List of National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut

This article describes National Historic Landmarks in the United States state of Connecticut. These include the most highly recognized historic sites in Connecticut that are officially designated and/or funded and operated by the U.S. Federal Government. There are no UNESCO-designated World Heritage Sites in Connecticut. There are many additional historic sites in Connecticut that are federally recognized by listing on the National Register of Historic Places, but only those NRHP-listed sites meeting particularly higher standards are further designated as National Historic Landmarks.

Current National Historic Landmarks

[1] Landmark name Image Date designated[2] Location County Description
1 Richard Alsop IV House
Richard Alsop IV House
January 16, 2009
(#70000686)
Middletown
41°33′30″N 72°39′22″W
Middlesex This distinctive house was built in the late 1830s in a transitional Greek-Italianate style. It now belongs to Wesleyan University.
2 A. Everett Austin, Jr., House
A. Everett Austin, Jr., House
April 19, 1994
(#94001189)
Hartford
41°46′51″N 72°42′33″W
Hartford Social hotspot and home of innovative Wadsworth Atheneum director Arthur Everett Austin, Jr..
3 Henry Barnard House
Henry Barnard House
December 21, 1965
(#66000803)
Hartford
41°45′25″N 72°40′33″W
Hartford Home of educator instrumental in the development of the American public school system.
4 Birdcraft Sanctuary
Birdcraft Sanctuary
April 19, 1993
(#82004371)
Fairfield
41°08′39″N 73°15′31″W
Fairfield Oldest bird sanctuary in the U.S., where Mabel Osgood Wright originated "birdscaping".
5 Henry C. Bowen House (Roseland)
Henry C. Bowen House (Roseland)
October 5, 1992
(#77001414)
Woodstock
41°56′50″N 71°58′36″W
Windham Gothic revival summer cottage visited by three U.S. presidents.
6 Bush-Holley House
Bush-Holley House
July 17, 1991
(#88002694)
Greenwich
41°02′05″N 73°35′53″W
Fairfield Home of Cos Cob Art Colony, c.1890-1920.
7 Buttolph-Williams House
Buttolph-Williams House
November 24, 1968
(#68000048)
Wethersfield
41°42′37″N 72°39′02″W
Hartford Exemplifies traditional early New England design.
8 Charles W. Morgan (Bark)
Charles W. Morgan (Bark)
November 13, 1966
(#66000804)
Mystic
41°21′39″N 71°57′55″W
New London Only surviving wooden ship from the nineteenth-century American whaling fleet.
9 Cheney Brothers Historic District
Cheney Brothers Historic District
June 2, 1978
(#78002885)
Manchester
41°45′52″N 72°31′32″W
Hartford A nineteenth century silk mill and traditional company town.
10 Russell Henry Chittenden House
Russell Henry Chittenden House
May 15, 1975
(#75001944)
New Haven
41°18′48″N 72°55′23″W
New Haven Home of Russell Henry Chittenden, the "father of American biochemistry".
11 Coltsville Historic District
Coltsville Historic District
November 13, 1966
(#66000802)
Hartford
41°45′13″N 72°40′28″W
Hartford Originally designated solely to encompass Armsmear, the home of arms maker Samuel Colt, this historic district was expanded in 1988 to include the Colt Armory, as well as worker housing and Colt Park.
12 Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
July 19, 1964
(#66000805)
New Haven
41°19′44″N 72°55′11″W
New Haven Home of the first state agricultural experiment station
13 Connecticut Hall, Yale University
Connecticut Hall, Yale University
December 21, 1965
(#66000806)
New Haven
41°18′22″N 72°55′46″W
New Haven Oldest building at Yale University
14 Connecticut State Capitol
Connecticut State Capitol
December 30, 1970
(#70000834)
Hartford
41°45′44″N 72°40′58″W
Hartford Designed by Richard Upjohn in Gothic and French Renaissance styles topped by gold leaf dome
15 Prudence Crandall House
Prudence Crandall House
July 17, 1991
(#70000696)
Canterbury
41°41′46″N 71°58′19″W
Windham Home of the abolitionist and educator Prudence Crandall
