Old Lyme
Old Lyme | ||
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Location in Connecticut
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Basic data | ||
Foundation : | 1855 | |
State : | United States | |
State : | Connecticut | |
County : | New London County | |
Coordinates : | 41 ° 19 ′ N , 72 ° 18 ′ W | |
Time zone : | Eastern ( UTC − 5 / −4 ) | |
Residents : | 7,603 (as of 2010) | |
Population density : | 127.1 inhabitants per km 2 | |
Area : | 74.6 km 2 (approx. 29 mi 2 ) of which 59.8 km 2 (approx. 23 mi 2 ) are land |
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Height : | 6 m | |
Postal code : | 06371 | |
Area code : | +1 860 | |
FIPS : | 09-57040 | |
GNIS ID : | 0213483 | |
Website : | www.oldlyme-ct.gov |
Old Lyme is a city in New London County in the US state Connecticut , with about 7600 inhabitants (as of 2010). Old Lyme, along with the neighboring city of Lyme, is the namesake for Lyme borreliosis . Old Lyme is the US -Central from Sennheiser .
history
Old Lyme is located on the east bank of the mouth of the Connecticut River and was founded on February 13, 1665 from Saybrook on the west bank .
When New England hurricane in 1938 destroyed parts of the city.
Old Lyme artist colony
At the beginning of the 20th century, an artist colony was established in Old Lyme, which still exists today. Many important American Impressionists lived in the colony, including Childe Hassam , Edward Charles Volkert , Willard Metcalf , Wilson Irvine , William Henry Howe , Robert William Vonnoh, and Henry Ward Ranger . The Florence Griswold House, the seat of the colony, is now an Impressionist painting museum .
Colleges
The city has an art college.
sons and daughters of the town
- Graham Beckel (born 1949), actor
- Matt Nickerson (born 1985), ice hockey player
Personalities associated with the city
- Mathias J. Alten (1871–1938) landscape painter, lived in the city.
- Albert Einstein had a summer home in Old Lyme -
- The philosopher Susanne K. Langer died in the city.
- The American politician Thomas R. Ball died in the city in 1943.
- The economist Richard Theodore Ely died in the city in 1943.
- The American politician Thomas J. Dodd died in the city in 1971.
- Ornithologist Roger Tory Peterson died in the city in 1996.
- The crime writer George Harmon Coxe (1901-1984) lived in the city since 1941.
- Comedian and actor Chris Elliott has lived here since 2008.
- The neurophysiologist and cyberneticist Warren McCulloch had a farm here.
Web links
- Detailed statistics on Old Lyme - English
- Old Lyme Chamber of Commerce website - English
- Web presence of the art college
- Old Lyme city map for download - English
- Michelin map of Old Lyme and the surrounding area
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sennheiser website, selection USA, accessed on January 30, 2014
- ↑ Old Lyme Official Website , accessed March 26, 2014
- ↑ The Florence Griswold House in the Register of National Monuments of the USA ( Memento of the original from June 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed March 22, 2014.
- ↑ Florence Griswold Museum website, accessed on January 29, 2014
- ↑ Web presence of the art college , accessed on March 23, 2014
- ↑ City Data for Old Lyme, Connecticut, accessed January 30, 2014