Norfield Historic District

The Norfield Historic District is a 18-acre (7.3 ha) historic district in Weston, Connecticut that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1] It includes the present-day town center of Weston, which was known as Norfield during 1795–1920.[2]

Norfield Historic District
Norfield Congregational Church
LocationRoughly, jct. of Weston and Norfield Rds. NE to Hedgerow Common, Weston, Connecticut
Coordinates41°12′4″N 73°22′44″W
Area18 acres (7.3 ha)
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Greek Revival, Federal
NRHP reference No.91000955[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 31, 1991

It was listed for its meeting architectural criteria, and included 16 contributing buildings.[1] The district includes a total of 25 institutional and residential buildings, of which nine are more modern and non-contributing including the town hall and town library. The Norfield Congregational Church is the most prominent building.[2]

Norfield Congregational Church

Built in 1757, the church is located at 64 Norfield Road and still holds Sunday services.[3] The church property includes the Christian Education Building, a parish hall, a parking area, a memorial garden and a front lawn including the Weston World War II memorial.[4]

World War II memorial in front of the Norfield Congregational Church.
gollark: What?
gollark: Why? Heating armour and weapons and stuff?
gollark: Or use some other magic thing to "see" inside them, if that counts.
gollark: Well, you can still heat up their outside bit. Or argue that you can see some parts of their body which shouldn't be filled with water. Or command their skeleton if they have an exposed broken bone somehow.
gollark: smh not using radians

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Jan Cunningham (January 7, 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Norfield Historic District". National Park Service. and Accompanying nine photos, from 1990 (see photo captions pages and map pages 14-15 of text document)
  3. http://www.norfield.org/
  4. http://www.norfield.org/AboutNorfield/ChurchCampus/tabid/26157/Default.aspx


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