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Spring Glen is a neighborhood in the southeastern portion of the town of Hamden, Connecticut. It is primarily residential, mostly single-family homes with a few two-family. Commercial development is entirely on its principal street, Whitney Avenue. It was developed throughout the first half of the twentieth century as a trolley suburb of New Haven. It was named for the Spring Glen dairy farm established by James J. Webb in 1858 in what would become part of the neighborhood.
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- ↑ William E. Devlin and Bruce Clouette (June 9, 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Whitney Avenue Historic District". National Park Service. and Accompanying 32 photos from 1988 (captions pages 60-62 of text document)
- ↑ Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. CT-2-D, " Eli Whitney Armory, Boarding House, Whitney Avenue, Hamden, New Haven County, CT ", 2 photos, 1 measured drawing, 1 data page
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