Newtown Borough Historic District

Newtown Borough Historic District

Edmond Town Hall
Location Roughly, Main St. from Hawley Rd. to Academy Ln., Newtown, Connecticut
Coordinates 41°24′43″N 73°18′32″W / 41.41194°N 73.30889°W / 41.41194; -73.30889Coordinates: 41°24′43″N 73°18′32″W / 41.41194°N 73.30889°W / 41.41194; -73.30889
Area 100 acres (40 ha)
Built 1780
Architect multiple
Architectural style Colonial, Italianate, Colonial Revival
NRHP Reference # 96001458[1]
Added to NRHP December 20, 1996

The Newtown Borough Historic District is a 100-acre (40 ha) historic district in the borough of Newtown within the town of Newtown in Fairfield County, Connecticut. There is a local historic district, and an overlapping district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

The National Register district includes just a small part of the current borough, but about half of the original borough as it was first incorporated in 1824.

The local historic district was smaller, but the Ram's Pasture and another property were added in 2009. The district has a governance structure.[2]

The district was designated as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1996. The district area has buildings dating back from 1780. The district includes the separately NRHP-listed Glover House and Caleb Baldwin Tavern.

In 1996, the district included 225 contributing buildings, 2 other contributing structures, 1 contributing site, and 2 contributing objects.[1] The one contributing site in the district is the "Ram's Pasture", a meadow that was common land.[3]

Significant properties in the district include:

In 2003, citizen protests and a petition of 700 residents led to re-siting of a planned communications tower so that it would not be visible from the historic district.[6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Nancy K. Crevier (2009-01-22). "Borough Historic District Welcomes New Properties". The Newtown Bee. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Bruce Clouette and Hoang Tinh (November 9, 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Newtown Borough Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service. and Accompanying 20 photos, from 1995 (captions on page 23 of text document)
  4. ↑ Clouette, Bruce (February 1, 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Caleb Baldwin Tavern" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved May 7, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Newtown Historical Society".
  6. ↑ Andrew Gorosko (December 31, 2003). "State Approves Telcom Tower For Edmond Road". The Newtown Bee.
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