Broad Street Historic District (Middletown, Connecticut)
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Broad Street Historic District | |
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Postcard view of Broad Street, 1905 postmark | |
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| Location | Middletown, Connecticut |
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| Coordinates | 41°33′32″N 72°39′04″W / 41.559°N 72.651°WCoordinates: 41°33′32″N 72°39′04″W / 41.559°N 72.651°W |
| Architect | Sage,Barzillai; Et al. |
| Architectural style | Colonial, Other, Federal |
| NRHP Reference # | 88001319[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 25, 1988 |
Broad Street Historic District, in Middletown, Connecticut, USA, consists of historic properties that line Broad Street just west of downtown. It is the third street up from the Connecticut River, deKoven being the first and Main Street being the second. Located on the eastern border of the Middletown Downtown Village District, the Broad Street Historic District is a 19th-century residential neighborhood. US Secretary of State Dean Acheson spent a period of his childhood in the historic district.
It is crossed by College Street and further south of Washington Street. Its southern end touches Middlesex Hospital, and overlaps of the easternmost portion of the Wesleyan University campus. It has the Russell Public Library and the book store Broad Street Books (not a listed property), used by many Wesleyan students.
Broad Street Historic District inventory
According to the NRHP nomination, the district includes the following contributing properties:[2]
- 9-11 Broad Street- 1820, Federal Style
- 15 Broad Street- 1880, Italianate
- 17 Broad Street- 1880, Italianate
- 23 Broad Street- c.1850, Queen Anne
- 25-27 Broad Street- c.1880, Queen Anne
- 51 Broad Street- c. 1850, Mid-19th century domestic, Henry Mansfield House
- Garage associated with 51 Broad Street
- 55 Broad Street- c.1910, Colonial Revival
- Garage associated with 55 Broad Street
- 59 Broad Street- c.1880, Queen Anne cross-gable
- Garage associated with 59 Broad Street
- 85 Broad Street- Queen Anne Style
- 89-91 Broad Street- 1840, Greek Revival, Crandall-Cornwell House
- 93-97 Broad Street- c.1840, Greek Revival, William Hubbard Atkins House
- 101 Broad Street- c.1840, Greek Revival, Enoch C. Ferre House
- Garage associated with 101 Broad Street
- 109 Broad Street- c.1845, Greek Revival, Samuel Stearns House
- 123 Broad Street- 1833 as Greek Revival church; Gothic Revival alteration 1875; modern additions 1970, 1986, Russell Library
- 138 Broad Street- 1883-1884, Stick Style, Joseph Elliott House
- 139 Broad Street- c.1860, Italianate, William Cooley, Jr. House
- Garage associated with 139 Broad Street
- 144 Broad Street- 1902-1903, Colonial Revival, Church of the Holy Trinity and Rectory. The rectory is also known as the Bishop Acheson House, and is now a retirement home operated by St. Luke's.
- 145 Broad Street- c.1880, Italianate
- Garage associated with 145 Broad Street
- 148 Broad Street- 1861, Victorian Italianate, Charles C. Hubbard House
- 151 Broad Street- c.1845, Greek Revival, Joseph Tobey House
- 148 College Street- 1822, Federal Style, First Randolph Pease House
- 151 College Street- 1832-1837, Greek Revival, Second Randolph Pease House
- 156-158 College Street- c.1880, 19th-century cross gable vernacular
- 157 College Street- 1840, Greek Revival
- 160 College Street- c.1775, Colonial, Hezekiah Hulbert Houser
- Garage associated with 160 College Street
- 161 College Street- 1840/1870, Greek Revival/Italianate
- Garage associated with 161 College Street
- 162-164 College Street- 19th-century vernacular
- Garage associated with 162-164 College Street
- 165 College Street- 1839 Greek Revival, c. 1880 Italianate alterations, Nathaniel Smith House
- 166-168 College Street- c. 1840 Greek Revival
- 169-171 College Street- 1839, Greek Revival, Davis Arnold House
- Garage associated with 169-171 College Street
- 170 College Street- c.1840, Greek Revival, Ezra Clark House
- Garage associated with 170 College Street
- 175 College Street- c.1825, Federal/Greek Revival,
