the north. Prior to its incorporation in 1854, it was known as the Pine Meadow section of Windsor. The towns of East Windsor and South Windsor are on the east side of the Connecticut River. The town of Bloomfield is to the west. The town of East Granby is to the northwest. The Farmington River joins the Connecticut River in Windsor. The Farmington River is dammed in the northwest corner of Windsor to form the Rainbow Reservoir. Historical points of interest The Joseph Kesselring stage play and Frank Capra movie Arsenic and Old Lace was inspired by actual events that took place in a three-story brick house on Prospect Street, just off the north end of the Windsor green. Sixty men died between 1907 and 1917 while in the care of Amy Archer-Gilligan. Most were proven to be victims of arsenic poisoning. On historic Palisado Avenue, one can find the First Church in Windsor, Congregational, and adjacent graveyard. Across the street on the Palisado Green stands a statue of John Mason, a founder of Windsor and a colonial leader in the Pequot War. The historic plaque also honors Robert Seeley, Mason's second-in-command. Nearby stands Windsor's oldest structure, the Capt. John Fyler house, built in 1640. Further north is the home of Oliver Ellsworth, third Chief Justice of the United States. The town center is well-planned in comparison to many others in the Greater Hartford area. It has a relative diversity of chains and local shops, as well as a restored Amtrak train station dating to the 1850s. The Vintage Radio and Communications Museum of Connecticut is located in Windsor. From 1957 to 2006, the town was the location of the S1C Nuclear Powered Training Unit; a prototype nuclear power plant for the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. The former site has the distinction of being the first nuclear reactor site to receive unrestricted release after demolition and decontamination efforts. Other notable sites Windsor is home to the following locations on the National Register of Historic Places: Allyn, Capt. Benjamin, II, House – 119 Deerfield Rd. (added 1979) Giles Barber House – 411–413 Windsor Ave. (added 1988) Bissell Tavern-Bissell's Stage House – 1022 Palisado Ave. (added 1985) Broad Street Green Historic District – roughly along Broad St. from Batchelder Rd. to Union St. (added 1999) Benomi Case House – 436 Rainbow Rd. (added 1988) Hezekiah Chaffee House – Meadow Lane, off Palisado