Westbrook Town Center Historic District

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Westbrook Town Center Historic District
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LocationOld Clinton at Hammock Rds., Boston Post Rd. at Bellstone Ave., Trolley Rd., Boston Post Rd. at Goodspeed Dr., Westbrook, Connecticut
Coordinates 41°17′04″N72°26′44″W / 41.28444°N 72.44556°W / 41.28444; -72.44556 Coordinates: 41°17′04″N72°26′44″W / 41.28444°N 72.44556°W / 41.28444; -72.44556
Area178 acres (72 ha)
Architectural style Greek Revival, Colonial, and Federal
NRHP reference # 100001732 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 16, 2017

The Westbrook Town Center Historic District encompasses the historic town center of Westbrook, Connecticut. Roughly linear in shape, the district extends along the Boston Post Road (United States Route 1), with its focal center at the junction with Essex Road (Connecticut Route 153). The area has been a center of civic activity since the early 18th century, even though Westbrook was not incorporated until 1840, and has residential, commercial, civic, and religious architecture covering three centuries. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2017. [1]

Westbrook, Connecticut Town in Connecticut, United States

Westbrook is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 6,938 at the 2010 census. The town center is also classified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a census-designated place (CDP).

Connecticut Route 153 highway in Connecticut

Route 153 is a Connecticut state highway in the Connecticut River valley running from U.S. Route 1 in Westbrook center to Route 154 in Essex Village in the town of Essex.

National Register of Historic Places Federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred in preserving the property.

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Description and history

The area that is now Westbrook was part of the original bounds of Old Saybrook, one of Connecticut's oldest colonial settlements. A west parish was established in 1724 by the petition of area residents, and was known as Pochoug (or Patchogue) or West Saybrook prior to its 1840 incorporation as Westbrook. The town center arose somewhat organically along the Boston Post Road, the principal coast route between New York City and Providence, Rhode Island. A common and cemetery were laid out north of the road at its junction with Essex Road, which led north to the interior. This area is also where the town's early churches were built, and it thus developed as a small commercial center as well. [2]

Old Saybrook, Connecticut Town in Connecticut, United States

Old Saybrook is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 10,242 at the 2010 census. It contains the incorporated borough of Fenwick, as well as the census-designated places of Old Saybrook Center and Saybrook Manor.

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The City of New York, usually called either New York City (NYC) or simply New York (NY), is the most populous city in the United States. With an estimated 2018 population of 8,398,748 distributed over a land area of about 302.6 square miles (784 km2), New York is also the most densely populated major city in the United States. Located at the southern tip of the state of New York, the city is the center of the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass and one of the world's most populous megacities, with an estimated 19,979,477 people in its 2018 Metropolitan Statistical Area and 22,679,948 residents in its Combined Statistical Area. A global power city, New York City has been described as the cultural, financial, and media capital of the world, and exerts a significant impact upon commerce, entertainment, research, technology, education, politics, tourism, art, fashion, and sports. The city's fast pace has inspired the term New York minute. Home to the headquarters of the United Nations, New York is an important center for international diplomacy.

Providence, Rhode Island Capital of Rhode Island

Providence is the capital and most populous city of the state of Rhode Island and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. It was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams, a Reformed Baptist theologian and religious exile from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. He named the area in honor of "God's merciful Providence" which he believed was responsible for revealing such a haven for him and his followers. The city is situated at the mouth of the Providence River at the head of Narragansett Bay.

The district extends along Boston Post Road from Westbrook Town Hall in the west to the Oxford Academy campus in the east. A major lobe extends linearly along Old Clinton Road, which is primarily residential in character, while properties are also include on South Main Street (an old alighnment of the post road). The district includes 195 historically significant buildings spread over 178 acres (72 ha), most of which are residential. These buildings exhibit a broad diversity of styles, having been built between roughly the mid-18th and mid-20th centuries. Prominent buildings include the former library (1904), located in the triangular green at Route 1 and Essex Road, the current town hall (1932 Colonial Revival, originally a school), and a former town hall, originally a private residence built in 1854 and adapted for the town's use in 1940. [2]

See also

National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Connecticut Wikimedia list article

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Middlesex County, Connecticut.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. 1 2 "NRHP nomination for Westbrook Town Center Historic District" (PDF). State of Connecticut. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 17, 2018. Retrieved June 17, 2018.