Richard W. Woolworth Library and Research Center

Richard W. Woolworth Library and Research Center is a library in Town of Stonington, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut which is located on Palmer Street. Richard W. Woolworth Library and Research Center is situated nearby to the museum Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House, as well as near the nature reserve Simmons Preserve (Avalonia Land Conservancy).

Email: library@stoningtonhistory.org
Type: Library
Also known as: “Stonington Historical Society Library”
Address: 40 Palmer Street, Stonington, CT 06378

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House and Elihu Island.

Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House

Museum

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The Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House is a historic house museum in Stonington, Connecticut, built in 1852–54. The house is a transitional style between the Greek Revival and the Victorian Italianate.

Elihu Island

Island

Elihu Island is a private island off the coast of Stonington, Connecticut. It is located in Wequetequock Cove, just southwest of Goat Island and northeast of the western tip of Sandy Point Island.

Goat Island

Islet

Goat Island is part of Stonington, Connecticut in Wequetequock Cove. It is just northeast of Elihu Island, and is also close to the coast along the Northeast Corridor. Sandy Point Island is nearby southwest along Little Narragansett Bay.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stonington and Stonington.

Stonington is a town located on Long Island Sound in New London County, Connecticut. The municipal limits of the town include the borough of Stonington, the villages of Pawcatuck, Lords Point, and Wequetequock, and the eastern halves of the villages of Mystic and Old Mystic.

Stonington

Town

Stonington is a borough and the town center of Stonington, Connecticut, United States, referred to by locals as "The Borough". The population was 976 at the 2020 United States Census, up from 929 in 2010.

Lords Point

Suburb

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Lords Point is a small private village on the Atlantic Coast in the town of Stonington, Connecticut, United States, established in 1909. Lords Point has over 200 houses and summer cottages, with an average summer population of 800 people.

Richard W. Woolworth Library and Research Center

Categories: building and education
Location: Town of Stonington, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.34313° or 41° 20′ 35″ north

Longitude

-71.90736° or 71° 54′ 27″ west

Operator

Stonington Historical Society

Open location code

87HC83VV+73

OpenStreetMap ID

way 948795187

OpenStreetMap feature

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Simmons Preserve (Avalonia Land Conservancy) and Richmond Cemetery (North Main Street).

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