Fourth Ward Historic District

Fourth Ward Historic District
Location: Roughly along Church, Division, Northfield and William Sts.; and Putnam Court and Sherwood Place, Greenwich, Connecticut
Area: 28.4 acres (11.5 ha)
Architectural style: Queen Anne, Italianate, et al.
Governing body: Local
NRHP Reference#: 00000324[1]
Added to NRHP: April 21, 2000

The Fourth Ward Historic District in Greenwich, Connecticut is a 28.4 acres (11.5 ha) historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. It includes examples of Queen Anne, Italianate and other architecture.[1]

The district is a dense, low-rise, moderate-income and mostly-Irish residential neighborhood north of the commercial area of Greenwich which lies along U.S. Route 1 / East Putnam Street, the original Boston Post Road. Included are properties on six streets: Church Street, Sherwood Place, Putnam Court, William Street, Northfield Street, and Division Street.[2]

In 2000 it included 159 contributing buildings and one other contributing site.[1]

The two oldest houses in the district are Greek Revival John Knapp House from 1837 and the John Kirk House from 1838 (see photos 1 and 2). [2]

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