Newtown Borough Historic District
Newtown Borough Historic District | |
Location | Roughly, Main St. from Hawley Rd. to Academy Ln., Newtown, Connecticut |
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Coordinates | 41°24′43″N 73°18′32″W / 41.41194°N 73.30889°WCoordinates: 41°24′43″N 73°18′32″W / 41.41194°N 73.30889°W |
Area | 100 acres (40 ha) |
Built | 1780 |
Architect | multiple |
Architectural style | Colonial, Italianate, Colonial Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 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.[citation needed]
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:
- Glover House
- Caleb Baldwin Tavern: The Baldwin Tavern is along the march route taken by French commander Rochambeau's troops in 1781 en route to Yorktown, Virginia and/or in 1782 during their return. It was built c. 1763 and is a two-and-a-half-story house. It housed some of the army's officers in June 1781, en route to the Siege of Yorktown. It also an example of traditional 18th-century New England architecture, and retains some details from that time period.[4]
- 17 Main Street, home of Arthur J. Smith, publisher of the Newtown Bee newspaper which began in 1877 (see accompanying photo #9)[3]: 15–16
- Liberty Pole/Flagpole[3]: 16
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument
- Edmond Town Hall
- , 44 Main Street, a museum of the Newtown Historical Society (see photo #1, left)[3]: 17 [5]
- Gen. Daniel Baldwin House, 38 Main Street, a formal Georgian style building that contrasts to most of the other architecture (see photo #4)[3]: 17
- Cyrenius H. Booth Library
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[]
- March Route of Rochambeau's army
- List of historic sites preserved along Rochambeau's route
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Fairfield County, Connecticut
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Nancy K. Crevier (2009-01-22). "Borough Historic District Welcomes New Properties". The Newtown Bee. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Bruce Clouette and Hoang Tinh (November 9, 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Newtown Borough Historic District". National Park Service. and Accompanying 20 photos, from 1995 (captions on page 23 of text document)
- ^ Clouette, Bruce (February 1, 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Caleb Baldwin Tavern". National Park Service. Retrieved May 7, 2010.
- ^ "Newtown Historical Society".
- ^ Andrew Gorosko (December 31, 2003). "State Approves Telcom Tower For Edmond Road". The Newtown Bee.
External links[]
- Newtown Historical Society, including photo of Matthew Curtiss House
- The Newtown Bee, community newspaper founded in 1877
- Newtown, Connecticut
- National Register of Historic Places in Fairfield County, Connecticut
- Colonial Revival architecture in Connecticut
- Italianate architecture in Connecticut
- Historic districts in Fairfield County, Connecticut
- Historic places on the Washington–Rochambeau Revolutionary Route
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut