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Robert W. Hill lecture
00-1907-17-0
Collection
Identifier: 00-1907-17-0
Scope and Contents
Robert Wakeman Hill (1828-1909) was a noted architect. He received his early education in the schools of Waterbury and attended the Young Men's Institute in New Haven. He studied architecture with Henry Austin of New Haven and A. C. Nash of Milwaukee, Wis. He returned to Connecticut in 1858 and practiced architecture for a short time in Naugatuck. In 1863, he moved to Waterbury and spent the remainder of his life there. Hill was architect for the state under Governors Bigelow, Waller,...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1906 Jul 30; Other: Date acquired: 01/01/1907
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society
Edgar B. Van Winkle collection
2010-364-0
Collection
Identifier: 2010-364-0
Scope and Contents
The Edgar B. Van Winkle collection consists of research files, correspondence, and a speech. Van Winkle and his wife Mary Speiden Van Winkle had an interest in the family of Litchfield doctor Daniel Sheldon and the papers include correspondence, research, and a speech about him and members of his family. The collection has memorials written by Van Winkle to George S. Greene, John Croes, and John Mitchell, members of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the U.S. A., and speeches Van...
Dates:
translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: circa 1830s, 1903-1915; Other: Date acquired: 06/10/2010
Found in:
Litchfield Historical Society