National Register of Historic Places listings in New Haven, Connecticut

Location of New Haven in Connecticut

This is a list of National Register of Historic Places listings in New Haven, Connecticut.

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in the city of New Haven, Connecticut, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a Google or Bing map.^[1]

There are 258 properties and districts listed on the National Register in New Haven County. The city of New Haven is the location of 61 of these properties and districts, including 21 National Historic Landmarks; they are listed here, while the 199 properties and districts in the remaining parts of the county, including 1 National Historic Landmark, are covered in National Register of Historic Places listings in New Haven County, Connecticut. Two sites appear in both New Haven County lists.

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted February 3, 2012.^[2]

Current listings

[3]	Landmark name [4]	Image	Date listed	Location	City or town	Summary
1	Ahavas Sholem Synagogue		01995-05-11May 11, 1995	30 White St. 41°17′54″N 72°56′25″W / 41.298333°N 72.940278°W / 41.298333; -72.940278 (Ahavas Sholem Synagogue)	Hill	A former synagogue whose elaborate facade demonstrates "design effort directed, with considerable success, toward establishing a Jewish presence in the streetscape."[5]
2	M. Armstrong and Company Carriage Factory		02011-08-31August 31, 2011	433 Chapel St. 41°18′13″N 72°54′44″W / 41.303611°N 72.912222°W / 41.303611; -72.912222 (M. Armstrong and Company Carriage Factory)	New Haven
3	Beaver Hills Historic District		01986-07-31July 31, 1986	Roughly bounded by Crescent St., Goffe Terrace, and Boulevard 41°19′28″N 72°56′39″W / 41.324444°N 72.944167°W / 41.324444; -72.944167 (Beaver Hills Historic District)	Beaver Hills	A neighborhood developed in early 1900s which is one of the first car-oriented neighborhoods around, and preserves Colonial Revival and other residential architecture.[6]
4	Beth Israel Synagogue		01995-05-11May 11, 1995	232 Orchard St. 41°17′54″N 72°56′25″W / 41.298333°N 72.940278°W / 41.298333; -72.940278 (Beth Israel Synagogue)	West River	A Colonial Revival style building from 1925, designed by architect Louis Abramowitz for the orthodox synagogue.[7]
5	Elisha Blackman Building		01978-12-20December 20, 1978	176 York St. 41°18′29″N 72°55′57″W / 41.308056°N 72.9325°W / 41.308056; -72.9325 (Elisha Blackman Building)	Downtown	Built in 1883 as an investment by a former carriage manufacturer, the building was the first commercial + rental building in a residential area, perhaps displeasing neighbors, though at least the design and workmanship is very fine.[8]
6	Chapel Street Historic District		01984-04-05April 5, 1984	Roughly bounded by Park, Chapel, Temple, George, and Crown Sts. 41°18′20″N 72°55′47″W / 41.305556°N 72.929722°W / 41.305556; -72.929722 (Chapel Street Historic District)	Downtown and Dwight	A historic district representing the commercial development of New Haven in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.[9]
7	Russell Henry Chittenden House		01975-05-15May 15, 1975	83 Trumbull St. 41°18′48″N 72°55′23″W / 41.313333°N 72.923056°W / 41.313333; -72.923056 (Russell Henry Chittenden House)	Prospect Hill	Home of Russell Henry Chittenden, the "father of American biochemistry", from 1887 to 1943.[10] The irregularly shaped three story house with Queen Anne elements was built in 1887 of brick, frame and shingling with gabled roof sections, gabled dormers, interior chimneys with corbeled caps, a square corner tower and a round-arched first-floor window.[11]
