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Clapp House Preservation, Inc.
P.O. Box 115, East Windsor Hill CT 06028
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Chairman
Director
Secretary
Director
Treasurer
Director
Background:
Connecticut native
40+ year resident of South Windsor
Professional Life:
Insurance
International teaching
Community Involvement
Wood Memorial Library
South Windsor Warehouse Moratorium
Passions:
Travel, gardens, boats, books, music, FOOD
Hope for the Clapp House:
“… that this project will remind us of that our past is
equally as important as our future ...”
Clapp House Preservation, Inc.
P.O. Box 115, East Windsor Hill CT 06028
Background:
36+ year resident of South Windsor
Still has a Southern accent
Professional Life:
Senior Transportation Engineer
Non-Destructive Testing
Community Involvement:
South Windsor Historic District Commission - 20+ years
South Windsor representative on the Greater Hartford Transit District B.O.D. -9+ years
State Historian of the CT Society of the Sons of the American Revolution - 23+ years
Local S.W. history and genealogy researcher. Also commissioned a Kentucky Colonel by Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher for historical and genealogy research.
Active in both South Windsor’s 150th and 175th Anniversaries including town history displays for both and main speaker at the 150th Founder’s Day Celebration. Past involvement - I-291 Planning Committee, Planning and Zoning Alternate, Wood Memorial Library
Passions:
Gardening, Flea Markets, History, Travel, Fossils, Animal Rescue, DNA studies for genealogical purposes, College Basketball (Go UK!), Used Bookstores
Hope for the Clapp House:
The Clapp House is located at one of the major intersections in town and is a shining example as part of our town’s past. It will once again become our prideful welcome to those who enter town from the north. Progress is bringing our past with us into the future.
Background:
Grew up in the Whaling City, Massachusetts
Resident of South Windsor for 50 years
Professional Life:
Built a business with husband, restoring, preserving, designing and reproducing 18th century New England architecture. Work can be found across the country and has received national attention in books, magazines, newspapers and tv.
Community Involvement:
Past president of SW Historical Society
Perennial volunteer for all causes historical, charitable, humane
Passions:
18th century architecture, art, music, gardening, books.
Hope for the Clapp House:
Each time we lose another antique house, we lose another important piece of the picture of early America. Our hope is that by preserving the Clapp house it’s story will continue to inspire for generations.
Background:
48 year resident of South Windsor
Two children who attended the South Windsor School System
Professional Life:
Professor Emeritus, Manchester Community College
Health & Exercise Science Department
Ph.D., Kinesiology, University of Connecticut
Community Involvement:
Former Mayor of the Town of South Windsor
8-year member of the South Windsor Town Council
12-year member of the South Windsor Park & Recreation Commission
Passions:
Local Foods, Farmers Market, Farmland Preservation, Historic Preservation
Hope for the Clapp House:
“This project keeps our connection with the past and those who were here before us!”
Background:
Life-long resident
Professional Life:
Credit Dept, MMH/retired
Former SW Town Treasurer
SW Town Historian
Justice of the Peace
Constable
Community Involvement:
Former SW Farmers Market, Market Master
Recipient of the Eugene Policelli Award
Wood Memorial Library
South Windsor Democrats
Interests:
Travel, Gardening, Genealogy, Food
Background:
Grew up in Minnesota
Resident of Main Street South Windsor for 40 + years
Professional Life:
National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington, D.C.
Layout & Design, Image Concepts
Community Involvement:
South Windsor Historic District Commission, Chair, 20 + years
South Windsor Historical Society, 35 years
Friends of Wood Memorial Library, Director, 13 years, Board Member, 15 years
Passions:
Creative Endeavors – Art, Craft, Observing Birds and Nature, Gardening, Architecture
Hope for the Clapp House:
“By restoring the Clapp House and repurposing its use we will breathe new life and interest into South Windsor’s unique history..”