Prospect Hill is a neighborhood of the city of

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located in the north central portion of the city, directly north of

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. The neighborhood contains residences, institutional buildings of Albertus Magnus University and a portion of the main campus of

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, including the Science Hill area, the

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area and the

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. The City of New Haven defines the neighborhood to be the region bounded by the town of Hamden in the north, Winchester Avenue in the west, Munson Street/Hillside Place/Prospect Street in the southwest, Trumbull Street in the south, and Whitney Avenue in the east. Prospect Street is the main thoroughfare through the neighborhood.

Historic district

The Prospect Hill Historic District is a historic district that is significant primarily for its architecture. It encompasses most of the residential portion of the Prospect Hill neighborhood. The historic district includes major collections of

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, Shingle Style architecture,

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, and

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. Numerous other styles are also represented. and Some of the more significant properties which are included in the neighborhood are: *The John M. Davies House, an 1868 mansion designed by Henry Austin, now known as Betts House and home to

's international initiatives. *The Othniel C. Marsh House, home of prominent 19th-century

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(designated a

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), a earliest building of the

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, 123 Huntington St., home of the first agricultural experiment station in Connecticut (also designated as a National Historic Landmark) *Silk House,

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, c. 1915, at 75 Autumn Street, designed by architects

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*Celentano Public School, 370 Canner Street,

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, originally built as Yale's first observatory *237 East Rock Road,

with

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details, c. 1910, former home of Yale University president

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Other historic districts

In addition to the main Prospect Hill Historic District, the neighborhood planning zone includes the

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, an area adjoining Downtown New Haven south of Science Hill, and part of Edgerton Park. Because the neighborhood planning zone eastern boundary runs along Whitney Avenue, a row of houses on the west side of the

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is technically also within the neighborhood planning zone.

Demographics

The residential part of the neighborhood roughly corresponds to census tract 1418.. Census tract 1418 excludes the portion officially within Yale University. As of the 2000 census, the total population of census track 1418 was 4,052. Of the population, 43.02% identified as White, 32.33% as Black, 0.20% as Native American, 19.55% as Asian, 0.10% as Pacific Islander, 2.07% as some other race, and 2.74% as two or more races. Of the total population of any race, 4.94% identified as being Hispanic or Latino, while 11.77% identified as being of Chinese ethnicity.

References

External links

Prospect Hill Historic District
New Haven Preservation Trust website (text excerpt from NRHP nomination, plus gallery of 12 photos) {{coord, 41.326, -72.921, type:city_region:US-CT_dim:2000, display=title Neighborhoods in New Haven, Connecticut Historic districts in New Haven, Connecticut National Register of Historic Places in New Haven, Connecticut Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut