Historic places in Middletown, Connecticut
Middletown in Middlesex County has 35 properties on the National Register of Historic Places: 23 buildings, 10 districts, 2 structures. The first was listed in 1970 and the most recent in 2023. The most common areas of significance here are architecture, social history, education. 2 are National Historic Landmarks: Alsop, Richard IV, House, Russell, Samuel Wadsworth, House.
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Every National Register listing in Middletown
Alsop, Richard IV, House (also Davison Art Center)
Completed in 1839, the house is a distinctive example of transitional Greek Revival and Italianate architecture, and is nationally significant for the extremely well-preserved drawings on its interior walls. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #70000686
Russell, Samuel Wadsworth, House
Many architectural historians consider it to be one of the finest Greek Revival mansions in the northeastern United States. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #70000688
Town Farms Inn
The Town Farms Inn is a historic poor farm on Silver Street at River Road in Middletown, Connecticut. [Wikipedia]
Spring St. at River Rd. · NPS record #79002614
Arrawanna Bridge (also Bridge No. 4536)
The Arrawanna Bridge is a historic bridge, spanning the Coginchaug River near Berlin Street in Middletown, Connecticut, USA. Built in 1918, it is an early example in the state of an open-spandrel concrete arch bridge, and is one of the state's oldest bridges. [Wikipedia]
Berlin St. at Coginchaug R. · NPS record #04001092
Broad Street Historic District
The Broad Street Historic District encompasses a well-preserved 19th-century residential area in Middletown, Connecticut, USA. Centered on Broad and Pearl Streets West of Main Street, the area was developed residential in response to local economic development intended to revitalize the city, whose port was in decline. [Wikipedia]
Roughly bounded by High, Washington, Broad and Church Sts. · NPS record #88001319
Church of the Holy Trinity and Rectory (also See Also:Broad Street Historic District)
The Church of the Holy Trinity is an historic Episcopal church at 381 Main Street in Middletown, Connecticut. [Wikipedia]
381 Main St. and 144 Broad St. · NPS record #79002615
Coite-Hubbard House (also President's House)
Built in 1856, it is a prominent local example of high-style Italianate architecture. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #78002846
Connecticut General Hospital for the Insane (also Connecticut Valley Hospital)
Connecticut Valley Hospital in Middletown, Connecticut, is a public hospital operated by the state of Connecticut to treat people with mental illness. [Wikipedia]
Silver St. E. of Eastern Dr. · NPS record #85001920
Connecticut Valley Hospital Cemetery
The Connecticut Valley Hospital Cemetery is a historic cemetery on Silvermine Road in Middletown, Connecticut. [Wikipedia]
S of jct. of Silvermine Rd. & O'Brien Dr. · NPS record #100002718
Eclectic House, The (also The Eclectic Society of Phi Nu Theta Building)
Town-level location only · NPS record #12001111
Highland Historic District
The Highland Historic District is a U.S. historic district in Middletown, Connecticut. [Wikipedia]
Atkins St. and Country Club Rd. · NPS record #82003770
Hubbard, Nehemiah, House
Built in 1745, it is a center-chimney colonial style house built of clapboard siding and brownstone foundation with wood shingle roof; using a structural system of wood frame, post and beam with gable roof. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82003771
Main Street Historic District (also Main Street)
The Main Street Historic District encompasses the historic commercial center of Middletown, Connecticut, United States. [Wikipedia]
Roughly Main St. between College and Hartford Ave. · NPS record #83001275
Metro South Historic District (also See Also:South Green National Register District)
The Metro South Historic District encompasses a portion of the downtown area of Middletown, Connecticut. [Wikipedia]
Main and College Sts. · NPS record #80004064
Middletown Alms House (also C.B. Stone,Inc.)
