Buildings and Structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut - Litchfield Law School, Mory's, Seaside Park, Beardsley Zoo (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Litchfield Law School, Mory's, Seaside Park, Beardsley Zoo, Connecticut Valley Hospital, Shore Line Trolley Museum, Wadsworth Atheneum, Yale Bowl, Barnum Museum, Warner Theatre, Eli Whitney Museum, Boothe Memorial Park and Museum, Hartford Club, Connecticut Hall, Heublein Tower, Farmington Canal, John Rogers Studio, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven Lawn Club, Enfield Falls Canal, Farwell Barn, Old Mine Park Archeological Site, Austin F. Williams Carriagehouse and House, Connecticut Audubon Society Birdcraft Museum and Sanctuary, Hill's Academy, Dorrance Inn, Lighthouse Point Carousel, Leffingwell Inn, Willimantic Elks Club, Skee's Diner, Welch Training School, Lincoln Theatre, Hampton Inn, Natchaug Forest Lumber Shed, Lighthouse Inn, Greenfield Hill Grange No. 133, Church Farm, Shade Swamp Shelter, Whale Oil Row, Union Society of Phoenixville House, Steamboat Dock Site, Central Vermont Railroad Pier, Capt. Mark Stoddard Farmstead, Mixer Tavern, Hezekiah S. Ramsdell Farm, Knowlton Memorial Hall, Daniel's Village Archeological Site, Alden Tavern Site, Dr. Chester Hunt Office, Taylor's Corner, Putnam Farm, Pomfret Town House. Excerpt: The Litchfield Law School of Litchfield, Connecticut was the first formal school offering training for the legal profession in the United States. It was established in 1784 by Tapping Reeve, who would later became the Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court. By the time the school closed in 1833, over 1,100 young men from throughout the country had attended, many of whom went on to have an amazing influence on political, economic and legal developments of the ante-bellum period. Some of the school's most notable students include John C. Calhoun and Aaron Burr. The law school, including Reeve's house, was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1965 as the Tap...