Historic Village of Groton Bank

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Welcome to the Historic Village of Groton Bank in Groton, Connecticut, USA

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Meetings and programs of the Groton Bank Historical Association for 2009-2010:
 
  • Spring/Annual Meeting--April 19, 2010:  Speaker will be Edward Baker, Executive Director of the New London County Historical Society.  He will talk about Privateering During the American Revolution.  The highly successful commerce-raiding privateers from both sides of the Thames Harbor were a factor leading to the British attack on New London and Groton Heights on September 6, 1781.  Edward will share some of NLCHS's unsurpassed artifacts which help to tell the story.  For more than 25 years he has worked at New England history Museums, including 16 years at Mystic Seaport.

 

  • Last Fall's Meeting--November 16, 2009:  6PM member and neighborhood potluck Thanksgiving dinner with Dr. Kevin McBride, associate professor of anthropology at the University of Connecticut and Director of Research at the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center .  At 7PM he spoke about  "Thanksgiving Myths and Facts" regarding the occasion in Indian-Colonial times.
 
  • Winter Meeting--February 8, 2010:  Speaker will be Jim Streeter, Groton Town Mayor, Groton historian and author of the recent book "Groton Historical Bits and Pieces".   Jim will discuss topics in his new book including a few about the Groton Bank area.  He will also discuss some of the problems that he experienced in the self publication process. 
 
 
Unless otherwise noted, meetings are held  at 7 PM in Fellowship Hall at the Groton Congregational Church, 162 Monument Street, Groton CT and preceeded by coffee/tea and desserts at 6:30 PM
 
 

Some examples of historic houses, buildings and sites  at Groton Bank:

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Ensign Ebenezer Avery House, ca. 1750

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Captain Ebenezer "Rattler" Morgan House, 1851

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Avery-Copp House Museum

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Groton Congregational Church, Fourth Meeting House, dedicated 1902

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Thomas Avery Miner House, 1894

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Capt. Rufus Avery House, 1787

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Monument House Museum

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Fort Griswold, ruins of the Revolutionary War Fort built 1775-1777

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Samuel Moxley, Jr/Capt William H. Allen House 1850

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Bill Memorial Library, dedicated 1890

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James A. Morgan House, 1875

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Groton Monument, dedicated 1830, oldest patriotic monument of its kind in the U.S.

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Joseph Latham House, 1717

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Groton Heights Baptist Church, originally Groton Bank Baptist Church, Second Meeting House, 1872

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Deacon William P. Harris House, 1842

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Col. Hubbard D. Morgan House, c. 1860

This web site is sponsored by the Groton Bank Historical Association, Inc. (GBHA). GBHA’s objective is to research and promote the history of Groton Bank and to maintain the historical architecture and village character of this area listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  To accomplish this GBHA publishes information about Groton Bank and sponsors several historical-educational meetings annually.