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Coordinates: 41°29′14″N 72°2′31″W / 41.48722°N 72.04194°W / 41.48722; -72.04194
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Poquetanuck Village Historic District
Poquetanuck, Connecticut/VersionC is located in Connecticut
Poquetanuck, Connecticut/VersionC
LocationRoughly, along Main St. between CT 117 and Middle Rd. and along School House and Cider Mill Rd., Preston, Connecticut
Coordinates41°29′14″N 72°2′31″W / 41.48722°N 72.04194°W / 41.48722; -72.04194
Architectural styleColonial, Mid 19th Century Revival, Late Victorian
NRHP reference No.96000912[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 22, 1996

Poquetanuck is a village in the town of Preston, Connecticut, located near the banks of a bay known as Poquetanuck Cove that opens to the Thames River. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Poquetanuck Village Historic District.[2]

Historically, Poquetanuck was one of three distinct settlements in the town, the others being Preston City and Long Society. The village of Poquetanuck was the site of shipbuilding activity.[3]

The historic district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 22, 1996.[1] A contributing property in the historic district is a home built in 1754 by sea captain William Gonzales Grant which currently houses a bed and breakfast inn.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
  2. ^ "Poquetanuck Village and Hallville Listed on the National Register of Historic Places",Preston Pipeline, September 1996, Vol. 3, issue 2, page 13
  3. ^ About Preston, Town of Preston website, accessed September 9, 2009
  4. ^ Captain Grant's, 1754, in Haunted Connecticut: Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the Constitution State, by Cheri Revai and Heather Adel Wiggins, Stackpole Books, 2006. ISBN 0811732967, ISBN 9780811732963
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  • Captain Grant's Inn - Bed and breakfast inn including several properties in the historic district

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Category:Historic districts in Connecticut Category:New London County, Connecticut

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