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County House, Tolland.


Title main	County House, Tolland.
Subject	Tolland (Conn.)
Subject	Jails Hotels
Category	Infrastructure Lifestyle
Description	Three-story building with a mansard roof, dormer windows, tall chimneys and porches on the first and second floors. A lamp hangs near the front door. Men and women stand on both porches. Most men wear suits and hats. A series of connected buildings extends toward the right. A covered pump is immediately in front of the clapboard addition which is partially covered with vines. A dirt road is in the foreground. Inscribed on back: "County House built 1785. Burned 1893 / The Mansion House burned the same year / Housed jailer & family & was a Hotel for court attendants / and others." "County House, Built 1785, Burned 1892. / Tolland Green, CT / County Jail in rear."
Date created	[ca. 1890]
Format extent	1 photographic print ; 13 x 18 cm.
Format medium	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number 1986.174.2 0544 img0057.pcd
Source	The Connecticut Historical Society.
Rights	Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Graphics Collection, The Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford.
SeqNum	1985
ObjCol	Photographs

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