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For more than one reason, the Freeman Houses potential goes far beyond the state of Connecticut and

even national recognition and protection from the United States. The site qualifies for inclusion into the

United Nations Education, Science and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). What remains for inclusion on the

list is simply additional research about the history and restoration as well as an official proposal from the state

to UNESCO.

Already, UNESCO has included sites in the United States such as the Statue of Liberty and Independence

Hall. While certainly lesser-known, the Freeman Houses also gives a powerful testimony to the cultural

groups, beliefs, and values who lived in the United States at a significant moment in history during the Civil

War and leading into the Industrial Revolution.

WORLD HERITAGE

UNESCO’s World Heritage List

UNESCO (The United Nations Education, Science and Cultural Organization) provides measures for

the protection and recognition of cultural and natural sites. If listed under their criteria, the sites are

considered World Heritage. The organization itself came out of the world’s recognition for the need of

protection of sites after World

War II. Bombings,

specifically across Europe,

destroyed many irreplaceable

historically significant sites.

After the conclusion of the

World War, UNESCO

gradually came into being for

the sake of uniting the world

in the protecting of such sites.

UNESCO’s Headquarters: Paris, France – photo from Encyclopedia Britannica

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