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The Upper State Street Historic District encompasses a well-preserved neighborhood commercial district of the late 19th century in the East Rock neighborhood of
New Haven, Connecticut New Haven is a city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound in New Haven County, Connecticut and is part of the New York City metropolitan area. With a population of 134 ...
. The district is an irregular strip running NNE to SSW mainly along State Street in New Haven (between Bradley Street and the Mill River), one block west of
Interstate 91 Interstate 91 (I-91) is an Interstate Highway in the New England region of the United States. It provides the primary north–south thoroughfare in the western part of the region. The Interstate generally follows the course of the Conne ...
, the highway which determines the district's eastern and southern borders. and The district was listed on the U.S.
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 ...
in 1984. When New Haven's core area was laid out in the 1630s, what is now State Street started out as a path from that area to a series of meadows along the Mill River that were used as pasture land. A bridge spanned the Mill River in 1641, cementing the roadway's importance as an east–west travel route. It saw no significant commercial development, however, until after 1850, when the rapidly industrializing city began expanding into the area. By the 1890s the street had been almost fully developed as a neighborhood commercial center, serving the large residential area traversed by Orange Street and Whitney Avenue to the west. Most of the buildings lining State Street date to this first period of development. They are architecturally and functionally diverse, including commercial buildings, mixed-use commercial/residential buildings, light industrial buildings, and churches. Many of the commercial buildings have retained original features of their storefronts. Only a small number of buildings from that period have been demolished, and the surrounding streetscape suffered from the construction of Interstate 91 in the mid-20th century.


Gallery

File:Upper State1.jpg, 32 Walnut Street (about 1837), Franklin (now Jocelyn) Square. File:Upper State3.jpg, 977-9 State Street. File:Upper State4.jpg, 974-6 and 980 State Street. File:Upper State5.jpg, Eld Street west of State Street.


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National Register of Historic Places listings in New Haven, Connecticut __NOTOC__ 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, Con ...


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New Haven Preservation Trust: Upper State Street Historic District
with text adapted from NRHP nomination plus gallery of 10 photos
Upper State Street Association
{{National Register of Historic Places National Register of Historic Places in New Haven, Connecticut Greek Revival architecture in Connecticut Historic districts in New Haven, Connecticut Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut