East Lyme

East Lyme (HMLLR)

Location: East Lyme, CT 06357 New London County
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N 41° 19.659', W 72° 11.649'

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East Lyme
Settled in the 1640's in part of Lyme and New London. East Lyme was made a separate town in 1839 by the Connecticut General Assembly. In what was originally a farming area along the Old Post Road, a cottage textile indistry developed similar to that in Belgium, which gained for the district the name of Flanders. Prior to the arrival of the settlers, the Nehantic Indians fished and hunted along the shoreline, and afterward lived amicably among the newcomers, who gave the district its name of Niantic, a variant of the tribal name.The Thomas Lee House (1660) and the Smith Harris House (1840) are both fine examples of the architecture of their times. A plaque at Bride Brook on Route 156 tells of a romantic marriage there in 1646 and marks the boundary between what was then Saybrook and New London. The Town now encompasses 34.8 square miles of beaches, ponds, streams, woodland, and fields. It is a noted summer resort and the home of the famous Niantic sacllop, a popular seafood.
Erected by the Town of East Lyme
the East Lyme Historical Society
and the Connecticut Historical Commission
1980
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HM NumberHMLLR
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Year Placed1980
Placed ByThe Town of East Lyme, East Lyme Historical Society, Connecticut Historical Commission
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Date Added Thursday, October 9th, 2014 at 11:46pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)18T E 734816 N 4578928
Decimal Degrees41.32765000, -72.19415000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 41° 19.659', W 72° 11.649'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds41° 19' 39.54" N, 72° 11' 38.94" W
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Area Code(s)860
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 100-108 Pennsylvania Ave, East Lyme CT 06357, US
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