5 Sources behind this site

Where all of this came from.

Every place, date, distance and photograph on this site traces to one of the records below. Nothing about hours, prices or menus is stated, because no source publishes them.

Sources, what each one supplies, and the license it is used under.
SourceSuppliesLicense
OpenStreetMap
OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0
81 places, 6 named trails, 16 named ponds, and the avenue centerline ODbL 1.0
National Register of Historic Places
Greenwood Avenue Historic District registration form, reference 99001568
32 addressed resources in the historic district Public domain
Town of Bethel calendar
Bethel, CT events feed
Every event shown on this site Published by the Town
Wikimedia Commons
Open-licensed photography of Bethel
22 photographs and historic views CC0, CC BY, CC BY-SA and public domain
Wikipedia
Bethel, Connecticut
Background on the town, the district and the rail branch CC BY-SA 4.0

Photograph credits.

ImageByLicense
P.T. Barnum Square, a small triangular park with paved paths, benches and mature treesMagicpianoCC BY-SA 4.0
The brick former Bethel Opera House on Greenwood Avenue, with a bracketed corniceMagicpianoCC BY-SA 4.0
The Seth Seelye House, a white Greek Revival house with a full-height portico on fluted columnsMagicpianoCC BY-SA 4.0
A clapboarded former meeting house on Greenwood AvenueMagicpianoCC BY-SA 4.0
Bethel's Congregational church, white clapboard with a tall steepleMagicpianoCC BY-SA 4.0
The United Methodist Church at 141 Greenwood Avenue, its tower capped by a gold-leaf domeMagicpianoCC BY-SA 4.0
Bethel's town hall buildingUser:MagicpianoCC BY-SA 4.0
A brick church building in BethelUser:MagicpianoCC BY-SA 4.0
The Rev. John Ely House, an early clapboarded Bethel dwellingMagicpianoCC BY-SA 4.0
The Seth Seelye House seen from the street, now the Bethel Public LibraryDoug KerrCC BY-SA 2.0
The shopfront of Dr. Mike's Ice Cream Shop on Greenwood AvenueBrianeggeCC0
A row of commercial buildings along Greenwood AvenueJerry DoughertyCC BY 2.5
The Bethel Public Library building on Greenwood AvenueJerry DoughertyCC BY 2.5
The Bethel Metro-North station building beside the platformAdam Moss from East Amherst, New York, United StatesCC BY-SA 2.0
The platform at Bethel station on the Danbury BranchAdam Moss from East Amherst, New York, United StatesCC BY-SA 2.0
Bethel's Metro-North station seen from the parking areaRobert MortellCC BY-SA 3.0
A 1909 postcard looking down Greenwood Avenue, awnings out over the shopfrontsUnknown authorPublic domain
A circa-1910 postcard showing Bethel from aboveUnknown authorPublic domain
A circa-1910 postcard of South Street, BethelUnknown authorPublic domain
A 1914 postcard of the fountain at what is now P.T. Barnum SquareUnknown authorPublic domain
An engraved bird's-eye view of Bethel published in the nineteenth centuryO.H. Bailey & Co.Public domain
A historic panoramic view of Bethel villagehttp://maps.bpl.orgCC BY 2.0

How the data was gathered.

Records were collected from public sources that permit automated access, one request at a time, with an identifying user agent. The Town's own website publishes a policy asking automated clients not to crawl it, and that policy was followed: this site links to bethel-ct.gov and never reads it automatically.

Walking distances are computed from the OpenStreetMap centerline of Greenwood Avenue at a stated pace of about 3 miles an hour.