Historic places in Branford, Connecticut
Branford in New Haven County has 32 properties on the National Register of Historic Places: 24 buildings, 7 districts, 1 site. The first was listed in 1972 and the most recent in 2019. The most common areas of significance here are architecture, exploration/settlement, agriculture.
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Every National Register listing in Branford
Branford Point Historic District
The Branford Point Historic District is a historic district in Branford, Connecticut. [Wikipedia]
Roughly along Harbor St. N from Curve St. to Branford Point, also Maple St. E. from Reynolds St. to Harbor St. · NPS record #88001583
Baldwin, Timothy, House
Built about 1819, it is a well-preserved late example of Georgian Colonial architecture, associated with a prominent local family. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #88002633
Baldwin, Zaccheus, House
Built in the last quarter of the 18th century, it is one of Branford's small number of surviving and well-preserved houses of that period. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #88002631
Beach, Samuel, House
Built about 1790, it is one of the town's modest number of surviving 18th-century houses. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #88002634
Blackstone House
Built in the second quarter of the 18th century, it is one of Branford's modest number of surviving 18th-century houses, and a well-preserved example of the Second Period of colonial construction. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #88002639
Bradley, Timothy, House
Probably built c. 1730, it is one of Branford's handful of surviving 18th-century houses. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #88002630
Branford Center Historic District
Roughly bounded by US I, Branford River on the East and South, Monroe, and Kirkham Sts. · NPS record #87000636
Branford Electric Railway Historic District (also Branford Trolley Museum)
The Shore Line Trolley Museum is a trolley museum located in East Haven, Connecticut. [Wikipedia]
17 River St. to Court St. · NPS record #83001278
Canoe Brook Historic District
The Canoe Brook Historic District encompasses a small but ethnically diverse residential area West of the center of Branford, Connecticut, which exhibits more than 200 years of architectural history. [Wikipedia]
Roughly along Bradley St., Cherry Hill Rd., Home Place, Lincoln Ave., Main and N. Harbor Sts. · NPS record #02000335
Frisbie, Edward, Homestead (also Captain Joseph Frisbie Homestead)
Built about 1790 by the grandson of one of Branford's first settlers, it is a little-altered and well-preserved example of Federal period architecture. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #85001058
Frisbie, Edward, House
Probably built about 1750, it is a fine local example of Georgian residential architecture, historically attributed to one of the area's early settlers. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #88002638
Harrison, Thomas, House
Probably built before 1723, it is one of the town's small number of surviving 18th-century houses, that is further distinctive because of its gambrel roof. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #88002644
Hoadley, Isaac, House
Built in 1757, it is a well-preserved example of Georgian residential architecture, with later Greek Revival features added. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #88002647
Hoadley, John, House
Built about 1810, it is a well-preserved example of late colonial architecture. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #88002674
Hoadley, Orrin, House
Built about 1785, it is a good example of late colonial residential architecture, and one of the town's modest collection of 18th-century buildings. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #88002646
House at 161 Damascus Road
Built about 1750, it is a well-preserved example of mid-18th century colonial residential architecture. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #88002632
House at 29 Flat Rock Road
Probably built in the late 18th century, it is a well-preserved example of a modest period farmhouse, a type of which relatively few now survive in the town. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #88002640
Howd, Eliphalet, House
Probably built about 1730, it is one of the town's few surviving 18th-century houses, and a good example of a two-story Georgian colonial house. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #88002637
Lewis, Isaac C., Cottage
Built in 1882, it is a well-preserved example of an eclectically styled Victorian seaside summer house. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #97000811
Norcross Brothers Granite Quarry (also Castellucci Quarry)
The Norcross Brothers Granite Quarry, more recently the Castellucci Quarry, is a historic granite quarry on Quarry Road in Branford, Connecticut. [Wikipedia]
Quarry Rd. · NPS record #03000315
Norton House
Built about 1715 in what is now Madison, it is one of Branford's small number of well-preserved 18th-century houses. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #88002645
Palmer, Hezekiah, House
Probably built in the early 19th century, it is an uncommonly late example in the town of colonial Georgian architecture. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #88002641
Palmer, Isaac, House
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #88002643
Pine Orchard Union Chapel (also Union Chapel; Pine Orchard Chapel)
Pine Orchard Union Chapel is a historic nondenominational chapel at 25 Chapel Drive in Branford, Connecticut. [Wikipedia]
25 Chapel Dr. · NPS record #00000815
Rogers, John, House
It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a side-gable roof, a large central chimney, and a center entry sheltered by a bracketed hood. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #88002642
Route 146 Historic District
The Route 146 Historic District encompasses a historic streetscape in Branford and Guilford, Connecticut. [Wikipedia]
Rt. 146 between Flat Rock Rd. and West River bridge · NPS record #90000569
Short Beach Historic District
Roughly bounded by Shore Dr., Beckett & Clarke Aves., Bungalow & Little Bay Lns, Court, Pentecost & Bristol Sts. · NPS record #100004544
Stick Style House at Stony Creek
Built in 1878–80 to a design by New Haven-based architect Henry Austin, it is a particularly fine example of the Stick style of architecture popular at the time. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #72001322
Stony Creek-Thimble Islands Historic District (also See Also:Stick Style House at Stony Creek)
The Stony Creek–Thimble Islands Historic District is a historic district encompassing a 19th-century summer resort area in Branford, Connecticut. [Wikipedia]
Roughly Thimble Islands Rd. between Rt. 146 and Long Island Sound and the Thimble Islands · NPS record #88002844
Swain-Harrison House
Built in 1724 by a descendant of Branford's founders, it is a good example of a Connecticut saltbox structure. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #75001924
Tyler, John, House
Built about 1710, it is one of the town's few surviving 18th-century residences, and a good example of late First Period architecture. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #88002635
Tyler, Solomon, House
Built about 1770, it is one of the town's few surviving 18th-century residences, and good example of Georgian architecture. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #88002636
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