Gilded Age Program

POMFRET --- the Pomfret Historical Society will present a Fireside Chat on Pomfret’s Gilded Age at 7 p.m. at the Vanilla Bean Café. Benefits restorations and renovations in the Old Town House. Suggested donation: $10. 860-456-7228.

The railroads made Pomfret a “Little Newport” post-Civil War. Walter Hinchman and Stewart Chute will present the program, a grand virtual tour of Pomfret’s Gilded Age, the architecture which remains, and the railroad that started it all.