Jct. of CT 161 & CT 85, Chesterfield, Connecticut. County/parish: New London.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places February 28, 2012. NRIS 12000039.
1 contributing site.Also known as:
The New England Hebrew Farmers of the Emanuel Society Synagogue and Creamery Site is a complex of historic archaeological sites near the junction of Connecticut Routes 161 and 85 in Montville, Connecticut. The sites include that of a late 19th-century synagogue, and the remains of a creamery complex operated by local Jewish dairy farmers that was located nearby. It was one of the first rural Jewish settlements in the state, supported financially by the Baron de Hirsch. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132355837