495 Phoenixville Road, Chaplin, CT 06235
Phone: (860) 455-0073
Fax: (860) 455-0027
Email: assistant@chaplinct.org
TOWN OF CHAPLIN HOLIDAY CLOSURES
THE CHAPLIN TOWN HALL, LIBRARY AND SENIOR CENTER WILL BE CLOSED ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24TH & WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25TH
AND AGAIN ON
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31ST AND JANUARY 1, 2025
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OVER THE HOLIDAYS, CASELLA WASTE WILL DO THEIR GARBAGE AND RECYCLING PICKUP ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27TH AND FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 2025
Chaplin History from 1822 - 1972
A little bit of Chaplin history...
An extraordinary early 19th century building boom and a 20th century road improvement project created Chaplin, a village suspended in time. In the late 1700s, residents of what is now Chaplin had no town of their own. Their lands were divided among Mansfield, Hampton and Windham. To attend church, they had to travel a considerable distance over bad roads, often in inclement weather. Benjamin Chaplin, a wealthy deacon of the Mansfield church, who built his home on the Natchaug River, was among those who regularly made this long and uncomfortable trip to attend to his duties. Before Chaplin died in 1795, he bequeathed three hundred pounds ($1,500) to form an ecclesiastical society charged with building a new meeting house on the condition that this church be built within a mile and a quarter of his homestead.
The Chaplin church was built between 1812 and 1815 on Chaplin Hill, a knoll along the highway a half mile from Chaplin's home. Then, between 1820 and 1850, approximately 25 homes, a tavern, a general store, a dry goods store and a merchant's store were built adjacent to the church along a curved portion of the major north-south route that paralleled the Natchaug River. As a consequence, the majority of the houses that line the Chaplin Village street were built within a single thirty-year period. In 1822, the residents of this new village negotiated with the towns of Mansfield, Hampton and Windham to incorporate Chaplin, named in honor of the town's benefactor. Chaplin Street, as it is now called, became a mile long cut-off when State Route 198 was straightened in 1929, thus leaving most of the village homes intact and creating a unique study in time in northeastern Connecticut. In July 1974, Chaplin Village was designated a Historic District to preserve the character of the buildings and their settings for future generations.
Natchaug River Map:
Chaplin Town Hall 495 Phoenixville Road Chaplin, CT 06235
Town Hall Hours
Monday: 9AM to 3PM Tuesday: 1PM to 7PM Wednesday: 9AM to 3PM Thursday: 9AM to 3PM Friday: Closed
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