 Its architecture is reflective of these changes, and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.Waterford's Quaker Hill area was part of early land divisions when New London was settled by English Colonists in the mid-17th century.Much of the land in the area was acquired by James Rogers, whose family eventually split from the local Congregationalist church to form a sect (called "Rogerenes" after their leader) that borrowed from both Baptist and Quaker theology.