16 James Dwight Dana House
James Dwight Dana House
January 12, 1965
(#66000874)
New Haven
41°18′48″N 72°55′25″W
New Haven Home of Yale geologist James Dwight Dana, designed by Henry Austin.
17 Silas Deane House
Silas Deane House
November 28, 1972
(#70000835)
Wethersfield
41°42′42″N 72°39′10″W
Hartford Home of Silas Deane, member of the Continental Congress and America's first diplomat
18 Oliver Ellsworth Homestead
Oliver Ellsworth Homestead
December 20, 1989
(#70000707)
Windsor
41°52′43″N 72°37′29″W
Hartford Home of Oliver Ellsworth, the third Chief Justice of the United States.
19 Emma C. Berry
Emma C. Berry
October 12, 1994
(#94001649)
Mystic
41°21′35″N 71°57′59″W
New London One of the oldest surviving commercial vessels in the United States.
20 First Church Of Christ
First Church Of Christ
May 15, 1975
(#75002056)
Farmington
41°43′17″N 72°49′48″W
Hartford Church of the La Amistad freed slaves.
21 Fort Shantok Archeological District
Fort Shantok Archeological District
April 12, 1993
(#86000469)
Montville
41°28′40″N 72°04′40″W
New London Mohegan settlement and home of the seventeenth century sachem Uncas.
22 Florence Griswold House and Museum
Florence Griswold House and Museum
April 19, 1993
(#93001604)
Old Lyme
41°19′31″N 72°19′35″W
New London Boarding house frequented by American impressionist artists such as Henry Ward Ranger, Childe Hassam, and Willard Metcalf.
23 Grove Street Cemetery
Grove Street Cemetery
February 16, 2000
(#97000830)
New Haven
41°18′49″N 72°55′39″W
New Haven Final resting place of many Yale and New Haven notables including Roger Sherman, Noah Webster and Eli Whitney.
24 Hill-Stead
Hill-Stead
July 17, 1991
(#91002056)
Farmington
41°43′11″N 72°49′29″W
Hartford Colonial revival house and art museum located in the Farmington Historic District
25 Samuel Huntington Birthplace
Samuel Huntington Birthplace
November 11, 1971
(#71001009)
Scotland
41°41′55″N 72°05′08″W
Windham Boyhood saltbox home of the American statesman Samuel Huntington, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, Governor of Connecticut and first presiding officer of the Congress of the Confederation
26 Philip Johnson Glass House
Philip Johnson Glass House
February 18, 1997
(#97000341)
New Canaan
41°08′33″N 73°31′46″W
Fairfield Modern masterpiece of glass and steel; designed and occupied by architect Philip Johnson.
27 Kimberly Mansion
Kimberly Mansion
May 30, 1974
(#74002178)
Glastonbury
41°41′21″N 72°36′22″W
Hartford Home of Abby and Julia Smith, suffragists who successfully fought the town of Glastonbury on the issue of taxation without representation.
28 L. A. Dunton (schooner)
L. A. Dunton (schooner)
November 4, 1993
(#93001612)
Mystic
41°21′23″N 71°57′58″W
New London Classic fishing schooner and one of the last sail-powered fishing vessels built.
29 Litchfield Historic District
Litchfield Historic District
November 24, 1968
(#68000050)
Litchfield
41°44′51″N 73°11′25″W
Litchfield Well-preserved late 18th-early 19th century New England town that was the state's first historic district.
30 Lockwood-Mathews Mansion
Lockwood-Mathews Mansion
November 30, 1970
(#70000836)
Norwalk
41°06′36″N 73°25′05″W
Fairfield Second Empire style mansion built in 1864.
31 Othniel C. Marsh House
Othniel C. Marsh House
January 12, 1965
(#66000875)
New Haven
41°19′18″N 72°55′24″W
New Haven Home of Yale paleontologist Othniel Marsh; now part of the Yale School of Forestry (Marsh Hall).
32 Mashantucket Pequot Reservation Archeological District
Mashantucket Pequot Reservation Archeological District
April 12, 1993
(#86001323)
Ledyard
41°27′32″N 71°58′22″W
New London Expansive district on the Mashantucket Pequot Reservation containing archaeological remains relevant to Pequot history.
33 Stephen Tyng Mather Home
Stephen Tyng Mather Home
November 27, 1963
