08/12/2026
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"The Brickwalk Lane Complex was established in 1955 and completed in 1958 under the direction and finances of Dr. Wall Willard Bunnell, general practioner from Scranton, Pennsylvania. After graduating from Yale University in 1929, he moved to Farmington. In the 1950s several buildings located on the north side of Farmington Avenue were to be demolished so that Parsons Motors, a car dealership, could expand. Bunnell purchased several of the endangered buildings and moved them to the area he named Brickwalk Lane. The first building the North District' Schoolhouse, now Wrights' Liquor Store, was probably built around 1830. The second was the lean-to section of the school. The third, now Ann Howard's Bakery, was formerly the Daniel Curtiss House and later the Tunxis Library. Its date of construction is around 1752. Bunnell also moved the Whitman Tavern to 8 High Street, south of the complex. Its woodshed he originally used as a playhouse for his 'children; however, it was later moved to its present site at the west end of Brickwalk Lane next to the modern bank. Its date of construction is unknown. Today it serves as a dental office. The last building
moved by Bunnell is the Mark Root House which today houses Tweeds & Tees. It originally stood on Meadow Road facing south, just west of New Britain Avenue. It is the only center-chimney colonial-period house in the complex. The two remaining buildings were built by Bunnell. They are 767 Farmington Avenue, today the Tweeds & Tees annex and the Beauty Shop behind the annex. The building at 2 High Street (within the complex) was built by D.W. Barney around 1935. Today it houses offices." - CT Historical Commission, 1986
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