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            The town of Enfield situated on the Connecticut River and bordering on Massachusetts of which it was once a part, has its own “Miracle Mile.”  That is the mile long Enfield Historic District which was its first road (actually trail) from 1680 and now is an attractively wide boulevard with very spacious historic houses and lawns.  One of those houses was the home of the great African American singer and actor Paul Robeson during the 40s and early 50s.  The Old Town Hall Museum resides in a building constructed as a meeting house in 1775 and it was only a year later that services were interrupted by the drumming of one Captain Abbey to announce the outbreak of war at Concord and Lexington to the Minute Men who were in attendance.

            Present day Enfield is the home of a radically different kind of house construction.  The town’s largest employer is the U.S. headquarters of the Danish plastic brick and game manufacturer, The Lego Company. Hallmark Cards is the second-largest employer.  To continue with houses, In the 1780s, Enfield became the home of the only Shaker community ever established in Connecticut. The Shaker Historic District contains fifteen buildings in which were created some of the most beautiful furniture and crafts in American history.  Shakers believed that they served God by approaching every task with a sense of care that resulted in a distinctive style incorporating simplicity, utility and fine craftsmanship. The Shakers were pioneers of the principles of form and function that has also been called “Religion in Wood.” A number of Shaker creations can be seen at the Old Town Hall Museum. So there you have it, from the antique to the modern or really from the Shaker “cutting edge” design to the manufacture of plastic blocks that are an American (and worldwide) tradition, altogether in Enfield.