8	Christ Church New Haven		02009-06-19June 19, 2009	70 Broadway 41°18′44″N 72°55′56″W / 41.31225°N 72.932269°W / 41.31225; -72.932269 (Christ Church New Haven)	Dixwell (in Broadway district)	Episcopal parish church, begun as an offshoot from New Haven's Trinity Church, the central Episcopal church on New Haven's town green. Gothic building, completed in 1898, was designed by architect Henry Vaughan and includes a stone tower in style one at Oxford University in England.[12]
9	Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station		01966-10-15October 15, 1966	123 Huntington St. 41°19′51″N 72°55′10″W / 41.330833°N 72.919444°W / 41.330833; -72.919444 (Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station)	Prospect Hill	Home of the first agricultural experiment station of any state that was started in 1875 in Middletown and moved to New Haven in 1877; its Osborne Library, built during 1882-83, is oldest building of any such station. Located at top of Prospect Hill, the station was center of early research on vitamins.[13]
10	Connecticut Hall, Yale University		01966-10-15October 15, 1966	Bounded by High, Chapel, Elm, and College Sts. 41°18′29″N 72°55′46″W / 41.308056°N 72.929444°W / 41.308056; -72.929444 (Connecticut Hall, Yale University)	Downtown	Georgian-style building from 1752 that is oldest Yale University building and only survivor of original Old Brick Row. Funded in part from the sale of a French ship. Gutted and rebuilt by after World War II.[10]
11	John Cook House		01983-11-03November 3, 1983	35 Elm St. 41°18′26″N 72°55′21″W / 41.307222°N 72.9225°W / 41.307222; -72.9225 (John Cook House)	Downtown	One of the oldest stone buildings in New Haven, the house has unusual sandstone quoining and a ballroom on the 3rd floor. Adjacent to the 1828 Caroline Nicoll House.[14]
12	James Dwight Dana House		01966-10-15October 15, 1966	24 Hillhouse Ave. 41°18′47″N 72°55′30″W / 41.313056°N 72.925°W / 41.313056; -72.925 (James Dwight Dana House)	Downtown	Home of Yale geologist, James Dwight Dana; designed by Henry Austin
13	Dwight Street Historic District		01983-09-08September 8, 1983	Roughly bounded by Park, N. Frontage, Scranton, Sherman, and Elm Sts. 41°18′38″N 72°56′23″W / 41.310556°N 72.939722°W / 41.310556; -72.939722 (Dwight Street Historic District)	Dwight and West River
14	East Rock Park		01997-04-15April 15, 1997	Roughly bounded by State, Davis, and Livingston Sts., Park and Mitchell Drs., and Whitney Ave. 41°19′41″N 72°54′21″W / 41.328056°N 72.905833°W / 41.328056; -72.905833 (East Rock Park)	East Rock and Hamden	Park designed by Frederick Law Olmsted
15	Edgerton		01988-09-19September 19, 1988	840 Whitney Ave. 41°20′04″N 72°54′52″W / 41.334361°N 72.914333°W / 41.334361; -72.914333 (Edgerton)	Prospect Hill and into Hamden	A 20-acre (8.1 ha) public park, site of the home of Eli Whitney II. In 1909, it became the estate of Frederick F. Brewster, with a mansion constructed. The mansion was demolished in 1964. Designed landscape remains.[10]:4,6
16	Edgewood Park Historic District		01986-09-09September 9, 1986	Roughly bounded by Whalley Ave. and Elm St., Sherman Ave. and Boulevard, Edgewood and Derby, and Yale Aves. 41°18′55″N 72°57′16″W / 41.315278°N 72.954444°W / 41.315278; -72.954444 (Edgewood Park Historic District)	Edgewood, Westville, and West River[15]
17	Farmington Canal-New Haven and Northampton Canal		01985-09-12September 12, 1985	Roughly from Suffield in Hartford County to New Haven in New Haven County 41°19′26″N 72°55′51″W / 41.323889°N 72.930778°W / 41.323889; -72.930778 (Farmington Canal-New Haven and Northampton Canal)	Newhallville, Dixwell, and Downtown	Extends northward through Hamden and Cheshire (other towns in New Haven County) to Hartford County. Built as a canal, later became a railroad line, and now a multi-use trail.
18	Five Mile Point Lighthouse		01990-08-01August 1, 1990	Lighthouse Point Park 41°14′56″N 72°54′14″W / 41.248889°N 72.903889°W / 41.248889; -72.903889 (Five Mile Point Lighthouse)	East Shore
