Historic places in Manchester, Connecticut

Manchester in Hartford County has 10 properties on the National Register of Historic Places: 6 districts, 3 buildings, 1 site. The first was listed in 1978 and the most recent in 2009. The most common areas of significance here are architecture, industry, social history. 1 is a National Historic Landmark: Cheney Brothers Historic District.

Every National Register listing in Manchester

  1. Cheney Brothers Historic District

    Listed June 2, 1978 · District · National Historic Landmark (June 2, 1978) · National significance · Access information not verified

    Industry

    The Cheney Brothers Historic District was a center of the silk industry in Manchester, Connecticut, in the late 19th and early 20th century. [Wikipedia]

    Bounded by Hartford Rd., Laurel, Spruce, and Lampfield Sts. · NPS record #78002885

  2. Burnham, Edward L., Farm (also Batson Farm)

    Listed April 12, 1982 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    ArchitectureAgriculture

    Built in 1861, the house is a well preserved example of a vernacular Greek Revival farmhouse. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #82004436

  3. Case Brothers Historic District

    Listed June 30, 2009 · District · Local significance · Access information not verified

    ArchitectureIndustrySocial HistoryConservationInventionEngineering

    The Case Brothers Historic District encompasses a complex of homes, business, and recreational properties belonging to a prominent papermaking family in Manchester, Connecticut. [Wikipedia]

    680-728 Spring St., 40 Glen Rd., and rough boundaries of Case Mountain Recreation Area and Manchester Land · NPS record #09000468

  4. Main Street Historic District (also See Also:U.S. Post Office)

    Listed April 18, 1996 · District · State significance · Access information not verified

    Architecture

    The Main Street Historic District encompasses most of the historic central business district of Manchester, Connecticut. [Wikipedia]

    Roughly, Main St. from Center St. to Eldridge St. · NPS record #96000428

  5. Manchester Historic District (also See also: Cheney Brothers Historic District)

    Listed August 2, 2000 · District · State significance · Access information not verified

    ArchitectureIndustrySocial History

    The Manchester Historic District encompasses a historic planned industrial and residential area of Manchester, Connecticut. [Wikipedia]

    Roughly bounded by Center Spring Park, Main St., I-384 and Campfield Rd. · NPS record #00000857

  6. Manchester Historic District (Boundary Increase)

    Listed August 17, 2001 · District · State significance · Access information not verified

    ArchitectureSocial History

    Roughly bounded by E. Center, Harrison, Norman, Charter Oak, Main and Cottage Sts. · NPS record #01000881

  7. Pitkin Glassworks Ruin

    Listed April 9, 1979 · Site · State significance · Access information not verified

    IndustryHistoric - Non-AboriginalEconomics

    The Pitkin Glassworks Ruin is a historic industrial archaeological site at the Junction of Parker and Putnam Streets in Manchester, Connecticut. [Wikipedia]

    Address not published · NPS record #79002628

  8. US Post Office-Manchester Main (also Manchester Main Post Office)

    Listed January 21, 1986 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    Architecture

    The Weiss Center, formerly the U.S. Post Office-Manchester Main is a historic building at 491 Main Street in Manchester, Connecticut. [Wikipedia]

    479 Main St. at Center St. · NPS record #86000127

  9. Union Village Historic District

    Listed August 6, 2002 · District · Local significance · Access information not verified

    Social HistoryIndustryArchitecture

    The Union Village Historic District encompasses the core of a historic 19th-century residential mill village in Manchester, Connecticut. [Wikipedia]

    Roughly bounded by Union Pond, Oakland St., RR Right of Way, Marble St., Hockanum R. · NPS record #02000831

  10. Woodbridge Farmstead (also Meadow Brook Farm)

    Listed August 5, 1999 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    ArchitectureAgriculture

    Built about 1835, it is a well-preserved example of a Greek Revival farmhouse, with a history of ownership by a single family extending over more than 150 years. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #99000925

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Being on the National Register does not mean a property is open to the public. Many are private homes; please respect owners and view from public roads.