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This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in
Fairfield County, Connecticut
Fairfield County is a County (United States), county in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is the List of counties in Connecticut, most populous county in the state and was also its fastest-growing from 2010 to 2020. A ...
, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below may be seen in an online map.
There are 293 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 9
National Historic Landmark
A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is a building, district, object, site, or structure that is officially recognized by the United States government for its outstanding historical significance. Only some 2,500 (~3%) of over 90,000 places listed ...
s. Of these, 55 are located in the city of
Bridgeport
Bridgeport is the most populous city and a major port in the U.S. state of Connecticut. With a population of 148,654 in 2020, it is also the fifth-most populous in New England. Located in eastern Fairfield County at the mouth of the Pequonnoc ...
and covered separately in
. Thirty-four are covered in
and another 34 are covered in
. There are 171 properties and districts which are entirely outside those three cities or which span outside, and which are covered here in this list (
Merritt Parkway
The Merritt Parkway (also known locally as "The Merritt") is a limited-access parkway in Fairfield County, Connecticut, Fairfield County, Connecticut, with a small section at the northern end in New Haven County, Connecticut, New Haven County. ...
is listed here as well as in the Greenwich and Stamford lists).
All of the National Historic Landmarks are listed here or in the Greenwich and Stamford subareas. Forty-six of these here or in Greenwich or Stamford are
historic districts
A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from cer ...
.
[Forty-six are historic districts that explicitly include "Historic District" in their NRHP listing name. In addition there are other listings which are technically listed as historic districts because they include additional related buildings or other elements, in addition to a primary element that is the focus of the NRHP listing.]
Architecture addressed in the NRHP listings is quite varied. Of special interest is an unusual concentration of modern or
International Style houses in
New Canaan, Connecticut
New Canaan () is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 20,622 according to the 2020 census.
About an hour from Manhattan by train, the town is considered part of Connecticut's Gold Coast. The town is bounde ...
, designed by the "
Harvard Five" architects, including:
Landis Gores House, the
Richard and Geraldine Hodgson House
The Richard and Geraldine Hodgson House is a historic house at 881 Ponus Ridge Road in New Canaan, Connecticut. It is an International Style house that was built in 1951 to a design by Philip C. Johnson and Landis Gores. It was listed on the ...
, the
Philip Johnson Glass House, and the
Noyes House.
There are numerous bridges included in the listings. Seven are
moveable bridges
A moveable bridge, or movable bridge, is a bridge that moves to allow passage for boats or barges. In American English, the term is synonymous with , and the latter is the common term, but drawbridge can be limited to the narrower, historical ...
, including the
Saugatuck River Bridge
The Saugatuck River Bridge is a bridge in Connecticut carrying Route 136 over the Saugatuck River in Westport. The bridge, built in 1884, is the oldest surviving movable bridge in Connecticut and is listed on the National Register of Historic P ...
from 1884, the oldest moveable bridge in the state, and the
Washington Bridge
The Washington Bridge is a -long arch bridge over the Harlem River in New York City between the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx. The crossing, opened in 1888, connects 181st Street (Manhattan), 181st Street and Tenth Avenue (Manhattan), Am ...
which carries U.S. 1 into New Haven County. Five are moveable railway bridges: the
Mianus River Railroad Bridge, the
Norwalk River Railroad Bridge
The Norwalk River Railroad Bridge (also known as the Walk Bridge) is a swing bridge built in 1896 for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. It currently carries Amtrak and Metro-North Railroad trains over the Norwalk River.
The current ...
, the
Saugatuck River Railroad Bridge
The Saugatuck River Railroad Bridge, also known as Saugatuck River Bridge, is a railroad bridge carrying trackage of Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line over the Saugatuck River in Westport, Connecticut. It is one of eight moveable bridges on th ...
, the
Pequonnock River Railroad Bridge
The Pequonnock River Railroad Bridge is a railroad drawbridge (movable bridge) over the Pequonnock River in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Owned by the State of Connecticut and maintained and operated by both Amtrak and Metro-North Railroad, it is als ...
(in
Bridgeport
Bridgeport is the most populous city and a major port in the U.S. state of Connecticut. With a population of 148,654 in 2020, it is also the fifth-most populous in New England. Located in eastern Fairfield County at the mouth of the Pequonnoc ...
), and the
Housatonic River Railroad Bridge
The Housatonic River Railroad Bridge is a historic bridge carrying Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line trackage across the lower Housatonic River in the U.S. state of Connecticut. The bridge is also used by Amtrak for its Northeast Corridor servi ...
. One bridge is part of a dam and hydroelectric plant complex, the
Stevenson Dam Hydroelectric Plant. Five bridges bring roads across shorter crossings: the
Perry Avenue Bridge
The Perry Avenue Bridge over the Silvermine River in the Silvermine section of Norwalk, Connecticut was built in 1899. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.
Its depiction in paintings and photographs by artists of ne ...
in Norwalk; the
Main Street Bridge and the
Turn-of-River Bridge in Stamford; the
Riverside Avenue Bridge in Greenwich; and the picturesque
Pine Creek Park Bridge in Fairfield. Also there are numerous bridges that are included in the
Merritt Parkway
The Merritt Parkway (also known locally as "The Merritt") is a limited-access parkway in Fairfield County, Connecticut, Fairfield County, Connecticut, with a small section at the northern end in New Haven County, Connecticut, New Haven County. ...
listing, out of 69 original bridges of the parkway. (This includes both
bridges carrying the Merritt Parkway, and
bridges crossing it). Other bridges are
contributing structures
In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distric ...
within historic districts, such as the Pulaski Street Bridge within the
South End Historic District of Stamford,
[ and ] and a concrete arch bridge from 1941 in the
Aspetuck Historic District.
[ and ]
There are nine NRHP-listed lighthouses (including two
in Bridgeport).
Seven sites are listed partially or wholly for their association with the marches of French General Rochambeau's troops through the county on their way to and from
victory at Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781. The sites still evoke the character of the well-mapped route of the army in 1781 and 1782.
Current listings
Former listings
See also
*
List of National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut
This article describes National Historic Landmarks in the United States state of Connecticut. These include the most highly recognized historic sites in Connecticut that are officially designated and/or funded and operated by the U.S. Federal Go ...
*
National Register of Historic Places listings in Connecticut
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Places in the United States
* National, Maryland, c ...
References
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