a town like Windsor, but with dimensions that caught me off guard. The collection of radios, radio accessories, cameras, home computers and broadcast equipment is extensive. It’s all organized in chronological order starting in the 1800s and leading up to the 1980s. One of the quirkier exhibi...
I’m sure you can tell that the “First in Connecticut” has a lot of history to uncover. This can be done at the local historical society, open four days a week from Wednesday to Saturday. The society’s collection is deep and rich, counting more than 11,000 pieces. Among them are Native American objects, decorative arts, fine art, household objects, ...
Windsor looks positively idyllic from this long strip of grass sprinkled with trees. The green is the center of town in every sense, bordered by the library and town hall. There’s a small but international array of restaurants for Puerto Rican, pho, steaks, and pizza. On Thursday evenings all through the summer the green comes alive with concerts b...
A monumental figure in the early history of the United States lived at this grand Georgian property at 788 Palisado Avenue. The lawyer Oliver Ellsworth (1745-1807) helped draft the United States Constitution. He served as the senator for Connecticut and was the nation’s third Chief Justice. His two and a half-storey homestead was built in 1781, ori...
One of a few things to love about this 1.3-mile trail along the Farmington River is that you can get onto it on foot from the center of town. There are trailheads by the train station or from Palisado Avenue. The looping paved route is an easy stroll, threading through a patch of wetland, as well as a pond and of course the riverbank. Because of th...
I don’t think anywhere has embraced the craft beer phenomenon quite like Connecticut. In Windsor you’ll be within striking distance of two small-scale breweries. Back East Brewery is a brief cab ride west in Bloomfield and has a sociable little taproom open Wednesday to Sunday, serving a range of brews, from traditional to out-there. The beer that ...
In a converted freight house next to the Amtrak line downtown, the Windsor Art Center is dedicated to visual and performing arts. The venue opened in 2007 and has a calendar of temporary exhibitions for well-known and breakout talent from the Connecticut area. I caught an intriguing show, pairing photography and poetry, all inspired by light. Live ...
During its peak in the Prohibition years, the shade tobacco industry laid claim to more than 20,000 acres in the Connecticut Valley. The main crop was a hybrid created in the early 20th century using over 30 samples from Sumatra and Cuba. These were grown in humid conditions on grids in cotton tents. At this seasonal museum in Northwest Park you ca...
A much anticipated date on the town’s calendar, the Northwest Park Country Fair falls around the end of September. For a few hours this event brings a world of old-fashioned fun. There are competitions for arts and crafts, cooking, gardening and flower arrangement, as well as hayrides, pony rides and all kinds of games for children. From my experie...
Visit the railroad station and the Windsor Arts Center. From the Windsor Arts Center walk south until you find the...
Windsor, town (township), Hartford county, north-central Connecticut, U.S. It is a northern suburb of the city of Hartford. Windsor was the site of the first English settlement of any kind in Connecticut—a trading post established in 1633 at the junction of the Farmington and Connecticut rivers by.
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Windsor, Connecticut's first English settlement, is located north of Hartford where the Farmington and Connecticut Rivers join. With a population of 29,044 according to the 2010 census, Windsor today is an attractive.
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