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Waterford Connecticut Vintage Retro Unisex Heavy Cotton Hoodie - Black Logo

Waterford Connecticut Vintage Retro Unisex Heavy Cotton Hoodie - Black Logo

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The Waterford hoodie, for the town that keeps Eolia’s gardens above the Sound. A medium-heavy cotton pullover with the Waterford vintage retro logo across the chest in black, made to be worn from the first cold morning to the last.

If you are buying one Waterford piece, this is the one that gets worn most: warm enough for the sideline, the dock and the drive home, and the hoodie that gets borrowed and never returned. It is the gift for the one who moved away from Waterford, and the one that arrives in time for the holidays if you order now.

A medium-heavy fleece pullover hoodie built for warmth that lasts. The regular, true-to-size adult fit comes with a three-panel hood, ribbed cuffs and waistband, and double-needle stitching where it counts, plus a tear-away label. 80% combed ring-spun cotton / 20% polyester; heather shades may be cotton–poly blends.

Waterford was the West Farms of New London, where the first English crops went in at Fog Plain in 1645 and granite quarrying began at Millstone Point in 1737; it became Connecticut’s 109th town on October 8, 1801, named for Waterford, Ireland. Twenty-three miles of coastline run between the Niantic and Thames rivers.

The 42-room Harkness mansion, Eolia, went up in 1906–07, Beatrix Farrand laid out its gardens from 1918, and the estate became Harkness Memorial State Park in the 1950s. The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center has run the National Playwrights Conference on the old Hammond estate since 1964. Eolia’s gardens, a granite coast and the long light of the Sound are the mark on this piece.


QUICK FACTS — WATERFORD CT HEAVY COTTON HOODIE

Town: Waterford, Connecticut

Founded: Incorporated Oct 8, 1801

Known for: Harkness Memorial State Park and the Eolia mansion; the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center; Millstone Point granite

Art: Waterford vintage retro logo, black (printed)

Blank: Unisex pullover hoodie, medium-heavy fleece, regular fit

Fabric: 80% combed ring-spun cotton / 20% polyester; heathers cotton–poly

Details: Three-panel hood, ribbed cuffs and waistband, tear-away label

Sizes: S, M, L, XL, 2XL

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How does your sizing work?

Every item is made to order, so please check the size chart on this page before you buy. Women's fitted tees run small; size up for a looser fit. Caps are one size with an adjustable strap.

How are items made and when will they arrive?

We make each item to order using premium blanks, embroidery and soft-hand prints. Production takes 2-5 business days (weekends and holidays excluded), then 4-10 days in transit via USPS, UPS or FedEx to U.S. addresses; most orders arrive within 6-15 business days. You'll get a tracking link the moment it ships. Any current shipping offer is shown in the bar at the top of every page and applies automatically at checkout, no code needed.

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How do I care for my item?

Apparel: wash cold, inside out, with like colors; no bleach; tumble dry low or hang dry. Embroidered pieces: iron inside out to protect the stitching. Caps: spot clean. Printed glasses and water bottles: hand wash only, no dishwasher, so the artwork lasts. Mugs and engraved glasses are dishwasher safe. Any item-specific care notes are in the description above.

Who makes this?

Merlin Classics is a small Connecticut brand making original retro designs for the towns people love. Every piece is printed, embroidered or engraved to order in the USA, and the business supports hunger relief in the communities our collections celebrate.

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Today Waterford keeps the balance it has always kept — a shoreline town that is half history, half easy coastal living. Its beaches and coves draw summer crowds: Waterford Beach Park, Jordan Cove, Alewife Cove, the marinas at Mago Point on the Niantic. Harkness and Seaside hold long stretches of the coast as open parkland, and the O'Neill keeps the lights on for new plays each summer. It is a town of villages and greens and granite walls, looking out across Long Island Sound, comfortable in its own quiet. Waterford has never needed to be loud to be itself.

Then, at the turn of the twentieth century, Waterford gained a palace by the sea. Edward and Mary Harkness — heirs to a Standard Oil fortune — built Eolia, a forty-two-room Renaissance Revival mansion, on a green point above the Sound around 1907. They laid out formal gardens, later refined by the great landscape architect Beatrix Farrand, and spent their summers there among the boxwood and the salt air. Mary Harkness left the estate to Connecticut, and in the 1950s it became Harkness Memorial State Park — its lawns, gardens, and water tower now open to anyone who wants to walk down to the water.

Why People Visit Waterford

Visitors come to Waterford for an unspoiled stretch of the Connecticut coast: the gardens and mansion at Harkness, a famous playwriting center, granite-walled woods, and rocky beaches on Long Island Sound. It sits minutes from New London and the Mystic shoreline, with two state parks holding long reaches of open coast. Equal parts heritage and easy beach time, Waterford rewards anyone who likes the shore quiet and the history close at hand.

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