Week 9: Jones’s Garage

Week 9: Jones’s Garage

This week the focus is on Main Street, where so many of our businesses were repurposed from older businesses. This just reinforces what we talked about last week! That Deep River is a town with love and respect for the past, refurbishing old buildings and repurposing...
Summer Scavenger Hunt Week 8!

Summer Scavenger Hunt Week 8!

Find the monument honoring our Revolutionary War Soldiers in Winthrop Cemetery.  It is the monument in front of the flagpole at Winthrop Cemetery, placed there for the Bicentennial and dedicated in 1976. A wreath is laid there every Memorial Day. The...
Week 7: Pratt Read Factory aka Pianoworks on Main Street

Week 7: Pratt Read Factory aka Pianoworks on Main Street

We started this challenge by locating the Deep River. Now it’s time to talk about the factories that took their power from that river.  Unfortunately, most of them are no longer standing due to age or fire. The Pratt, Read & Co. Factory built in 1881...
Week 6! Captain Calvin Williams’ Home

Week 6! Captain Calvin Williams’ Home

Last week we took a look at the men who built ships in Deep River. This week’s challenge involves looking for the men who sailed the ships, sometimes known as “Blue Water Masters.”  Captain Calvin Williams built his stately home on Kirtland St in view of the CT...
Scavenger Hunt Week 5! Shipbuilding on the CT River

Scavenger Hunt Week 5! Shipbuilding on the CT River

This week’s challenge involves finding the home of one of Deep River’s shipbuilders, Eli Denison. This house is located on the corner of Phelps Lane and River Street, overlooking the Lace Factory and the CT River. This house is privately owned. Thomas Denison’s...