19	Fort Nathan Hale		01970-10-28October 28, 1970	Southern end of Woodward Ave. 41°16′12″N 72°53′55″W / 41.27°N 72.898611°W / 41.27; -72.898611 (Fort Nathan Hale)	East Shore
20	Goffe Street Special School for Colored Children		01979-08-17August 17, 1979	106 Goffe St. 41°18′56″N 72°56′06″W / 41.315556°N 72.935°W / 41.315556; -72.935 (Goffe Street Special School for Colored Children)	Dixwell	Permanent school that grew out of a meeting of New Haven citizens in 1864. New Haven architect Henry Austin donated the design. Used until 1874, after African-American children began attending previously all white public schools, then the building was used by African-American community organizations.[16]
21	Grove Street Cemetery		01997-08-08August 8, 1997	200 Grove St. 41°18′49″N 72°55′39″W / 41.313611°N 72.9275°W / 41.313611; -72.9275 (Grove Street Cemetery)	Downtown	Final resting place of many Yale and New Haven notables including Roger Sherman, Noah Webster and Eli Whitney.
22	Hall-Benedict Drug Company Building		01986-06-05June 5, 1986	763-767 Orange St. 41°19′16″N 72°54′45″W / 41.321111°N 72.9125°W / 41.321111; -72.9125 (Hall-Benedict Drug Company Building)	East Rock
23	Hillhouse Avenue Historic District		01985-09-13September 13, 1985	Bounded by Sachem, Temple, Trumbull, and Prospect Sts., Whitney and Hillhouse Aves., and railroad tracks 41°18′50″N 72°55′23″W / 41.313889°N 72.923056°W / 41.313889; -72.923056 (Hillhouse Avenue Historic District)	Prospect Hill and Downtown[17]	Historic street with landmark nineteenth century mansions.
24	Elizabeth R. Hooker House		02010-05-27May 27, 2010	123 Edgehill Rd. 41°19′58″N 72°55′00″W / 41.332697°N 72.916717°W / 41.332697; -72.916717 (Elizabeth R. Hooker House)	Prospect Hill	English style Arts and Crafts suburban villa designed by Delano & Aldrich and built in 1914 for Elizabeth R. Hooker.
25	Howard Avenue Historic District		01985-09-12September 12, 1985	Properties along Howard Ave. between Interstate 95 and Cassius St. 41°17′31″N 72°55′59″W / 41.291944°N 72.933056°W / 41.291944; -72.933056 (Howard Avenue Historic District)	Hill (including City Point)
26	Imperial Granum-Joseph Parker Buildings		01986-03-06March 6, 1986	47 and 49-51 Elm St. 41°18′27″N 72°55′23″W / 41.3075°N 72.923056°W / 41.3075; -72.923056 (Imperial Granum-Joseph Parker Buildings)	Downtown
27	Lighthouse Point Carousel		01983-12-15December 15, 1983	Lighthouse Point Park, Lighthouse Ave. 41°14′54″N 72°54′12″W / 41.248333°N 72.903333°W / 41.248333; -72.903333 (Lighthouse Point Carousel)	East Shore
28	Lincoln Theatre		01984-03-01March 1, 1984	1 Lincoln St. 41°18′43″N 72°55′12″W / 41.311944°N 72.92°W / 41.311944; -72.92 (Lincoln Theatre)	Downtown	1925 theatre with English free style facade
29	Othniel C. Marsh House		01966-10-15October 15, 1966	360 Prospect St. 41°19′19″N 72°55′30″W / 41.321944°N 72.925°W / 41.321944; -72.925 (Othniel C. Marsh House)	Prospect Hill	Home of Yale paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh; now part of the Yale School of Forestry.
30	Lafayette B. Mendel House		01976-01-07January 7, 1976	18 Trumbull St. 41°18′39″N 72°55′07″W / 41.310833°N 72.918611°W / 41.310833; -72.918611 (Lafayette B. Mendel House)	Downtown	Home of Yale biochemist Lafayette Mendel; designed by Henry Austin
31	Morris House		01972-12-04December 4, 1972	325 Lighthouse Rd. 41°15′22″N 72°53′32″W / 41.256111°N 72.892222°W / 41.256111; -72.892222 (Morris House)	East Shore
32	Mory's		02005-01-25January 25, 2005	306 York St. 41°18′41″N 72°55′54″W / 41.311389°N 72.931667°W / 41.311389; -72.931667 (Mory's)	Dixwell (in Broadway district)
33	New Haven City Hall		01975-09-09September 9, 1975	161 Church St. 41°18′26″N 72°55′29″W / 41.307222°N 72.924722°W / 41.307222; -72.924722 (New Haven City Hall)	Downtown	Victorian Gothic structure designed by Henry Austin
