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Walking Historical Norfolk

All around town Norfolk, Connecticut

Pick up a tour guide to Norfolk’s historic houses and walk around the village to see fine examples of Norfolk’s development over several eras, from Revolutionary days to the Gilded […]

Free

Stained Glass Window Viewing: Battell Chapel

Battell Chapel 12 Litchfield Road, Norfolk

Battell Chapel’s beautiful stained glass windows were designed by D. Maitland Armstrong and Louis Comfort Tiffany. Three large windows designed by Armstrong and made of opalescent glass fill the west […]

Free

Guided Tour, Stained Glass Windows: Battell Chapel

Battell Chapel 12 Litchfield Road, Norfolk

Take a guided tour of Battell Chapel and its beautiful stained glass windows designed by D. Maitland Armstrong and Louis Comfort Tiffany. Three large windows designed by Armstrong and made […]

Free

Walking Historical Norfolk

All around town Norfolk, Connecticut

Pick up a tour guide to Norfolk’s historic houses and walk around the village to see fine examples of Norfolk’s development over several eras, from Revolutionary days to the Gilded […]

Free

Weather Observation Seminar

Great Mountain Forest 201 Windrow Road, Norfolk, CT

Come spend a summer morning immersed in the rich legacy of weather science at Great Mountain Forest (GMF)! For over 90 years, GMF has been a quiet but crucial hub […]

Free

A New Birth of Freedom: Norfolk in the Civil War

Norfolk Historical Society Museum 13 Village Green, Norfolk, CT

In the 1840 presidential election, Thomas Cowles was the first man in Norfolk to openly cast a vote for James G. Birney, the nominee of the abolitionists Liberty Party. Mr. […]

Free

Guided Tour: Center Cemetery

Center Cemetery 10-34 Old Colony Road, Norfolk, Connecticut

Meet at Norfolk's Center Cemetery for a walking tour led by Barry Webber, executive director of the Norfolk Historical Society. Webber says, "One of the items we have on exhibit […]

Free

Stained Glass Window Viewing: Battell Chapel

Battell Chapel 12 Litchfield Road, Norfolk

Battell Chapel’s beautiful stained glass windows were designed by D. Maitland Armstrong and Louis Comfort Tiffany. Three large windows designed by Armstrong and made of opalescent glass fill the west […]

Free

Guided Tour, Stained Glass Windows: Battell Chapel

Battell Chapel 12 Litchfield Road, Norfolk

Take a guided tour of Battell Chapel and its beautiful stained glass windows designed by D. Maitland Armstrong and Louis Comfort Tiffany. Three large windows designed by Armstrong and made […]

Free

Walking Historical Norfolk

All around town Norfolk, Connecticut

Pick up a tour guide to Norfolk’s historic houses and walk around the village to see fine examples of Norfolk’s development over several eras, from Revolutionary days to the Gilded […]

Free

Stained Glass Window Viewing: Battell Chapel

Battell Chapel 12 Litchfield Road, Norfolk

Battell Chapel’s beautiful stained glass windows were designed by D. Maitland Armstrong and Louis Comfort Tiffany. Three large windows designed by Armstrong and made of opalescent glass fill the west […]

Free

Tours of Whitehouse

Whitehouse 1 Stoeckel Road, Norfolk, CT

Take a guided tour of Whitehouse, formerly the home of Ellen Battell and Carl Stoeckel and now the home of the Yale Summer School of Music/Norfolk Chamber Music Festival. The […]

Free

Guided Tour, Stained Glass Windows: Battell Chapel

Battell Chapel 12 Litchfield Road, Norfolk

Take a guided tour of Battell Chapel and its beautiful stained glass windows designed by D. Maitland Armstrong and Louis Comfort Tiffany. Three large windows designed by Armstrong and made […]

Free

A New Birth of Freedom: Norfolk in the Civil War

Norfolk Historical Society Museum 13 Village Green, Norfolk, CT

In the 1840 presidential election, Thomas Cowles was the first man in Norfolk to openly cast a vote for James G. Birney, the nominee of the abolitionists Liberty Party. Mr. […]

Free