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The Orange Center Historic District encompasses the historic town center of
Orange, Connecticut Orange is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, part of the South Central Connecticut Planning Region. The population was 14,280 at the 2020 census. The town is governed by a Board of Selectmen. History The Paugusset and Algonquian people ...
. Centered on the town green at the junction of Meetinghouse Lane and Orange Center Road, it has retained its character as a 19th-century agrarian town center despite significant 20th-century suburbanization around it. Originally established as a local historic district in 1978,Orange Connecticut Historic District
/ref> it listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
in 1989.


Description and history

Orange was originally part of
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, and was first settled in the late 17th century. It grew as a collection of dispersed farm properties through the 18th century, and in 1791 a common area, part of which survives as the town green, was set aside. A Congregational parish was authorized in 1804, prompting the construction of the present church. The town was separate incorporated in 1822. Growth of the town center was modest, because it was bypassed by major transportation routes. The Orange Congregational Church, designed by David Hoadley and built in 1810 on the town green, is a centerpiece of the district. This
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church features a
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, domed belfry and a painted black oval "window" on the front tower.Liz Deluca, The Historic District, A Walking Tour, Our Town Newspaper, June 10, 1997, pages 9-11. The district also includes the Stone-Otis House (Federal with
Greek Revival Greek Revival architecture is a architectural style, style that began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe, the United States, and Canada, ...
portico), built circa 1830 (now a museum) and The Academy, a schoolhouse built in 1878 with
stick style The Stick style was a late-19th-century American architectural style, transitional between the Carpenter Gothic style of the mid-19th century, and the Queen Anne style that it had evolved into by the 1890s. It is named after its use of linear " ...
elements, including an elaborate gable screen, also now a museum. The district includes examples of
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, Late
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, and
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. and


See also

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National Register of Historic Places listings in New Haven County, Connecticut National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, ...


References

{{National Register of Historic Places Federal architecture in Connecticut Historic districts in New Haven County, Connecticut Orange, Connecticut National Register of Historic Places in New Haven County, Connecticut Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut