For Preservation Group, Modern Tech Provides Way To Remember The Past
The Eli Whitney Boarding House in Hamden, Connecticut. Solar panels are installed on the south-facing side of the roof.
Photo by Ryan Caron King for WNPR
Twenty-first century technology has made its way onto a 19th-century building in Hamden. WNPR recently visited the headquarters of the Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation, which just installed solar panels on its office.
Right across the road from the site of Eli Whitney’s old rifle factory is the “Boarding House.” Built in 1827, this large white building used to house some factory workers in Hamden. Since then, the site — and the house — made their way onto the National Register of Historic Places.