Meet the Bishop family outside their home near the Norfolk-North Goshen town line. There’s Ernest and Sadie to the left…
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Mar 5
Harvesting ice was an important industry in Norfolk before the advent of mechanical refrigeration in the 1920s, and frozen ponds…
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Feb 9
Stopping to chat with a friend in a passing vehicle would be unthinkable these days at the busy curve on…
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Feb 1
Still standing today at the south end of the Green (but without the front porch), Crissey Place was one of…
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Jan 23
Imagine photographer Marie Kendall in a long skirt climbing Canaan Mountain with all her gear—view camera, lenses, tripod, dark cloth,…
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Sep 30
The Temperance Band has gathered outside Marie Kendall’s barn about 1890. Kendall was a member of the Women’s Christian Temperance…
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Sep 9
Tennis at Town Hall? The building we know as Town Hall was originally the Eldridge Gymnasium, built in 1892. Located within easy…
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Aug 6
Roller skating fever struck Norfolk in 1885, as it did many towns across the country. The Norfolk Roller Skating Association…
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Jul 21
The 1868 Soldiers’ Monument on the village green is one of the earliest tributes to Civil War veterans in Connecticut.…
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Jun 2
This familiar building with a handsome touring car parked in front was Dodd’s Garage. The son of an Irish immigrant…
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May 7