Main Street Historic District (Danbury, Connecticut)
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| Main Street Historic District | |
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| Location: | Danbury, CT |
| Coordinates: | Coordinates: |
| Area: | 470 acres (1.9 km²) |
| Built/Founded: | 18th-early 20th centuries |
| Architect: | multiple |
| Architectural style(s): | multiple, primarily Italianate and Romanesque |
| Added to NRHP: | 1983 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 83003508 |
| Governing body: | City, private residences and businesses |
The Main Street Historic District in Danbury, Connecticut consists of much of that city's downtown business district. It includes Boughton, Elm, Ives, Keeler, West and White streets in addition to Main Street (CT 53).
Many of the 97 buildings in this 470-acre (1.9 km²) area remain largely as they were when first constructed in the 19th and early 20th centuries, when the city grew heavily through industrialization and a thriving hatmaking industry. The Italianate and Romanesque styles are predominant from this period. There is older history as well — a stone marker near the Fairfield County courthouse marks the spot where the first shot was fired locally at British troops during the Revolutionary War.[1]
The district was designated and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, after an intensive survey of the area by the Danbury Preservation Trust as part of an effort by the Connecticut Historical Commission to catalog the state's historic resources for inclusion on the Register.[2] The city has special zoning regulations to maintain its historic character.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Fairfield County Courthouse in Danbury. Retrieved on 2008-03-20. “Today the Courthouse is part of the Main Street Historic District. Not far from its entrance is a boulder that marks the spot where the first shot was fired at British invaders during the American Revolution.”
- ^ Guide to the Danbury Preservation Trust Records 1959-2001 (2007). Retrieved on 2008-03-21. “As a result of this Act, Connecticut began statewide surveys to identify sites of architectural and historical significance. First and foremost, sites and districts were to be identified before they could become part of the community's planning process ... In May 1979 DPT received a grant from the Connecticut Historical Commission to identify and describe buildings of historic and architectural importance on Main Street. The survey also encompassed adjacent side streets. Under the direction of Dr. Herbert Janick and Dr. Truman Warner, project directors, William Devlin and Imogene Heireth, assisted by student volunteers, carried out research on approximately 300 buildings.”
- ^ City of Danbury Comprehensive Planning Program & Plan of Conservation and Development, Executive Summary, 2002PDF. Retrieved March 19, 2008.
[edit] External links
- Main Street Danbury, blog with photos and information on many buildings in district.
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