Historic places in Old Saybrook, Connecticut

Old Saybrook in Middlesex County has 20 properties on the National Register of Historic Places: 14 buildings, 3 districts, 2 structures, 1 site. The first was listed in 1972 and the most recent in 2019. The most common areas of significance here are architecture, transportation, engineering.

Featured sites

Connecticut Valley Railroad Roundhouse and Turntable Site
Connecticut Valley Railroad Roundhouse and Turntable SiteOld Saybrook, CT · Site
Lynde Point Lighthouse
Lynde Point LighthouseOld Saybrook, CT · Structure
Old Saybrook Town Hall and Theater
Old Saybrook Town Hall and TheaterOld Saybrook, CT · Building
Whittlesey, Ambrose, House
Whittlesey, Ambrose, HouseOld Saybrook, CT · Building

Every National Register listing in Old Saybrook

  1. Connecticut Valley Railroad Roundhouse and Turntable Site (also 106-25)

    Listed April 28, 1994 · Site · State significance · Access information not verified

    EngineeringHistoric - Non-AboriginalTransportation

    The Connecticut Valley Railroad Roundhouse and Turntable Site is a former railroad facility located in Fort Saybrook Monument Park off Main Street in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. [Wikipedia]

    Off Main St. in Ft. Saybrook Monument Park in Saybrook Point · NPS record #94000395

  2. Lynde Point Lighthouse

    Listed May 29, 1990 · Structure · State significance · Access information not verified

    EngineeringTransportation

    The Lynde Point Light or Lynde Point Lighthouse, also known as Saybrook Inner Lighthouse, is a lighthouse in Connecticut, United States, on the west side of the mouth of the Connecticut River on the Long Island Sound, Old Saybrook, Connecticut. [Wikipedia]

    SE terminus of Sequassen Ave. · NPS record #89001469

  3. Old Saybrook Town Hall and Theater (also The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center and Theatre)

    Listed June 21, 2007 · Building · State significance · Access information not verified

    Architecture

    The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, known as The Kate, is a performing arts center in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, that opened in 2009. [Wikipedia]

    300 Main St. · NPS record #07000558

  4. Whittlesey, Ambrose, House

    Listed August 23, 1985 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    Politics/GovernmentArchitecture

    The house was built in two sections. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #85001830

  5. Black Horse Tavern

    Listed December 1, 1978 · Building · State significance · Access information not verified

    TransportationExploration/SettlementArchitecture

    The Black Horse Tavern is a historic building at 175 North Cove Road in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, built around 1712 by John Burrows. [Wikipedia]

    SE of Old Saybrook at 175 N. Cove Rd. · NPS record #78002851

  6. Bushnell, Elisha, House (also Older Bushnell House)

    Listed November 29, 1978 · Building · State significance · Access information not verified

    Architecture

    With a construction history dating to 1678, it is one of Connecticut's oldest surviving buildings, exhibiting an evolutionary construction history. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #78002850

  7. Bushnell-Dickinson House

    Listed August 28, 2013 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    Architecture

    With a construction history dating to about 1790, it is a fine local example of Federal period residential architecture. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #13000289

  8. Cypress Cemetery

    Listed October 2, 2018 · District · Local significance · Access information not verified

    Art

    Cypress Cemetery is an historic cemetery at 100 College Street in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. [Wikipedia]

    100 College St. · NPS record #100003006

  9. Dudley, Jedidiah, House (also John Whittlesey Jr. House)

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

    TransportationArchitectureSocial History

    The Jedidiah Dudley House, (also known as the John Whittlesey Jr. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #82004339

  10. Eliot, Samuel, House

    Listed November 9, 1972 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    Architecture

    Probably built in 1737, it is a well-preserved example of Georgian residential architecture, and one of Old Saybrook's older buildings. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #72001316

  11. Hart, Gen. William, House (also See Also:Old Saybrook South Green)

    Listed November 9, 1972 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    Architecture

    The Gen. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #72001318

  12. James Pharmacy (also See Also:Old Saybrook South Green Historic District)

    Listed August 5, 1994 · Building · State significance · Access information not verified

    BlackHealth/MedicineOther

    The James Pharmacy is a historic building at 2 Pennywise Lane in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. [Wikipedia]

    2 Pennywise Ln. · NPS record #94000845

  13. North Cove Historic District (also See also:Tulley, Willam, House; Black Horse Tavern)

    Listed July 22, 1994 · District · State significance · Access information not verified

    ArchitectureCommerce

    The North Cove Historic District encompasses a historic waterfront community on North Cove Road in Saybrook, Connecticut, United States. [Wikipedia]

    Roughly, N. Cove Rd. from Church St. to the Connecticut R. and adjacent properties on Cromwell Pl. · NPS record #94000766

  14. Old Saybrook South Green (also See Also:Hart, Gen. William, House; Pratt, Humphrey, Tavern)

    Listed September 3, 1976 · District · State significance · Access information not verified

    Community Planning And DevelopmentArchitecture

    The Old Saybrook South Green is a 20-acre (8.1 ha) historic district that encompasses the historic town green and nearby streets in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. [Wikipedia]

    Old Boston Post Rd., Pennywise Lane, Main St. · NPS record #76001984

  15. Parker House

    Listed November 29, 1978 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    Architecture

    It is a roughly square 1+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure with a gambrel roof, built in 1679 by Deacon William Parker. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #78002853

  16. Pratt, Humphrey, Tavern (also See Also:Old Saybrook South Green)

    Listed November 7, 1972 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    Architecture

    The Humphrey Pratt Tavern is a historic house at 287 Main Street in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. [Wikipedia]

    287 Main St. · NPS record #72001320

  17. Saybrook Breakwater Lighthouse

    Listed May 29, 1990 · Structure · State significance · Access information not verified

    EngineeringTransportation

    Saybrook Breakwater Lighthouse is a sparkplug lighthouse in Connecticut, United States, at Fenwick Point at the mouth of the Connecticut River near Old Saybrook, Connecticut. [Wikipedia]

    S terminus of Saybrook Jetty at mouth of Connecticut River · NPS record #89001474

  18. Shore Line Electric Railway Powerhouse (also Saybrook Yacht Yard; Saybrook Marine Service Inc.)

    Listed June 20, 2019 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    TransportationArchitecture

    2-20 Ferry Place · NPS record #100004086

  19. Tully, William, House (also Heartsease)

    Listed March 15, 1982 · Building · State significance · Access information not verified

    MilitaryHealth/MedicineArchitecture

    Built about 1750, it is a well-preserved and architecturally unusual example of period architecture. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #82004340

  20. Whittlesey, John, Jr., House

    Listed October 26, 1984 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    Architecture

    The John Whittlesey Jr. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #84002644

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