Spring Hill Historic District (Mansfield, Connecticut)

Spring Hill Historic District
The Altnaveigh Inn
Location Roughly along Storrs Rd., Spring Hill, Mansfield, Connecticut
Coordinates 41°47′23″N 72°13′39″W / 41.78972°N 72.22750°W / 41.78972; -72.22750Coordinates: 41°47′23″N 72°13′39″W / 41.78972°N 72.22750°W / 41.78972; -72.22750
Area approx. 40 acres (16 ha)
NRHP Reference # 08000500[1][2]
Added to NRHP October 10, 1979

The Spring Hill Historic District is an approximately 40-acre (16 ha) historic district in the Tolland County, Connecticut town of Mansfield. It was defined as a Connecticut state historic district in 1972 and, with the same borders, was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The district, roughly speaking, runs along Storrs Rd. within the community of Spring Hill. The listing includes 13 contributing buildings.[1][3]

The district includes two of the four houses that had made up Spring Hill as a distinct community around 1800:

One other building was destroyed by fire and the other one was demolished. Its other contributing buildings are mostly with Greek Revival architecture, from that style which rose in popularity in the 1830s. These include:[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Coordinates based on description on Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism Historic Preservation and Museum Division web site.
  3. 1 2 Anstress Paine (August 31, 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Spring Hill Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service. and accompanying nine photos from 1979


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