Historic places in Portland, Connecticut

Portland in Middlesex County has 6 properties on the National Register of Historic Places: 3 buildings, 2 districts, 1 site. The first was listed in 1976 and the most recent in 2014. The most common areas of significance here are architecture, prehistoric, historic - aboriginal. 1 is a National Historic Landmark: Portland Brownstone Quarries.

Every National Register listing in Portland

  1. Portland Brownstone Quarries

    Listed May 16, 2000 · Site · National Historic Landmark (May 16, 2000) · Access information not verified

    The Portland Brownstone Quarries are a set of historic quarries in Portland, Connecticut. [Wikipedia]

    Brownstone Ave., and Silver St. · NPS record #00000703

  2. Indian Hill Avenue Historic District

    Listed May 26, 1983 · District · State significance · Access information not verified

    PrehistoricHistoric - AboriginalCommerceHistoric - Non-AboriginalArchitecture

    The Indian Hill Avenue Historic District encompasses an 18th-century colonial shipbuilding village, overlaid on a historic and prehistoric Native American settlement, in Portland, Connecticut. [Wikipedia]

    Main St. and Indian Hill Ave. to river · NPS record #83001274

  3. Lee, Daniel and Mary, House

    Listed April 3, 1991 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    Architecture

    Built about 1774, it is a well-preserved example of rural vernacular colonial-era residential architecture, with later Federal period alterations. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #91000365

  4. Marlborough Street Historic District

    Listed March 20, 2012 · District · State significance · Access information not verified

    ArchitectureCommunity Planning And Development

    The Marlborough Street Historic District encompasses one of the finest collections of 19th-century residential architecture in Portland, Connecticut. [Wikipedia]

    58, 64, 69, 70, 78, 88, & 92 Marlborough St. · NPS record #12000130

  5. White-Overton-Callander House (also Captain Nathaniel White House; Ruth Ryan Callander House)

    Listed May 21, 2014 · Building · Local significance · Access information not verified

    ArchitectureExploration/SettlementMilitaryPolitics/GovernmentSocial History

    Built in the 1710s, it is one of the community's oldest surviving buildings, built by Nathaniel White, one of the first proprietors of Middletown. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #13000896

  6. Williams and Stancliff Octagon Houses (also Octagon House Pair)

    Listed April 22, 1976 · Building · National significance · Access information not verified

    Architecture

    Constructed of Portland brownstone in the 1850s, they are distinctive as the only known pair of little-altered octagon houses in the state. [Wikipedia]

    Town-level location only · NPS record #76001985

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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.