Wallingford was the birthplace of Aaron Jerome (1764–1802), the great-great-grandfather of Winston Churchill inventor and publisher Moses Yale Beach (1800–1868), who would go on to found the Associated Press singer Morton Downey conservative talk show host Morton Downey, Jr. The station is served by Amtrak's Vermonter and Northeast Regional. The town undertook an overhaul to the roof and exterior with the help of state and federal grants in the early 1990s. Noted for its mansard roof, ornamental brackets and stone quoins - the interlocking exterior corners - the station is among the few remaining of its kind that were built during President Grant's administration at the height of railway expansion. In October, 1871, Wallingford's train station was completed for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. It was also during this period that many of the small silver and Britannia plants were combined to form the International Silver Company with its headquarters in Meriden, Connecticut and several plants in Wallingford. Wallace & Company the forerunner of Wallace Silversmiths. By mid-century, Robert Wallace acquired the formula for nickel silver and established with Samuel Simpson, R. In 1775 and again in 1789, George Washington passed through Wallingford.ĭuring the 19th century, Wallingford industry expanded with a considerable concentration of small pewter and Britannia ware manufacturers.
Six acre lots were set out and by the year 1675, 40 houses stretched along today's Main Street. On May 12, 1670, Wallingford was incorporated and about 126 people settled in the town. The “long highway” located on the ridge of the hill above the sandy plain along the Quinnipiac River is the present Main Street in Wallingford. Wallingford was established on October 10, 1667, when the Connecticut General Assembly authorized the "making of a village on the east river" to 38 planters and freemen. 10 National Register of Historic Places.
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