Warren Connecticut

The Warren Historical Society will hold a meeting on Sunday, April 22 at 2 pm at the Academy.

There will be a presentation by Jed Struckus on his research into the Curtiss home and a short business meeting will follow his presentation.

Refreshments will be served. Admission is free and open to all.

On Sunday, October 22 the Warren Historical Society, Inc. will hold its first annual meeting at the Academy at 2 PM.

The meeting will include a short business meeting to update the progress on organization of the society and to make any business decisions that may be needed.

The primary part of this event will be a talk on the Strong diary by our curator, Ellen Paul.
Light refreshments will be served, so come and join us for an interesting afternoon.

Membership application forms will be available at the meeting.

However, you need not be a member to attend this meeting. All are welcome.

Anyone with questions about the society can email Toni Richardson at jtrich1@optonline.net.

The Warren Historical Society, Inc. held an open house at the Academy on Sunday, May 28. Visitors heading to or returning from the Memorial Day Parade stopped by the Academy to see old pictures of Warren and a collection of historical documents and artifacts.

Warren had an historical society for many years, but it lost membership sometime in the 1990s. The new historical society has incorporated and is in the process of seeking tax exempt status for its donors. As part of the process for reestablishing an historical society for Warren, a membership campaign is now underway. Membership costs $10 per family and entitles participation in an annual meeting to be scheduled for October. Members will then elect the board of the society and its officers and be involved in selecting projects and focus for the society.

People who attended the Open House offered many useful ideas and suggestions for projects for the society. Some were interested in seeing markers designating important historical places in town, such as the Brick School. Others were interested in preserving and increasing the town’s store of historical documents. And some people were interested in programs about the history Warren.

The incorporating members of the society are anxious to involve more people in the society. Membership forms will be available at the Library, the town hall, and on line on the Historical Society page under Town Information.

The Warren Historical Society, Inc. will host an open house at the Academy on the day of the Memorial Day Parade. Members of the historical society will be on hand with punch and cookies at the Academy from 11:30 am to about 1:30 pm, so that parade-goers can visit before and after the noon parade.

Applications for membership in the society will be available along with explanations of the society’s mission.

All are invited to stop by, see the exhibits, join the society and celebrate Warren’s history.

Many of you will remember the tireless efforts the late Howard Whitney made to preserve and collect the history of Warren. Last year a generous donor left a box with Howard’s research notes in the Academy. It has taken me a while, but I’m pleased to report that I have finished cataloging and conserving them in acid-free folders and containers.
The information they contain is far reaching: information about the railroads, the iron works, the divisions, roads, old homesteads and more. The catalog itself is more than 15 pages. Individual queries on specific questions are welcome.
In addition, I have received a generous donation of the 1798 Direct Tax documents which shows all dwelling houses and appurtenant buildings in Warren. Warren is apparently one of only two towns in Connecticut for whom these lists have been preserved.
Any or all of the material pertaining to Warren’s history are open to researchers by appointment at the Academy.
Ellen Paul
Warren Town Historian

The Warren Historical Society has been dormant for many years.  Recently some townspeople have been talking about reorganizing the society and establishing some regular meetings and projects to help preserve the town’s history.

Ellen Paul, the curator of the historical holdings of the town, Toni Richardson, the last chairperson of record of the society and Jann Tanner, a townsperson with an interest in local history, will meet on February 10, 2006 at 2 pm at the Academy to begin the process of reorganizing the Historical Society.

Anyone with an interest in the town’s history is welcome to join the group at this meeting and help to reestablish the society and to revitalize its mission.

Topics for the meeting will include the steps needed to reorganize and the mission of the society.

My mother was born on a farm in Warren about 1924, It was her Grandmothers and Uncles farm the last name was Sabo or Szabo. She recently started to ask me if I would look this town up and what it was like. I enjoyed looking through all the photos of present and past. Very nice job. Any info would be appreciated.

The one room Northeast School House was on what is now known as Hardscrabble Rd., Warren, Conn. It had been closed for a number of years, but was reopened in September, 1911, after the Krasenics moved from the Bronx, NYC to the 360 acre Comstock Farm in July, 1911.

The teacher was Miss Marion Stone, Merryall, New Milford. It was
her first teaching assignment after graduating from Normal School.

She later married Charles Perkins and did not teach the
following year. Miss Evilyn Tanner was the teacher the following two years.

The Northeast School may have closed after the Krasenics moved from the Comstock Farm to the Morgan Farm on what is now known as Brick School House Rd.

A Miss Keogh taught the school on the NW corner on the junction
of Rt. 341 and Brick School Road. The school house is now part of the house on that corner. A nephew of Mr. Florio lived in that house.[/img]

Hello Everyone,

My beloved grandfather and grandmother were summer residents of Warren for decades. Their names are Joseph (Joe) and Elizabeth (Betty) Barnes, and their farm was on the East side of Angevine Road, near the Tanner place and just above the steep hill above the old chicken farm.

I spent many glorious days as a child in Warren. Recently I purchased a piece of the old farm — a dream of indescribable magnitude come true.

Does anyone remember Joe and Betty? Does anyone have any stories to share?

As curator of the Warren Historical Collection housed at the Academy, I wish to thank Anna Ponder and Charles Katan who generously donated their mother, Rose Breen’s, photograph album of the Brick School during her first years teaching there and her lesson plan book.

Both items have been accessed to our collection and are available for inspection by appointment.