Orville Hungerford was a two-term United States Representative for the 19th District in New York. He was also a prominent merchant, banker, industrialist, freemason, philanthropist, and railroad president in Watertown, New York.
Orville Hungerford
1830 Portrait Betsey Elizabeth Porter Stanley Hungerford
Three-dollar Jefferson County Bank note issued in 1824 and signed by cashier O. Hungerford
Orville Hungerford's home on 336 Washington Street
Farmington is a town in Hartford County in the Farmington Valley area of central Connecticut in the United States. The town is part of the Capitol Planning Region. The population was 26,712 at the 2020 census. It sits 10 miles west of Hartford at the hub of major I-84 interchanges, 20 miles south of Bradley International Airport and two hours by car from New York City and Boston. It has been home to the world headquarters of several large corporations including Otis Elevator Company, United Technologies, and Carvel. The northwestern section of Farmington is a suburban neighborhood called Unionville.
Northwest View of Farmington from Round Hill, by John Warner Barber, 1836
Post office and stage coach, 1907 postcard
Rattlesnake Mountain
First Church of Christ. Photo by Jack Boucher.