August 3, 2010 | Peter Morenus - UConn Communications

Stone by Stone

The Stone House on North Eagleville Road was built in 1937 as a tribute to agriculture. It contains stones from each of the 48 states that made up the U.S. at that time. Photo by Peter Morenus

<p>The Stone House, along North Eagleville Road. This house is built with stones collected from all 50 states. Photo by Peter Morenus</p>
The Stone House on North Eagleville Road, near Storrs Congregational Church, contains stones from each of the 48 states that made up the United States at the time the structure was built. The stones were donated by Mr. A.P. Marsh of New Britain to the Connecticut Grange, a fraternal organization for American farmers, which decided to use the stones to build a tribute to agriculture on the campus of what was then Connecticut State College. The structure was dedicated on May 16, 1937. Name plates were added in the 1960s, when stones from Alaska and Hawaii were incorporated. Photo by Peter Morenus