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New Canaan has had several town halls since it was founded 221 years ago. The current Town Hall is actually the fourth, but only the second one built especially for that purpose. Although New Canaan was incorporated as a town in 1801, the first town hall was not built until 1825. Until that time, town […] ....
Most may be familiar with this building today, but it is almost unrecognizable in this c 1910 photo. This the first Baptist Church in New Canaan, which now stands at 62 Main Street. This church was built in 1872 by the local New Canaan Baptist congregation. Like every religious congregation in town, the local Baptists […] ....
Just a short walk down the hill from the New Canaan Museum & Historical Society is 64 Locust Ave or ABC House. This home was built in 1906 by Luther Scofield Knapp, referred to as L.S. Knapp in the photograph. Knapp was a native of Stamford and was born there in 1870. He spent most of his […] ....
Located three miles away from the town center and just outside of New Canaan’s borders, the Silvermine Tavern has been an institution for most New Canaanites. The tavern, pictured above, was built by Joseph Cocker c. 1810 as a cotton factory. The business could not have been too successful because, when Cocker died in 1812, […] ....
In addition to being the oldest building on the block, 102 Main Street is one of the more important historical buildings in town. In 1801 when New Canaan was finally organized into its own town, the Main Street that we know today simply did not exist. There was one blacksmith’s shop, five homes, and fields […] ....