were seated. Arts and culture Museums and other points of interest The Barker Character, Comic and Cartoon Museum, located in the northern section of Cheshire, holds a large collection of memorabilia, novelties and ephemera such as lunch boxes and Pez dispensers bearing the likenesses of characters from television, cartoons and comics. National Register of Historic Places Cheshire Historic District — Roughly bounded by Main Street, Highland Avenue, Wallingford Road, South Main, Cornwall, and Spring streets (added September 29, 1986) Farmington Canal Lock (Lock 12) — 487 N. Brooksvale Road (added March 16, 1973) First Congregational Church of Cheshire — 111 Church Drive (added March 16, 1973) Marion Historic District (added December 21, 1988) Parks and recreation The Farmington Canal Heritage Trail, a popular non-motorized recreational trail, runs through Cheshire along its route between Suffield, Connecticut, to the north and New Haven, Connecticut, to the south. The Hitchcock-Phillips House, a historic home, is located in town. Roaring Brook Falls along the Quinnipiac Trail in the southwest corner of town is Connecticut's tallest single drop waterfall, and is owned by the Cheshire Land Trust. Community parks and recreational facilities in town include: Cheshire Park, a 75-acre park geared towards active recreation Bartlem Recreational Area, a park with a playscape, skate park and picnic area. Mixville Recreation Area, offering winter sledding, swimming, and fishing at Mixville Pond Cheshire Community Pool, a swimming facility which was renovated in 2016 to offer a year-round, indoor pool. Education Cheshire, a part of Cheshire Public Schools, is home to one public high school, Cheshire High School, and one public middle school, Dodd Middle School. There are four public elementary schools: Chapman, Doolittle, Highland, and Norton Elementary. There are also several private and alternative schools in the town, including Cheshire Academy (originally the Episcopal Academy of Connecticut), which was founded in Cheshire in 1794 and currently educates students in the Upper School (grades 9–12/Post-Graduate Year). St. Bridgets is a Catholic school in Cheshire for grades preschool to 8th grade. Humiston is an alternative high school in Cheshire. The Legion of Christ, a Roman Catholic congregation, runs their novitiate and college of humanities on a complex on Oak Avenue. About 100 seminarians undergo two to four years of training for the priesthood there, including religious formation and classical humanities. Transportation Transportation within Cheshire is largely by car. Interstate 691 skirts the northern edge of the town. Interstate 84 passes