34	New Haven County Courthouse		02003-05-16May 16, 2003	121 Elm St. 41°18′38″N 72°55′27″W / 41.310556°N 72.924167°W / 41.310556; -72.924167 (New Haven County Courthouse)	Downtown	Beaux Arts building from 1917, facing on New Haven Green, and containing "several of the city's grandest interior spaces". Site of Griswold v. Connecticut, a historic trial involving women's' right to birth control, and the trial of Black Panther Bobby Seale.[18]
35	New Haven Green Historic District		01970-12-30December 30, 1970	Bounded by Chapel, College, Elm, and Church Sts. 41°18′27″N 72°55′37″W / 41.3075°N 72.926944°W / 41.3075; -72.926944 (New Haven Green Historic District)	Downtown	Large town green includes three historic churches.
36	New Haven Jewish Home for the Aged		01979-06-19June 19, 1979	169 Davenport Ave. 41°18′09″N 72°56′23″W / 41.3025°N 72.939722°W / 41.3025; -72.939722 (New Haven Jewish Home for the Aged)	Hill
37	New Haven Lawn Club		02003-05-01May 1, 2003	193 Whitney Ave. 41°18′57″N 72°55′10″W / 41.315833°N 72.919444°W / 41.315833; -72.919444 (New Haven Lawn Club)	East Rock	Colonial Revival designed by Douglas Orr
38	New Haven Railroad Station		01975-09-03September 3, 1975	Union Ave. 41°17′51″N 72°55′37″W / 41.2975°N 72.926944°W / 41.2975; -72.926944 (New Haven Railroad Station)	Long Wharf	Beaux-arts station designed by Cass Gilbert
39	Caroline Nicoll House		01983-01-14January 14, 1983	27 Elm St. 41°18′27″N 72°55′19″W / 41.3075°N 72.921861°W / 41.3075; -72.921861 (Caroline Nicoll House)	Downtown	Adjacent to the John Cook House
40	Ninth Square Historic District		01984-05-03May 3, 1984	Roughly bounded by Church, State, George, and Court Sts. 41°18′17″N 72°55′28″W / 41.304722°N 72.924444°W / 41.304722; -72.924444 (Ninth Square Historic District)	Downtown
41	Orange Street Historic District		01985-09-12September 12, 1985	Roughly bounded by Whitney Ave., State, Eagle, and Trumbull Sts. 41°18′56″N 72°54′55″W / 41.315556°N 72.915278°W / 41.315556; -72.915278 (Orange Street Historic District)	East Rock
42	Oyster Point Historic District		01989-08-10August 10, 1989	Roughly bounded by Interstate 95, S. Water St., Howard Ave., Sea St., and Greenwich Ave. 41°16′59″N 72°55′47″W / 41.283056°N 72.929722°W / 41.283056; -72.929722 (Oyster Point Historic District)	Hill (City Point section)
43	William Pinto House		01985-09-12September 12, 1985	275 Orange St. 41°18′29″N 72°55′21″W / 41.308056°N 72.9225°W / 41.308056; -72.9225 (William Pinto House)	Downtown
44	Plymouth Congregational Church		01983-07-28July 28, 1983	1469 Chapel St. 41°18′41″N 72°56′40″W / 41.311389°N 72.944444°W / 41.311389; -72.944444 (Plymouth Congregational Church)	Dwight
45	Prospect Hill Historic District		01979-11-02November 2, 1979	Area between Whitney Avenue and Winchester Avenue north of Edwards Street/Munson Street 41°19′30″N 72°55′15″W / 41.325°N 72.920833°W / 41.325; -72.920833 (Prospect Hill Historic District)	Prospect Hill and Dixwell[19]	Area of historic mansions and some institutional buildings
46	Quinnipiac Brewery		01983-07-15July 15, 1983	19-23 River St. 41°18′14″N 72°53′37″W / 41.303889°N 72.893611°W / 41.303889; -72.893611 (Quinnipiac Brewery)	Fair Haven
47	Quinnipiac River Historic District		01984-06-28June 28, 1984	Roughly bounded by Quinnipiac Ave., Lexington, Chapel, Ferry, Pine, Front, and Lombard Sts. 41°18′35″N 72°52′59″W / 41.309722°N 72.883056°W / 41.309722; -72.883056 (Quinnipiac River Historic District)	Fair Haven and Fair Haven Heights
48	Raynham		01980-07-11July 11, 1980	709 Townsend Ave. 41°16′34″N 72°53′42″W / 41.276111°N 72.895°W / 41.276111; -72.895 (Raynham)	East Shore
49	River Street Historic District		01989-01-26January 26, 1989	Roughly bounded by Chapel St., Blatchley Ave., New Haven Harbor, and James St. 41°18′08″N 72°54′04″W / 41.302222°N 72.901111°W / 41.302222; -72.901111 (River Street Historic District)	Fair Haven
