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Farmington
Valley Arts Center: Arts Center Lane,
Avon Park North (860) 678-1867, (860) 674-1877.
Artists' studios, Fisher Gallery and Shop. Hours:
Wednesday - Saturday, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. and
Sunday, 12 noon - 5 p.m.; November - December:
Monday - Saturday, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Sunday 12
noon - 5 p.m.
First
Governor's House Guards and Stables, 232
West Avon Road. (860) 673-3525. Oldest
continuously operating cavalry unit in the United
States. Organized in 1778, it is part of the
State Militia. Open to the public Thursday Drill
Night, free, 7 :30 p.m. Sponsors horse shows in
June and October.
Museums
Living
Museum, 8 East Main Street. Open Sundays
2-4 p.m. May through October or by appointment;
free. Handicapped accessible. Dating from the
early 19th century, this building was originally
Schoolhouse No. 3 in West Avon. Collection
consists of artifacts, memorabilia, historic
photographs and maps. Located near the
intersection of Rt. 44 (East Main Street) and
Simsbury Road ( Rt. 10N). Parking and easy access
to the museum is off Rt. 10N on Enford Street
next to the Post Office.
Pine
Grove Schoolhouse, located at the
intersection of Harris Road and West Avon Road
(Rt. 167). Open Sundays 2 - 4 p.m. June through
October or by appointment; free. On October 7,
1865, a man with a team was paid $1.50 for
scraping and leveling the site for the Pine Grove
School. Constructed at a cost of $1,538.34, the
school opened in December. Miss Francis, its
first teacher, received $96.00 for a four month
winter term. English, grammar, mathematics,
geography, history, music, and art were the
subjects studied. The pupils walked to school
carrying books, slates, and tin dinner pails.
They took turns building a fire in a bench-type
stove. Girls sat on the left and boy s on the
right. Eight grades were taught here. For 62
years the school was known as School Number 7. In
1927 the town officially named it the Pine Grove
School. By then it served as a place for prayer
meetings and singing schools. It closed as a
school in 1949, but remained open as a branch
library, a nursery school, and a meeting place
for Explorer Scouts. Today it is set up as an
early 20th century schoolhouse complete with
bolted desks (c. 1865), hand slates (c.1900),
textbooks (c.1925), and a working stove.
Marian
M. Hunter History Room located on the
second floor of the Avon Free Public
Library, 281 Country Club Rd., Avon, CT.
(860) 673-9712. The Avon Historical Society
dedicated the Marian M. Hunter History Room on
February 4, 1989. It is named in honor of Marian
M. Hunter, long-time librarian and historian of
Avon. Researchers and interested residents may
find information on the general history of the
town, original old homes and buildings in Avon,
and genealogies of original families. The
collection includes photographs, postcards,
scrapbooks, maps, deeds, and other pieces of
memorabilia. Open Tuesdays 2 - 4 p.m. or by
appointment. Handicapped accessible. Visit the
Avon Library
on-line.
These museums
are maintained by the Avon Historical Society: PO
Box 448, Avon, CT 06001 (860) 678-7621.
Recreational Sites:
Avon has many parks and trails that are maintained by Avon
Recreation and Parks Dept. (860) 409-4332.
Trail information can also be obtained from the Town
Planning and Zoning Office (860) 409-4328. For location
of parks, check the town Recreation Map.
- Alsop Meadows
is a largely undeveloped and unsupervised natural
area consisting of 46.20 acre of woods and open
meadows. Used for walking, hiking, jogging,
cross-country skiing, canoeing (launch site
available), and camping (with permission). Garden
Plot Program is located here. Part of the
Forestry Management Program. Open dawn to dusk
year round. Access parking is between Nassau's
Furniture Store and Apple Healthcare on
Waterville Road (Rt. 10S) and East Main Street
(Rt. 44).
- Countryside
Park, located at 335 Huckleberry Hill
Road, provides access to 13. 2 acres of
recreational space including two ponds and a 6' x
25' building which is available with a full
kitchen and fireplace for recreation classes and
non-profit public meetings and functions and
rental by private groups. The park is open from
dawn to dusk year round. The building is
available from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. year round.
- Fisher Meadows,
located on Old Farms Road near the intersection
of Tillotson Road and adjacent to the Farmington
River, is made up of 233 acres consisting of a
lake for fishing, undeveloped areas for walking,
hiking, jogging, cross-country skiing and camping
(with permission). Part of the Forestry
Management Program. Four softball/baseball fields
open 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. April 1 to November 15. Four
all-purpose soccer fields open 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.
April 1 to November 15; a double-sided soccer
kick wall and a pavilion available April 1 -
November 15.
- Hazen Park,
an undeveloped park of 36 acres of open space and
wooded areas for hiking, jogging, cross-country
skiing and camping (with permission), is located
off Nod Road adjacent to Woodford Hills Road.
Open dawn to dusk year round.
- Huckleberry
Hill Recreation Area, a multi-purpose
park located along Huckleberry Hill Road with
parking access at the Old Huckleberry Hill
School. The area consists of 279.8 acres; 4.8
acres are developed and consist of one
all-purpose field, a small playground, one tennis
court, one basketball court and one small
pavilion. Available 9 a.m. - 8 p.m. from April 1
to November 15. The remaining acres of the
property are heavily wooded and used for walking,
hiking, jogging, cross-country skiing and camping
(with permission). Part of the Forestry
Management program. Open dawn to dusk year round.
- Sperry Park
consists of 9.4 acres and is located on Simsbury
Road (Rt. 10N) next to the old Towpath School.
The park is made up of three baseball diamonds
and one all-purpose field, and a small picnic
area at the entrance. Open 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. April
1 to November 15. Home of Avon Little League.
- Sycamore Hills
Recreation Area, located at 635 West Avon
Road consists of 33 acres of flat open areas for
soccer and other games and wooded areas for
hiking. The town pool (open mid-June to Labor
Day), one outdoor basketball court, four
all-weather tennis courts, a children's playscape
donated by the Mother's Connection, and a
pavilion are available April 1 to December 1. The
park is open from dawn to dusk year round.
- Town Green
is a one acre site located on West Main Street
(Rt.44) adjacent to the Town Hall. Also the site
of the Gazebo and the Veteran's Memorial. Open
dawn to dusk year round.
- Rails-to-Trails
project is a 4.5 mile section of the Farmington
Valley Greenway which runs along the abandoned
rail line stretching from Route 4 in Farmington
through Avon, Simsbury, East Granby and Suffield.
Parking at the Town Garage on Arch Road and at
the Old Towpath School at Sperry Park on Simsbury
Road (Rt. 10N). This trail can be used for
walking, jogging, roller blading, bicycling and
cross-country skiing. No motorized vehicles
(other than wheelchairs) are allowed. Open dawn
to dusk year round. For information , call
Planning and Zoning (860) 409-4328.
- Bel Compo Golf
Club: 65 Nod Road (860) 678-1358.
Challenging 18 hole layout with driving range,
putting green, and restaurant and lounge.
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