Lakeville, Connecticut
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Lakeville, Connecticut is a village in Salisbury in Litchfield County, Connecticut, on Lake Wononskopomuc. The town contains the Hotchkiss School, founded in 1892 and Lime Rock Park, a road course auto racing facility.
Ethan Allen made munitions in Lakeville during the American Revolution. Benjamin B. Hotchkiss, inventor of the Hotchkiss gun was born there; Hotchkiss School was founded by his widow, Maria Bissell Hotchkiss.
Harpsichordist Wanda Landowska was a resident from 1949 until her death in 1959.
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The town also contains the prestigious Salisbury School, a high school for boys.
