The Lacy Hotel

In 1862, during the early days of the Civil War, Union civilian spy James J. Andrews led a daring mission to steal a Confederate train from a depot in Kennesaw. Andrews and twenty-three men planned to take The General to ...

San Francisco’s Ohlone Shellmounds

Natives have inhabited the San Francisco Bay area for thousands of years, and physical reminders of their complex cultures still remain, just under city’s busy streets.

The San Francisco Bay area is the ancestral home of the Ohlone people, known ...

Horace Cowles House

The Horace Cowles House, c. 1769, is one of several houses in this itinerary within the Farmington Historic District associated with the Mende's stay in Farmington. Houses in the historic district date from 1720 to 1835. Farmington was a prosperous ...

National Historic Landmark - First Church of Christ Congregational

The First Church of Christ, Congregational, the third building on this site, was designed by architect and master builder Judah Woodruff in 1771. It is the only original Congregational church in Connecticut with a side entry--the traditional, colonial New England ...

Timothy Cowles House

The Timothy Cowles House is one of several houses in this itinerary within the Farmington Historic District associated with the Mende's stay in Farmington. Houses in the historic district date from 1720 to 1835. Farmington was a prosperous commercial center ...

Austin F. Williams Carriagehouse and House

Austin F. Williams and his wife Jennet Cowles Williams were known abolitionists. During the Mende's imprisonment, Williams corresponded with his friend Lewis Tappan, a member of the Amistad Committee that had been established for the defense of the Amistad captives and was ...

New Haven Colony Historical Society

The New Haven Colony Historical Society was founded in 1862 by a group of citizens interested in preserving the history of a community that was experiencing rapid change. The founders immediately began collecting contemporary artifacts, manuscripts, publications and photographs, in ...

United Church on the Green

Built in 1815, by architect David Hoadley, the United Church on the Green was originally known as North Church. In 1884, it merged with Third Church to create a United Church. Both congregations played an active role in the early ...

Connecticut State Library and Supreme Court Building

The Connecticut State Library and Supreme Court Building holds original materials relating to the Amistad incident. The library and court building became an important repository of local and state archival material in the late 19th and early 20th century, as well as ...