Walls are often part of important historic sites. This one (above) provides the strength to hold back the mound of dirt that created a small pond that ran some sort of mill washed away, probably during the 1955 hurricane, which took out so many across New England.
- Sign at Hillstead Museum in Farmington, CT.
Hill-Stead is a wonderful place. It’s builder, architect Theodate Pope-Riddle, built a Greek Revival “country house,” framing it with miles of stone wall built mostly out of local volcanic trap rock.
- Here’s some local history for you. The wall must post-date the culvert, but is built from stones of the older wall it bisects.
