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| The '''Marion Historic District''' in the ] of ] and ] in the ] of ] is a ] that includes ], ] and ] architecture. It was listed on the ] (NRHP) in 1988.<ref name=nris/> | The '''Marion Historic District''', located in the ] of ] and ] in the ] of ], is a ] that includes ], ] and ] architecture. It was listed on the ] (NRHP) in 1988.<ref name=nris/> | ||
| It includes the ] and the ], which are separately NRHP-listed.<ref name=nris/> | It includes the ] and the ], which are separately NRHP-listed.<ref name=nris/> | ||
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| ==History== | |||
| To outsiders, it is likely to be distinguished by being named as the location of one of the most historic places in the town of Southington. It is the site of an encampment by the great French general, Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau and his troops during the American Revolutionary War. In June 1781, the French troops under Rochambeau's command left Farmington and marched 13 miles to their eighth camp through Connecticut, near Asa Barnes's Tavern in the Marion section of Southington. They camped there for four days. Rochambeau and his officers took shelter in the tavern, and the troops set up camp on a hill on the other side of the road. The area of the encampment has since become known as French Hill, and a marker on the east side of Marion Avenue commemorates the French campsite. According to Rev. Timlow's Sketches of Southington (1875), "Landlord Barnes gave a ball at his tavern, at which a large number of the young women of the vicinity were present; and they esteemed it something of an honor to have had a 'cotillion' with the polite foreigner." The celebrations-infused with spirits provided by Landlord Barnes-spanned the four nights they were in Southington . Rochambeau revisited Barnes's Tavern again on the return march on October 27, 1782. According to Timlow's, coins, buttons and other things have been picked up in the vicinity many years after the two encampments. The Barnes Tavern is now a private residence very near the camp site at 1089 Marion Avenue.<ref>L.C. Kopec, ''Southington'', (Arcadia, 2007)</ref><ref>F.S. Marcy Crofut, ''Guide to the history and the historic sites of Connecticut'', (Yale University Press, 1937)</ref> | |||
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United States historic place| Marion Historic District | |
| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| U.S. Historic district | |
| Location | Along Marion Ave. and the Meriden-Waterbury Turnpike, Cheshire and Southington, Connecticut |
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| Architect | Multiple |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, Italianate, Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 88001423 |
| Added to NRHP | December 21, 1988 |
The Marion Historic District, located in the towns of Cheshire and Southington in the U.S. state of Connecticut, is a historic district that includes Greek Revival, Italianate and Federal style architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1988.
It includes the Levi B. Frost House and the Barnes-Frost House, which are separately NRHP-listed.
It spans the New Haven County-Hartford County county line.
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
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