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Brownstone Park May be a set of notable quarries in Portland, Connecticut. The brownstone mined from these quarries is an imperative source for development within the last mentioned half of the 19th century. The stone from these quarries is utilized in a number of point of interest buildings in Chicago, Boston, Unused York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Unused Sanctuary, Connecticut, and Hartford. The location is recorded as a National Noteworthy Point of interest, which too put it on the National Enlist of Notable Places, on May 16, 2000. Brownstone Park started in 1690 by James Stan Clift, who contracted with the town of Middletown to construct stonework in trade for a deed of arrive. Commercial quarrying begun in 1783 when the Brainerd Quarry Company started operations. Amid the top of the brownstone period, more than 1500 laborers were utilized by the quarries.