Title:
Frederic Bill's Groton property went from mansion to oil terminal
Author:
Carol W. Kimball
Subjects:
Groton's Philanthropist Frederic Bill
Bill Memorial Library
Groton Heights School.
Bill Memorial Library
Groton Heights School.
Object ID:
Kim10-030
Object Name:
Scrapbook
Category:
8: Communication Artifact
Subcategory:
Documentary Artifact
Publisher:
The Day
Publication Place:
New London, CT
Pubication Date:
04/18/2005
Collection:
Carol W. Kimball
Summary:
Frederic Bill was born Sept. 7, 1833 in Groton although his birthplace now stands in Ledyard. A philanthropist, he left the town two substantial landmarks, the Bill Memorial Library and Groton Heights School. Frederic Bill, who established Groton's Bill Memorial Library in honor of his sisters, once lived in a mansion at the current site of the Amerada Hess Corp. oil terminal at 443 Eastern Point Road
People:
Bill, Frederic
Bill, Gurdon (Sr.)
Avery, Erastus
Bill, Lucy Denison
Bill, Eliza
Bill, Harriet
Bill, Henry
Bill, Julia O. Avery
Rowe, Henry C.
Glidden, Chester
Glidden, Joseph
Glidden, Helen
Rankin, John
Rankin, Martha
Chapman, Glenn
LaRoue, Bill
Avery, George (Professor)
Battles, Austin
Battles, Marie
Lassen, Grover V.
Bill, Gurdon (Sr.)
Avery, Erastus
Bill, Lucy Denison
Bill, Eliza
Bill, Harriet
Bill, Henry
Bill, Julia O. Avery
Rowe, Henry C.
Glidden, Chester
Glidden, Joseph
Glidden, Helen
Rankin, John
Rankin, Martha
Chapman, Glenn
LaRoue, Bill
Avery, George (Professor)
Battles, Austin
Battles, Marie
Lassen, Grover V.
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