(#66000877)
Darien
41°06′45″N 73°28′27″W
Fairfield Home of conservationist Stephen Tyng Mather, who was instrumental in the formation of the National Park Service and served as its first director.
34 Lafayette B. Mendel House
Lafayette B. Mendel House
January 7, 1976
(#76002138)
New Haven
41°18′40″N 72°55′06″W
New Haven Home of Yale biochemist Lafayette Mendel; designed by Henry Austin
35 James Merrill House
James Merrill House
October 31, 2016
(#13000618)
Stonington
41°20′01″N 71°54′24″W
New London Home of James Merrill, one of the most significant American writers of the second half of the 20th century.[3]
36 Monte Cristo Cottage(Eugene O'Neill House)
Monte Cristo Cottage
July 17, 1971
(#71001010)
New London
41°19′56″N 72°05′45″W
New London Home of the Nobel prize-winning playwright Eugene O'Neill.
37 Edward W. Morley House
Edward W. Morley House
May 15, 1975
(#75002057)
West Hartford
41°45′27″N 72°45′12″W
Hartford Home of physicist Edward W. Morley, known for the Michelson-Morley experiment and for his work on the atomic weights of hydrogen and oxygen.
38 USS NAUTILUS (nuclear submarine)
USS NAUTILUS (nuclear submarine)
May 20, 1982
(#79002653)
Groton
41°23′13″N 72°05′17″W
New London The world's first operational nuclear-powered submarine.
39 New Haven Green Historic District
New Haven Green Historic District
December 30, 1970
(#70000838)
New Haven
41°18′29″N 72°55′37″W
New Haven Large town green includes three historic churches.
40 Charles H. Norton House
Charles H. Norton House
May 11, 1976
(#76002139)
Plainville
41°39′37″N 72°53′07″W
Hartford Home of Charles H. Norton, the inventor of precision grinding equipment.
41 Old New-Gate Prison
Old New-Gate Prison
November 28, 1972
(#70000839)
East Granby
41°57′36″N 72°44′44″W
Hartford Colonial prison; Loyalists were held here during the American Revolutionary War
42 Old State House
Old State House
December 18, 1960
(#66000878)
Hartford
41°45′57″N 72°40′24″W
Hartford Federal style building designed by Charles Bulfinch and completed in 1796.
43 Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House
Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House
June 19, 1996
(#96000971)
Stonington
41°20′34″N 71°54′23″W
New London Home of the pioneering Antarctic explorer and seal hunter Nathaniel Palmer.
44 Portland Brownstone Quarries
Portland Brownstone Quarries
May 16, 2000
(#00000703)
Portland
41°34′32″N 72°38′36″W
Middlesex These quarries, active since 1690, were the source of vast quantities of brownstone for New York City, Philadelphia, Boston, other urban areas' buildings.
45 Tapping Reeve House and Law School
Tapping Reeve House and Law School
December 21, 1965
(#66000879)
Litchfield
41°44′31″N 73°11′20″W
Litchfield First law school in the United States separate from a college or university, its influential graduates included Aaron Burr, Jr. and John C. Calhoun.
46 Frederic Remington House
Frederic Remington House
December 21, 1965
(#66000880)
Ridgefield
41°17′05″N 73°30′59″W
Fairfield Home of painter and sculptor Frederic Remington, famous for his depictions of the American West.
47 John Rogers Studio
John Rogers Studio
December 21, 1965
(#66000881)
New Canaan
41°09′00″N 73°29′51″W
Fairfield Studio of the popular nineteenth century sculptor John Rogers.
48 Samuel Wadsworth Russell House
Samuel Wadsworth Russell House
August 7, 2001
(#70000688)
Middletown
41°33′37″N 72°39′20″W
Middlesex Greek Revival mansion, designed by Ithiel Town; now part of Wesleyan University.
49 Sabino (Passenger Steamboat)
Sabino (Passenger Steamboat)
October 5, 1992
(#92001887)
Mystic
41°21′32″N 71°58′02″W
New London One of only two surviving members of the American "mosquito fleet", small steamers that served the inland waters of the United States.
50 Stanley-Whitman House
Stanley-Whitman House
October 9, 1960
(#66000882)
