Cyrenius H. Booth Library

Historical marker location:

25 Main Street, Newtown, Connecticut

( Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (Connecticut Route 25) and Church Hill Road (Connecticut Route 6), on the right when traveling south on Main Street.)

The first lollipop-making machine was invented in New Haven, Connecticut in 1908 by George Smith. He named the candy after a popular racing horse called Lolly Pop.