50	Southern New England Telephone Company Administrative Building		01997-11-24November 24, 1997	227 Church St. 41°18′33″N 72°55′25″W / 41.309167°N 72.923611°W / 41.309167; -72.923611 (Southern New England Telephone Company Administrative Building)	Downtown	Art deco building designed by Douglas Orr
51	Southwest Ledge Lighthouse		01990-05-29May 29, 1990	Southwestern end of the east breakwater at the entrance to New Haven Harbor 41°13′53″N 72°55′25″W / 41.231389°N 72.923611°W / 41.231389; -72.923611 (Southwest Ledge Lighthouse)	New Haven Harbor	Completed in 1877, this lighthouse with Second Empire style architecture above, was the first or one of the first built on a cylindrical iron foundation, an innovation to address shifting ice that is regarded as very important in lighthouse design.
52	St. Luke's Episcopal Church		02003-11-21November 21, 2003	111-113 Whalley Ave. 41°18′51″N 72°56′09″W / 41.314167°N 72.935833°W / 41.314167; -72.935833 (St. Luke's Episcopal Church)	Dixwell
53	Strouse, Adler Company Corset Factory		02002-08-22August 22, 2002	78-84 Olive St. 41°18′20″N 72°55′11″W / 41.305556°N 72.919722°W / 41.305556; -72.919722 (Strouse, Adler Company Corset Factory)	Wooster Square	A corset factory building
54	Trowbridge Square Historic District		01985-09-12September 12, 1985	Roughly bounded by Columbus and Howard Aves. 41°17′47″N 72°55′55″W / 41.296389°N 72.931944°W / 41.296389; -72.931944 (Trowbridge Square Historic District)	Hill
55	Upper State Street Historic District		01984-09-07September 7, 1984	Roughly State St. from Bradley St. to Mill River St. 41°18′53″N 72°54′41″W / 41.314722°N 72.911389°W / 41.314722; -72.911389 (Upper State Street Historic District)	East Rock
56	Welch Training School		01983-04-21April 21, 1983	495 Congress Ave. 41°18′04″N 72°56′15″W / 41.301111°N 72.9375°W / 41.301111; -72.9375 (Welch Training School)	Hill	Queen Anne architecture applied to a commercial building, by Leoni W. Robinson
57	Westville Village Historic District		02003-01-23January 23, 2003	Roughly along Blake St. and Whalley Ave.; also 827 Whalley Ave. 41°19′38″N 72°57′32″W / 41.327222°N 72.958889°W / 41.327222; -72.958889 (Westville Village Historic District)	Westville and West Rock[20]	Area of commercial buildings and more. 827 Whalley represents a boundary increase of 02006-10-25 October 25, 2006
58	Whitney Avenue Historic District		01989-02-02February 2, 1989	Roughly bounded by Burns St., Livingston St., Cold Spring St., Orange St., Bradley St., and Whitney Ave. 41°19′23″N 72°54′53″W / 41.323056°N 72.914722°W / 41.323056; -72.914722 (Whitney Avenue Historic District)	East Rock and Prospect Hill[21]	A middle- and upper-class residential neighborhood that showcases Queen Anne architecture, Shingle, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, and other architecture.
59	Winchester Repeating Arms Company Historic District		01988-01-28January 28, 1988	Roughly bounded by Sherman Parkway, Ivy St., Mansfield St., Admiral St., and Sachem St. 41°19′16″N 72°55′55″W / 41.321111°N 72.931944°W / 41.321111; -72.931944 (Winchester Repeating Arms Company Historic District)	Newhallville and Dixwell	historic district including Leoni W. Robinson-designed buildings of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company and surrounding areas of single- and multi-family workers' houses.
60	Wooster Square Historic District		01971-08-05August 5, 1971	Roughly bounded by Columbus, Wooster Sq., Chapel St., and Court St. 41°18′16″N 72°55′05″W / 41.304444°N 72.918056°W / 41.304444; -72.918056 (Wooster Square Historic District)	Wooster Square
61	Yale Bowl		01987-02-27February 27, 1987	Southwest of the intersection of Chapel St. and Yale Ave. 41°18′46″N 72°57′39″W / 41.312778°N 72.960833°W / 41.312778; -72.960833 (Yale Bowl)	Westville	Bowl stadium, model for the Rose Bowl and others. Home of the Bulldogs and The Game.

See also

• List of National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Connecticut

References