Farmington

Hartford County · dedicated 1981 · location approximate

FARMINGTON (Continued from other side) The community of Unionville, known since the era of the Farmington Canal as a center of industry, has remained a vital part of the town. The Canal commenced operations in 1828 and after 1835 carried passengers and freight between New Haven and Northampton until it was superseded by the railroad. Farmington was active in the Revolutionary War from the time when its first company marched off to Boston on May 18, 1775 after the opening of hostilities at Lexington. George Washington traveled through the town several times and the French troops under General Rochambeau encamped here on their way to and from the siege of Yorktown, Virginia. Farmington is noted for its beautiful homes, including the Stanley-Whitman House (1660), now the Farmington Museum; for Miss Porter's School for Girls, founded in 1843; and for the Hill-Stead Museum of Art.

The front face is not recovered; no photograph of it has been located.

Text transcribed from the cast town markers erected under Connecticut's town historical marker program in the 1970s and early 1980s. Presented as a historical record.

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