- Garage associated with 175 College Street
- 180 College Street- c.1865, Italianate, Samuel T. Camp House
- 186 College Street- c.1870, Italianate
- Garage associated with 186 College Street
- 192 College Street- c.1880, Queen Anne
- Garage associated with 192 College Street
- 196 College Street- c.1870, Italianate, Theophilus Chandler House
- Garage associated with 196 College Street
- 200 College Street- c.1890, Queen Anne/Colonial Revival
- 201 College Street- c.1925, 20th-century institutional, Art Deco trim; condominiums 1982; Central School
- 208 College Street- 1765, moved to site c. 1830 from High Street, Colonial Gambrel, Joseph Hall House
- 212 College Street- 1886, 19th-century cross-gable
- Garage associated with 212 College Street
- 221-223 College Street- c. 1850/1870, Greek Revival/Italianate
- Garage associated with 221-223 College Street
- 229 Court Street- c. 1880, Queen Anne
- 234 Court Street- c. 1825-28, remodeled c. 1910, Colonial Revival, John & Susan Smith House
- 235 Court Street- c.1860, Greek Revival/Italianate
- 238 Court Street- c.1850, Greek Revival
- Garage associated with 238 Court Street
- 240-242 Court Street- c.1830, Georgian/Federal, Sage Russell House
- Garage associated with 240-242 Court Street
- 241 Court Street- c.1870, Mansard
- 250 Court Street- 1883-1884, Queen Anne/stick, J. Peters Pelton House
- Garage associated with 250 Court Street
- 251 Court Street- 1894-1896, Romanesque Revival converted to elderly housing 1980, Old Middletown High School (listed in its own right on the NRHP, reference number 85001826)
- 258 Court Street- 1880, Queen Anne, Eastlake detail, 1880
- Garage associated with 258 Court Street
- 264 Court Street- 1873, Mansard, Haskell-Vinal House
- Garage associated with 264 Court Street
- 267 Court Street- c.1870, Italianate
- 268 Court Street- c.1920, Jacobean Revival
- Garage associated with 268 Court Street
- 271 Court Street- c.1840, Greek Revival, Samuel Breese House
- Garage associated with 271 Court Street
- 279 Court Street- 1814, Federal, Oliver D. Beebe House
- 285 Court Street- 1911, Georgian Revival, Parsonage, First Congregational Church (since at least the 1970s, Wesleyan University English Department )
- (no number) Pearl Place- c.1860, 19th-century cross-gable
- 11 Pearl Street- 1874, Italianate, Camp/Wilcox House
- 12 Pearl Street- c.1850, Greek Revival cottage
- 15 Pearl Street- 1838, Greek Revival cottage, George E. Barrows House
- Garage associated with 15 Pearl Street
- 16 Pearl Street- 1839, Greek Revival cottage, Zebulon H. Baldwin House
- Garage associated with 16 Pearl Street
- 20 Pearl Street- c. 1840/1870, Greek Revival/Mansard,
- 24 Pearl Street- c. 1870, Mansard
- 28 Pearl Street- c. 1840, Greek Revival, Charles Brewer House
- Garage associated with 28 Pearl Street
- 59 Pearl Street- 1884, Queen Anne
- 60 Pearl Street- c. 1840, Greek Revival
- Garage associated with 60 Pearl Street
- 63 Pearl Street- c. 1900, Queen Anne/Colonial Revival
- Garage associated with 63 Pearl Street
- 64 Pearl Street- c. 1880, Queen Anne
- 66 Pearl Street- 1889, 19th-century domestic
- Barn/garage associated with 66 Pearl Street
- 70 Pearl Street- c. 1840, Greek Revival
- 73 Pearl Street- 1813, Federal, Starr/Russell House
- 74 Pearl Street- 1890, Queen Anne
- Garage associated with 74 Pearl Street
- 77 Pearl Street- 1900/1930 Queen Anne/Colonial Revival, Russell Carriage House
- 78 Pearl Street- 1886, James C. Hubbard House
- 80 Pearl Street- 1889, Queen Anne
- Garage associated with 80 Pearl Street
- 86 Pearl Street- 1889, Queen Anne
- Garage associated with 86 Pearl Street
- 90 Pearl Street- 1889, Queen Anne
- Garage associated with 90 Pearl Street
Pictures
Russell Library, ca. 1906
151 College Street, Second Randolph Pease House, now First Church of Christ Scientist, 2012
144 Broad Street, former rectory of the Church of the Holy Trinity, now elderly residential apartments
See also
References
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- ↑ National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "NRHP nomination for Broad Street Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-11-24.
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