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The West Mountain Historic District is a
historic district 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 c ...
northwest of the center of
Ridgefield, Connecticut Ridgefield is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York ...
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 ...
that was listed 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 1984. It includes 12
contributing buildings 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 ...
. It is roughly centered on the junction of West Mountain Road and Oreneca Road, between Ridgefield center and the state line. It includes five large country estates developed in the early 20th century. Its "grandest" house is "Orenica", described as "a 1932
Georgian Revival style Georgian architecture is the name given in most English-speaking countries to the set of architectural styles current between 1714 and 1830. It is named after the first four British monarchs of the House of Hanover—George I, George II, Georg ...
stone structure of considerable pretension" that was home of
Philip Dakin Wagoner Philip Dakin Wagoner (July 24, 1876 – November 25, 1962) was an American businessman who became chairman of the Underwood Typewriter Company. Early career Philip Dakin Wagoner was born on 24 July 1876 in Somerville, New Jersey, son of Henry G. ...
(1876-1972), chairman of the board of the
Underwood Typewriter Company The Underwood Typewriter Company was an American manufacturer of typewriters headquartered in New York City, with manufacturing facilities in Hartford, Connecticut. Underwood produced what is considered the first widely successful, modern typewri ...
. and


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National Register of Historic Places listings in Fairfield County, Connecticut __NOTOC__ This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which t ...


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National Register of Historic Places in Fairfield County, Connecticut Colonial Revival architecture in Connecticut Historic districts in Fairfield County, Connecticut Ridgefield, Connecticut Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut {{Connecticut-NRHP-stub