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    Trumbull

    By Trumbull Historical Society

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    Trumbull, Connecticut, was a small community with a lush landscape spotted with farms and light industries before the era of World War II. After the war, many soldiers returned to the states and came to Trumbull looking for homes. The explosion of Trumbull’s economic market caused much of the farmland to become housing developments to accommodate the veterans and their families. This volume of nearly two hundred images looks back at Trumbull during the quieter era between 1890 and 1940, before the town was flooded with the mad rush of people and businesses. These fifty years detail a history marked by the prosperous times of the early twentieth century, the pain and anguish of World War I, and the gloomy grip of the Depression. Small-town life comes alive in the faces and places of Trumbull, and these photographs and their stories take a reader back into a time that seems so much simpler than today’s hustle and bustle.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArcadia Publishing
    Release dateSep 18, 2012
    ISBN9781439631713
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    Trumbull Historical Society

    The Trumbull Historical Society, a group established in 1964, has compiled a rich collection of images that celebrates and remembers a bygone Trumbull, a Trumbull that will appeal to the imaginations of both the local citizens and its visitors.

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      Trumbull - Trumbull Historical Society

      Wachenheim.

      Introduction

      The accuracy of a town’s history is only as good as the effort that is made to preserve it for future generations. Through the years Trumbull has been lucky to have had town officials and residents willing to record its important moments as well as its everyday life.

      In this century in particular, we have benefited from community-minded residents who photographed the town, researched Trumbull’s history, and shared the stories they knew with enthusiasm and joy. Among these individuals are writer Dorothy Seeley, businessman and historian E. Merrill Beach, and longtime town clerk Helen Plumb. We also are indebted to the many residents who contributed family photographs and mementos to the Trumbull Historical Society, whose archives supplied the pictures in this book.

      While we can only imagine what life was like for the town’s earliest settlers some three hundred years ago, official records and early historians provide us with a picture of those early years. The area we now know as Trumbull was first settled in the late 1600s, as residents from the Society of Stratford, which had been established in 1639, sought a less crowded place to live. In 1725 they founded the Parish of Unity in the area that is now known as Nichols. The first church, Unity Congregational Church, was established in 1730. Expansion was continuing elsewhere also, with residents from other areas settling into what is now Trumbull Center around 1705, as well as Long Hill and then Tashua.

      In 1744 the Parish of Unity joined with Long Hill to become North Stratford. All that time, North Stratford remained under the governmental control of Stratford, but by the late 1700s, local residents decided North Stratford had grown sufficiently and that trips to attend meetings in Stratford had become burdensome enough that they began petitioning the state to become incorporated as a separate town. After repeated requests, the General Assembly granted the petition, and the Town of Trumbull, named for the well-known family that included Revolutionary War Governor Jonathan Trumbull, was incorporated in October 1797.

      Now Trumbull is celebrating its bicentennial year, having progressed to become a modern, suburban town of 32,000 residents. Growth has brought with it enormous changes, both positive and negative. Once a rural farming community at the turn of the century, Trumbull is now home to a combination of residential and corporate interests. While the town is nearly fully developed, local officials have taken care to preserve its open space through expansive parks and recreation areas.

      Trumbull is a town that still treasures its past and appreciates the link that binds us to those who came before us. Maintaining that link gives us a better understanding of who we are and where we came from. As our contribution in this bicentennial year, we have compiled this pictorial history of Trumbull, for those who live here now, and for those yet to come.

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      Glimpses of Yesterday

      Looking toward White Plains Road from Daniels Farm Road, one certainly sees a very different view today. The green at the intersection is now just a shadow of its former self. What appears to be a house on the left is actually the rear of Parks’ (later Kurtz’s) Store, which is now a gas station.

      This early view of Trumbull Center is one many have forgotten. The house in the foreground on White Plains Road was occupied for many years by the Sperling family and later was used for medical offices (remember Dr. Corbett?). The house came down in 1958 when the shopping center expanded and Grand Union arrived.

      This view of Church Hill Road looking north shows the town hall and the railroad station beyond. At the top of the hill is the home of longtime town clerk Helen Plumb. The town hall building, constructed on land purchased from Birdsey B. Plumb, fulfilled its mission for the town from 1883 to 1957, when the present town hall building was opened. The building was renamed in honor of Miss Plumb in 1989.

      Here we get a glimpse of Church Hill Road looking south. Visible are the town hall (now the Helen E. Plumb Building) and Parks’ Store. Brinsmade Crossing forks to the right.

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