Historic places in Hamden, Connecticut
Hamden in New Haven County has 16 properties on the National Register of Historic Places: 14 buildings, 1 structure, 1 site. The first was listed in 1974 and the most recent in 2021. The most common areas of significance here are architecture, social history, art. Open to visitors: Whitney, Eli, Gun Factory.
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Every National Register listing in Hamden
Hamden High School
Hamden High School is a four-year high school for grades 9 through 12. [Wikipedia]
2040 Dixwell Ave. · NPS record #94001378
Atwater, George, House
Built about 1820, it is a good local example of a vernacular Federal period farmhouse, with a well-preserved interior and unusual floorplan. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #91001921
Atwater-Linton House (also Appledore; Atwater,Jared,House)
Built about 1781 by a descendant of one of the area's first settlers, it was the home of wood-engraver and political activist William James Linton in the late 19th century. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #91001923
Congregation Mishkan Israel
785 Ridge Rd. · NPS record #100006598
Dickerman II, Jonathan, House (also The Old Red House)
Built about 1795 by the grandson of an early settler of the area, it is a well-preserved and unusual example of late Georgian architecture. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82004351
Elam Ives House
Built in 1790, it is one of Hamden's oldest houses, and was home to the economically important Ives family, from whom the Ivesville area takes its name. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #10000832
Farmington Canal Lock No. 13
Brooksvale Ave. · NPS record #82004350
Hamden Bank & Trust Building (also Union Trust Bank Building)
The Hamden Bank & Trust Building is a historic commercial building at 1 Circular Avenue in Hamden, Connecticut. [Wikipedia]
1 Circular Ave. · NPS record #90000148
Hamden Memorial Town Hall
The Hamden Memorial Town Hall houses the municipal offices of the town of Hamden, Connecticut, and serves as a memorial to its military service people. [Wikipedia]
2372 Whitney Ave. · NPS record #01000355
Johnson, Alphonso, House
Built in 1859, it is one of the town's few 19th-century brick houses, and a distinctive example of transitional Greek Revival-Italianate architecture. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #91001922
Mount Carmel Congregational Church and Parish House
It consists of an 1840 Greek Revival church with a tetrastyle temple front portico, and a 1911 Colonial Revival parish house. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #91001847
Pistol Factory Dwelling (also Whitney,Eli II,House)
Built in 1845 and enlarged before 1860, it is an unusual example of a Greek Revival worker's boarding house, built by Eli Whitney II (son and business success to inventor Eli Whitney) to house workers at his nearby pistol factory. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #91001846
Sleeping Giant Tower
200 Mt. Carmel Ave. at Mt. Carmel summit, Sleeping Giant State Park · NPS record #86001754
Todd, Orrin, House
Built about 1800, it is one of the best surviving examples of Federal period architecture in the town. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #91001845
Whitney, Eli, Gun Factory
The Eli Whitney Museum, in Hamden, Connecticut, is an experimental learning workshop for students, teachers, and families. [Wikipedia]
915-940 Whitney Ave. · NPS record #74002049
Whitneyville Congregational Church
The Whitneyville Congregational Church, now the Whitneyville United Church of Christ, is a historic Congregational Church at 1247-1253 Whitney Avenue in the Whitneyville section of Hamden, Connecticut, United States. [Wikipedia]
1247--1253 Whitney Ave. · NPS record #95000906
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