It was originally used as a poorhouse and is the oldest surviving building built for housing the poor in Connecticut, as well as one of the oldest such in the United States. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82003772
Middletown South Green Historic District
Located in Middletown, Connecticut, the Middletown South Green Historic District was created to preserved the historic character of the city's South Green and the historic buildings that surround it. [Wikipedia]
Union Park area, on S. Main, Crescent, Pleasant, and Church Sts. · NPS record #75001922
Old Middletown High School
The Old Middletown High School building in Middletown, Connecticut, in the United States, occupies the southwest corner of Court and Pearl streets. [Wikipedia]
Pearl and Court Sts. · NPS record #85001826
Pledger, Jacob, House (also Miller-Dunklee House)
Built in 1803, it is one of only five surviving brick Federal style houses in the city. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82003773
Plumb House
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #78002848
Russell Company Upper Mill (also Sumner Brook Mill; Rubber Mill)
The Russell Company Upper Mill is an historic structure in Middletown, Connecticut, at the junction of Russell Street and East Main Street in South Farms, at the end of East Main Street's commercial and industrial development areas. [Wikipedia]
475 E. Main St. · NPS record #86000150
Russell, Edward Augustus, House (also Kappa Nu Kappa House)
A large wooded lawn extends to the Honors College (Russell House 1828) property to the north. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82004336
Saint Luke's Home for Destitute and Aged Women (also Saint Luke's Home)
St. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #82004337
Sanseer Mill
The Sanseer Mill is a historic 19th-century mill at 282 Main Street Extension in Middletown, Connecticut. [Wikipedia]
215 E. Main St. · NPS record #86002101
Starr Mill (also Russell Mill)
Two 19th-century factory buildings are sited on a bank beside Starr Mill pond on Beverly Heights just off Middlefield Street. [Wikipedia]
Jct. of Middlefield St. and Beverly Heights · NPS record #93001379
Starr Mill Road Bridge (also Beverly Heights Bridge; Bridge No. 4541)
The Starr Mill Road Bridge is a historic bridge in Middletown, Connecticut. [Wikipedia]
Starr Mill Rd. across the Cochinaug R. · NPS record #93001344
U.S. Post Office (also Old Middletown Post Office)
The Old Middletown Post Office, in Middletown, Connecticut, also known as the U.S. Post Office, was built in 1916. [Wikipedia]
291 Main St. · NPS record #82004338
Wadsworth Estate Historic District (also Long Hill; The Cenacle)
It is currently owned by the City of Middletown and is operated by the Long Hill Estate Authority. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #96000775
Ward, William and Mary, House
Town-level location only · NPS record #100006787
Washington Street Historic District
The Washington Street Historic District encompasses a residential area of Middletown, Connecticut that has a long history as a fashionable and desirable neighborhood. [Wikipedia]
Roughly bounded by Washington and Main Sts., Washington Terrace and Vine St. · NPS record #85001018
Wetmore, Seth, House (also Oak Hill; Sam Green House)
It was built of Clapboard siding, Brownstone foundation with asphalt shingle roof using a structural system of wood frame, post and beam with gable roof. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #70000689
Wilcox, Crittenden Mill (also Wilcox,Crittenden Mill Historic District)
The Wilcox, Crittenden Mill, also known as Wilcox, Crittenden Mill Historic District, is a 17-acre (6.9 ha) property in Middletown, Connecticut that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [Wikipedia]
234--315 S. Main St., Pameacha, and Highlands Aves. · NPS record #86003349
Williams, Captain Benjamin House
Built in the late 18th century, it is a particularly fine example of late Georgian architecture, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [Wikipedia]
Town-level location only · NPS record #09000143
Woodrow Wilson High School
The Middletown Woodrow Wilson High School is a former high school, now used as residential apartments, located at 339 Hunting Hill Avenue, Middletown, Connecticut. [Wikipedia]
Hunting Hill Ave. and Russell St. · NPS record #86002270
Xi Chapter, Psi Upsilon Fraternity (also Psi Upsilon Fraternity Building)
The Xi Chapter, Psi Upsilon Fraternity, also known as the Psi Upsilon Fraternity Building, is a fraternity chapter house at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut in the United States. [Wikipedia]
242 High St. · NPS record #09000870
YMCA of Northern Middlesex County (also Middletown YMCA)
99 Union St. · NPS record #100008583
Other towns in Middlesex County
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