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Connecticut State Route 169

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7/3/2015 Hitting the road we got on Connecticut State Route 169 Scenic Byway in Lisbon. We eventually followed it for much of its length. We stopped in Canterbury for a look at the Prudence Crandall House NHL. This was the home of the abolitionist and educator, and the school for African Americans which she ran from 1832 until 1834 when it was closed by mob violence. Across the street we got a Dunkin snack, then continued on the Byway up to Woodstock for the Henry C. Bowen House NHL. Also known as Roseland Cottage, it is 1846 Gothic Revival style built as a summer home, it is one of the best-preserved and best-documented Gothic summer houses in the nation, with virtually intact interior decorations. Here we took a very good hour tour of the beautiful home and gardens. Of particular interest was the embossed Lincrusta Walton wall decoration, as well as the bowling alley in an out building.

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Prudence Crandall House NHL
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Ubiquitous stone walls
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Henry C. Bowen House NHL
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Merritt Parkway

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8/7/2010 Back on I95, then picked up the east end of the Merritt Parkway, a National Scenic Byway. Took this about 15 miles, enjoying this very pretty tree-lines parkway with Art Deco bridges.

The Byway sign
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One of the bridges
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