Farmington
41°43′23″N 72°49′25″W
Hartford Classic seventeenth century New England saltbox.
51 The Steward's House, Foreign Mission School
The Steward's House, Foreign Mission School
October 31, 2016
(#16000858)
Cornwall
41°50′38″N 73°19′51″W
Litchfield The first and last experiment in a domestically located "foreign" mission and represents educational and social politics concerning racial tolerance, Asian and Native American migration, and American identity in the early 19th century.[3]
52 Harriet Beecher Stowe House
Harriet Beecher Stowe House
February 27, 2013
(#70000710)
Hartford
41°46′01″N 72°42′03″W
Hartford Home of 19th century abolitionist writer and reform advocate Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
53 Jonathan Sturges House (The Cottage)
Jonathan Sturges House (The Cottage)
April 19, 1994
(#84000247)
Fairfield
41°08′47″N 73°16′00″W
Fairfield Early Gothic-revival cottage
54 Ida Tarbell House
Ida Tarbell House
April 19, 1993
(#93001602)
Easton
41°17′12″N 73°19′35″W
Fairfield Home of the muckraking journalist and author Ida Tarbell.
55 John Trumbull Birthplace
John Trumbull Birthplace
December 21, 1965
(#66000883)
Lebanon
41°38′03″N 72°12′56″W
New London Home of Connecticut Governor Jonathan Trumbull and birthplace of his son John Trumbull, the "painter of the Revolution"
56 Mark Twain Home
Mark Twain Home
December 29, 1962
(#66000884)
Hartford
41°46′03″N 72°42′05″W
Hartford Home of author, lecturer, and satirist Mark Twain from 1874 to 1891.
57 Joseph Webb House
Joseph Webb House
January 20, 1961
(#66000885)
Wethersfield
41°42′43″N 72°39′10″W
Hartford Site of the 1781 American Revolutionary War conference between General George Washington and French General Rochambeau.
58 Noah Webster Birthplace
Noah Webster Birthplace
December 29, 1962
(#66000886)
West Hartford
41°44′50″N 72°44′45″W
Hartford Home of the American lexicographer Noah Webster.
59 Henry Whitfield House
Henry Whitfield House
September 25, 1997
(#72001327)
Guilford
41°16′39″N 72°40′35″W
New Haven The oldest house in Connecticut, built in 1639
60 Austin F. Williams Carriagehouse and House
Austin F. Williams Carriagehouse and House
August 6, 1998
(#98001190)
Farmington
41°43′04″N 72°50′02″W
Hartford Temporary quarters for the Amistad Africans and a "station" on the Underground Railroad
61 William Williams House
William Williams House
November 11, 1971
(#71001012)
Lebanon
41°38′03″N 72°12′46″W
New London Home of William Williams, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
62 Oliver Wolcott House
Oliver Wolcott House
November 11, 1971
(#71001011)
Litchfield
41°44′36″N 73°11′16″W
Litchfield Home of the soldier and politician Oliver Wolcott, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and Governor of Connecticut
63 Yale Bowl
Yale Bowl
February 27, 1987
(#87000756)
New Haven
41°18′47″N 72°57′38″W
New Haven Bowl stadium, model for Rose Bowl and others. Home of the Bulldogs and The Game.

Former National Historic Landmarks

Landmark name Image Date listed Locality County Description
1 First Telephone Exchange
January 29, 1964 New Haven New Haven Location of the first commercial telephone exchange. Building was demolished in 1973 and replaced by a parking garage[4]

See also

References

  1. Numbers represent an ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
  2. The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
  3. "Secretary Jewell, Director Jarvis Announce 10 New National Historic Landmarks Illustrating America's Diverse History, Culture". Department of the Interior. November 2, 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  4. "Site of the First Telephone Exchange". National Historic Landmarks Program. National Park Service. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
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