61 Waterbury Road
Prospect, CT 06712
ph: 203-758-5503
prospect
Carol Brooks Named new President of the Prospect Historical Society. Email: prospecthistorical
societyct@gmail.
com
The Hotchkiss House
The Hotchkiss House in Prospect Connecticut was owned by the Hotchkiss family for over 160 years, housing three generations of the family before becoming the headquarters of The Prospect Historical Society. The original structure of the farmhouse was built by Frederick Hotchkiss for his son, David Miles Hotchkiss, in 1819. During his lifetime, David Miles Hotchkiss, a town selectman and abolitionist, conducted lessons for a boarding school, The Select Academy, in one of the upstairs rooms of the house. David Miles's tenth child, David Bryant Hotchkiss, inherited the home from his father upon his death in 1878. Three of David Bryant's children, his son, Treat, and two of his daughters, Ruth and Mabel, never married and resided in the house for the entirety of their lives.
MEMBERSHIP FORM - see the column at right
Please print it out and send it in with your check($15.00 for an individual or $25.00 for family) made out to the Prospect Historical Society. All the information that you need is on the application!
CAR SHOW
SAVE THE DATE
The one of the first car shows of the year will be sponsored by the Prospect VFW Mattatuck Post 8075 which will benefit the Prospect Historical Society Scholarship Fund. The car show will be on April 29,2023 RT.68 Prospect, CT. from Noon - 4 PM. The gates open at 11:30 AM. All Vintage Cars and Trucks are Welcome ($10 entry). Door Prizes and Trophies will be awarded. Food and beverages will be for sale.
2023 SCHOLAR-SHIP
The Prospect Historical Society invites graduating seniors,(either high school or home school), who are residents of Prospect, to apply for a $1,000 scholarship. Applicants, who will be attending institutions of higher learning in the fall, can obtain an application online at www.prospecthistoricalsociety.org. Applications must be mailed to Prospect Historical Society, PO Box 7335, Prospect, CT. 06712 and postmarked by May 5,2023.
2022 Prospect Historical Society Scholarship WINNER IS
ISABELA MEJIAS
2022 PHS Scholarship Winner
The Prospect Historical Society recently awarded its $1000 Prospect Historical Society Scholarship to Isabela Mejias, who graduated from Woodland High School this year. She will be attending the University of Connecticut majoring in Nursing. She is the daughter of Peter and Sangeeta Mejias. Her service to the community was exemplary.
Isabela Mejias and her family were honored with a reception at the Hotchkiss House in Prospect.
The Prospect Historical Society Scholarship Committee included Patricia Geary, Patricia Rinckel, Patricia Ortale, John Guevin and Linda Weingart.
Prospect Historical Society
PO Box 7335
Prospect, CT. 06712
Scholarship Application
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Treat, Ruth, and Mabel were the last of the Hotchkiss family to live in the house, and are well-remembered by long-time Prospect residents. After their deaths, the house was left to their nieces, Prospect residents Ruth and Nellie Cowdell. The Cowdell sisters sold the house and the surrounding property to the town of Prospect in 1980 and upon their deaths, the town received a bequest from the sisters for the upkeep of the house. The house was entered into the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
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61 Waterbury Road
Prospect, CT 06712
ph: 203-758-5503
prospect