Dining Room Table

Moving from an apartment under 800 square feet to a colonial that's just over 2100 square feet, we were definitely lacking furniture.  With money being what it is... scarce.... purchasing a brand new dining room set was not on the list of "Things to Do."  However, Christmas was coming and my wife wanted to have a formal style dinner, at a table (not that a coffee TABLE isn't, so I thought), with her parents present.  I would...

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WPA Photo

This past weekend I visited the Connecticut Historical Society in Hartford, CT.  My purpose was to discover more information about the previous owners of our home.  I did not find much except a few tax records which, honestly, did not reveal any new information.  It was towards the end when I asked them if they had any WPA photos. WPA stands for the Works Progress Administration   It was implemented during the Great...

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Home History, Part III

From a prior post (see Part I and Part II), I was able to deduce that our home's name sake, James Warner, was not the builder, simply one of many owners our home had.  He was the most prominent owner under the current township which we reside in, Rocky Hill. Rocky Hill is a township incorporated in 1843, located directly south of Wethersfield.  Prior to 1843, Rocky Hill was apart of Wethersfield.  The area was called Stepney...

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