Litchfield, Connecticut, United States

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municipality town

Litchfield, Connecticut, United States, is a historic New England town known for its early role in American education and as the birthplace of author Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Aliases (4)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	municipality → town →
birthplaceOf	Ethan Allen Hitchcock → Harriet Beecher Stowe → Henry Ward Beecher → Oliver Wolcott Jr. →
country	United States →
county	Litchfield County →
foundedIn	1719 →
hasArchitecturalStyle	Federal architecture → Georgian architecture →
hasAreaCode	860 → 959 →
hasEconomicActivity	agriculture → retail → tourism →
hasFeature	historic town green →
hasGovernmentType	New England town meeting →
hasHistoricDistrict	Litchfield Historic District →
hasHistoricSignificance	early center of American education → important Federal-period town →
hasMajorRoute	Connecticut Route 118 → Connecticut Route 254 → Connecticut Route 63 → U.S. Route 202 →
hasNotableInstitution	Litchfield Female Academy → Litchfield Law School →
hasNotableResident	Harriet Beecher Stowe → Oliver Wolcott Sr. → Tapping Reeve →
hasPostalCode	06759 →
hasSettlementType	New England town →
hasSubunit	Bantam → East Litchfield → Milton → Northfield →
incorporatedIn	1719 →
listedOn	National Register of Historic Places →
locatedIn	Litchfield Hills →
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone →
namedAfter	Lichfield, Staffordshire, England →
near	Bantam Lake →
observesDaylightSavingTime	true →
partOf	Connecticut → Litchfield County → United States →
region	New England →
state	Connecticut →
wasMajorCenterFor	legal education in the early United States →

Referenced by (19)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Harriet Beecher Stowe → Harriet Beecher Stowe → Isabella Beecher Hooker ("Litchfield, Connecticut") →	placeOfBirth
Henry Ward Beecher → Thomas Kinnicut Beecher →	birthPlace
Litchfield County, Connecticut ("Litchfield, Connecticut") → Litchfield Hills ("Litchfield, Connecticut") →	contains
Litchfield Female Academy ("Litchfield, Connecticut") → Litchfield Historic District ("Litchfield, Connecticut") →	locatedIn
Milton, Litchfield, Connecticut ("Litchfield, Connecticut") → Northfield, Litchfield, Connecticut ("Town of Litchfield, Connecticut") →	partOf
Dutchess County ("Litchfield County, Connecticut") →	borders
Litchfield County, Connecticut ("Litchfield, Connecticut") →	countySeat
East Litchfield ("Litchfield town government") →	governedBy
Tapping Reeve →	hasPlaceOfBurial
East Litchfield ("Litchfield, Connecticut") →	hasPostalAddressRegion
Tapping Reeve →	placeOfDeath
Tapping Reeve →	residence
Tapping Reeve →	workLocation