South Glastonbury has an incredible history! Old houses dating all the way back to 1748 and old mills and an Indian trading post were all part of this historical tour I volunteered at!
"The community known now as South Glastonbury was originally called Nayaug and was the first part of what would, in 1693, become the separate town of Glastonbury to be settled upon by the founding families of Wethersfield. At first predominantly agricultural in nature, South Glastonbury grew in leaps and bounds beginning in the early 1800s with the development of substantial manufacturing facilities along Roaring Brook. The closing of the mills brought industrial growth and to a halt, and a return to agriculture, most notably in the form of lowland tobacco farms and hillside fruit orchards. While a number of those are still in operation, South Glastonbury is now primarily a low-key commercial and residential community, albeit one with a long and varied history. As a result, the properties that you will be touring are a mixture of colonial, Greek Revival, and Queen Anne styles."
