The Long Ridge Village Historic District is a

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in the city of

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. The district, located in rural northern Stamford near the border with

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, was listed on the

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in 1987. Although the district includes a few early 19th-century properties, the area was most heavily developed between 1850 and 1920, and was a local center of shoe manufacturing until it was bypassed by railroads, sending the business nearer to downtown Stamford. The district extends along Old Long Ridge Road, and includes several property on adjacent Rock Rimmon Road. There are 34 historically significant houses, and two churches. and Significant contributing properties include: *St. Francis Episcopal Church, 503 Old Long Ridge Road, (see #11 in photo set accompanying NRHP document) *Hickford Marshall House, 528 Old Long Ridge Road (see accompanying photo #12)

References

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