L. A. Dunton
Added to the National Register in 1993, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
L. A. Dunton is a National Historic Landmark fishing schooner and museum exhibit located at the Mystic Seaport Museum in Mystic, Connecticut. Built in 1921, she is one of three remaining vessels afloat of this type, which was once the most common sail-powered fishing vessel sailing from New England ports. In service in New England waters until the 1930s and Newfoundland into the 1950s. After a brief period as a cargo ship, she was acquired by the museum and restored to her original condition.
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The record
| Property type | Structure |
| Address | Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic, CT |
| County | New London County |
| Listed | Nov 4, 1993 |
| Reference number | 93001612 |
| Type of place | schooner |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places contributing property |
| Contributing resources | 1 structures |
| Standing | Yes |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic, CT |
| Coordinates | 41.36030, -71.96496 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Touro Synagogue National Historic Site · 35 mi · on Park Atlas |
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Nearby in New London County
Reference
Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 93001612. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.