With origins in the Azores and Queen Isabella’s legendary sacrifice, this annual celebration highlights the rich Portuguese culture and history that has flourished in Stonington since the 1840s.
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Was Vivian Dixon the Baronet’s Most Dear Love? Uncovering the (love) story of Anthony Havelock-Allan, the producer behind Great Expectations and Oliver Twist - whose headstone lies in Stonington’s Evergreen Cemetery.
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Walk the Borough and you’ll find meticulously-preserved homes that date from the 1800s. One, in particular, is the Chesebro Home and Grocery at 144 Water Street.
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There have been a number of movies filmed in Stonington Borough, but none have made a bigger splash than Mystic Pizza, starring Julia Roberts. Learn the history behind “the house” which looks quite different than when it was built in 1871.
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The story behind Whitehall Mansion, a historic house that was almost demolished to make way for I-95, is an intriguing tale of the transactional nature of property and the people who saved it.
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In the spirit of warming ourselves up with love this February, we’re sharing excerpts from a few love letters in the collection of the Stonington Historical Society. Maybe it will inspire you to write one of your own?
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On a warm summer night in June 1880, the steamship Stonington left the town dock at 10 pm, headed to New York. Within hours, a tragedy would unfold in the waters of Long Island Sound.
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In Stonington Borough’s tiny footprint, there’s a historic mill, museums, shops, restaurants, and even a small beach. There’s also a nature preserve on an open salt marsh meadow filled with wildflowers and beach roses, with panoramic views of Little Narragansett Bay.
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The night before the national election in 1888, the men of Stonington arranged a Belva Lockwood parade. Prominent citizens donned women’s clothing and proceeded to Borough Hall. They marched wearing poke bonnets, and carried brooms for “sweeping out corruption.”
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We're all disappointed there won't be a parade this year, but there are ways to celebrate the Fourth. The Stonington Historical Society is hosting a live-stream Facebook event and we have a gallery of images from years past.
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One of the Borough’s most celebrated treasures is undergoing a transformation. The Stonington Historical Society celebrates the beginning of their two-phased, multi-million dollar effort to restore and preserve the Old Lighthouse Museum.
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If history, architecture, model ships and stories of the man who discovered Antarctica are of interest to you, don’t miss a tour of the Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House, opening for the season in May.
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You wouldn’t know it now, but during the 19th-century, the first railroad in Connecticut ran smack through the middle of Stonington Borough, transporting passengers and cargo on smoky, noisy trains.
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