Westville Village Historic District

Westville Village Historic District
Hotel Edgewood (1913), 882-888 Whalley Ave.
Location: Roughly along Blake St. and Whalley Ave. (original)
827 Whalley Ave. (increase), New Haven, Connecticut
Area: 22 acres (8.9 ha) (original) and less than one acre (increase)
Built: 1912 (increase)
Architect: multiple
Architectural style: Federal, Greek Revival, et al. (original); Early Commercial (increase)
Governing body: Private
NRHP Reference#: 02001727 and 06000954[1]
Added to NRHP: January 23, 2003 (original)
October 25, 2006 (increase)

Westville Village Historic District is a historic district representing most of the commercial center of the Westville neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut.[2] The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003, and its boundaries were increased in 2006.[1]

In 2003, the listed area was 22 acres (8.9 ha) and there were 30 contributing buildings in the district.[1]

In 2006, the listing was amended to add the former Westville Theater building at 827 Whalley Avenue, an Early Commercial style building that was built in 1912.[1][3] The theater building is now occupied by an antiques store.

When listed, the district included 34 buildings, of which 30 were deemed contributing buildings. The contributing buildings are:

  1. 446 Blake Avenue, Greist Manufacturing Company
  2. 495 Blake Avenue, Geometric Tool Company
  3. 512 Blake Avenue, c. 1840 (See photo #13 in accompanying photo set)
  4. 15-17 Tour Avenue, Italianate, c.1905
  5. 23-25 Tour Avenue, Queen Anne, c.1905
  6. 413 West Rock Avenue, a Queen Anne style house
  7. 416-418 West Rock Avenue, Queen Anne
  8. 417 West Rock Avenue
  9. 420-422 West Rock Avenue
  10. 426 West Rock Avenue, Tudor Revival
  11. 831-835 Whalley Avenue, the Alfred Minor Building
  12. 837-839 Whalley Avenue
  13. 843 Whalley Avenue
  14. 845-847 Whalley Avenue
  15. 859-861 Whalley Avenue
  16. 865 Whalley Avenue
  17. 867 Whalley Avenue
  18. 873-875 Whalley Avenue
  19. 879 Whalley Avenue
  20. 881 Whalley Avenue
  21. 882-888 Whalley Avenue, Hotel Edgewood (photo #9)
  22. 883-889 Whalley Avenue
  23. 893-901 Whalley Avenue
  24. 898 Whalley Avenue
  25. 900-902 Whalley Avenue
  26. 903-911 Whalley Avenue, a Masonic hall built for the Olive Branch Temple Corporation
  27. 904-906 Whalley Avenue
  28. 914-918 Whalley Avenue
  29. 920 Whalley Avenue
  30. 949 Whalley Avenue, the Westville Masonic Temple, from 1926 (see photo #6 in photos accompanying NRHP nomination)[4]

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