Holding your attention in the south-west corner of Derby Green is a beautiful Italianate building, dating to As of the Sterling Opera House had been abandoned for more than 50 years, but the exterior is well-preserved and plans have been drawn up for a future renovation. Source: en. Daniel Humphreys took up residence in , marrying the widow Sarah Riggs Bowers in The house is open on weekdays and has been returned to a midth-century appearance.
Lots of original detail remains, in the hand-carved paneling throughout and the expansive fireplace in the rear chamber. There are regular visits from food trucks on weekends think wings, Caribbean food, BBW and crepes , and on Thursdays and Fridays you can order takeout from Dew Drop Inn and Roseland Pizza respectively.
These were accompanied by sours, a red ale, a stout and a lager. You can cross the Housatonic River to Shelton to look back at Derby from the west bank and see the 19th-century Derby-Shelton Dam, constructed to fill the Shelton Canal.
In the 17th century this park was the setting of a fort, constructed by the Pootatuck Indians who lived on the banks of the Housatonic, to prevent European colonists from progressing up the river. Fall in Connecticut of course brings marvellous foliage, but is also apple season, and orchards like this one in Shelton grow an almost overwhelming number of varieties. The farm store stays open until Christmas Eve, stocking the other produce grown here, including peaches, as well as local raw honey, apple cider, hard cider, scones, fruit breads and their famous cider apple donuts.
On the west bank of the impounded Housatonic River is a acre state park, with lofty mixed woodland, a beach, boat launch and the picturesque brook and waterfall that lends the park its name.
Indian Well is a horsetail waterfall, 4. After seeing the falls you could while away a warm sunny day at the beach and picnicking in the shaded grove close to the water. Threading through the park is the Blue-Blazed Paugussett Trail, and keen anglers cast off for the plentiful small and largemouth bass, yellow perch, carp, sunfish, yellow perch and white catfish.
At former reservoirs in the eastern part of Derby is a acre park named in tribute to a local Medal of Honor recipient.
You might be interested to know that this was one of the earliest areas in Derby to be settled by Europeans. Later, as the Borough of Derby swelled, brooks were dammed here to create reservoirs for steady water supply in the s. You can pay a visit to amble by the two ponds, and in the s the town opened a pair of soccer fields at the park. In its 6th generation, the Jones Family has been working this land in Shelton for more than years.
In summer you can call in to pick your own blueberries and strawberries. Come autumn the pumpkins are ready, and Pumpkinseed Hill Farm becomes a family day out with hayrides, farmyard animals, a corn maze, autumn squash, apples and fall flowers.
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