Connecticut - New Haven County - Vacant / Not In Use
New Haven County Connecticut (Vacant / Not In Use) has 29 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 15 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Whitney, Eli, Gun Factory, Bank Street Historic District, Falkner's Island Lighthouse, Farmington Canal Lock and Farmington Canal Lock No. 13.

The famous person Samuel Simpson is associated with one of more of the New Haven County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the New Haven County places including Sperry & Treat, Samuel G. Russell, George H. Gray, Leoni W. Robinson, US Treasury Department, William H. Allen, Davis Hurd, Henry Austin, Berlin Iron Bridge Company and Berlin Iron Bridge Co.. Prominent architectural styles found in New Haven Country are Classical Revival, Queen Anne and Romanesque.

Abbott, George S., Building (added 1982 - - #82004359)
Also known as Wheeler and Wilson Building;Abbott Towers Apartments
235-247 N. Main St. , Waterbury
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Lawler,Henry A.
Architectural Style:
Romanesque, Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Multiple Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Bank Street Historic District (added 1983 - - #83001277)
207-231 Bank St. , Waterbury
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Other, Colonial Revival, Late Victorian
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Communications Facility, Hotel, Multiple Dwelling, Specialty Store
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Bishop School (added 1982 - - #82001003)
Also known as Bishop School - Schoolhouse Apartments
178 Bishop St. , Waterbury
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Education, Other-Ethnic
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education, Social
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Falkner's Island Lighthouse (added 1990 - - #89001467)
Also known as Faulkner's Island Lighthouse;Falkners Island Lighthouse;Falk
Long Island Sound, 5 mi. S of Guilford , Guilford
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
US Treasury Department
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Transportation
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Defense, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Coast Guard Facility, Water-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Farmington Canal Lock (added 1973 - - #73001949)
487 N. Brooksvale Rd. , Cheshire
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Transportation, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Farmington Canal Lock No. 13 (added 1982 - - #82004350)
Brooksvale Ave. , Hamden
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Hurd,Davis
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Economics, Transportation, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Water-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Goffe, Solomon, House (added 1979 - - #79002645)
Also known as 1711 Club Inn
677 N. Colony St. , Meriden
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1700-1749
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Hammanasset Paper Mill Site (added 1996 - - #96000128)
Also known as Site 76-6
Address Restricted , Madison
Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Event
Area of Significance:
Industry, Historic - Non-Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
Undefined
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Landscape, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Conservation Area
Kraus Corset Factory (added 1987 - - #87000128)
Roosevelt Dr. and Third St. , Derby
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Lincoln Theatre (added 1984 - - #84001134)
Also known as Little Theatre on Lincoln Street
1 Lincoln St. , New Haven
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Historic Significance:
Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Gray,George H., Russell,Samuel G.
Architectural Style:
Other, Modern Movement
Historic Person:
Multiple
Significant Year:
1924, 1928
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Performing Arts
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Meeting Hall, Theater
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Maltby--Stevens Factory Site (added 2000 - - #99001668)
Also known as Paug Manufacturing Company, Site 99-32
Address Restricted , North Branford
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Historic Significance:
Event, Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Industry, Invention, Historic - Non-Aboriginal
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Meriden Curtain Fixture Company Factory (added 1986 - - #86003290)
122 Charles St. , Meriden
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use
Milford Point Hotel (added 1988 - - #87002417)
Milford Point Rd. , Milford
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Commerce
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Hotel
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
New England Cement Company Kiln and Quarry (added 2001 - - #00001454)
Address Restricted , Woodbridge
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Historic Significance:
Event, Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Industry, Historic - Non-Aboriginal
Cultural Affiliation:
American
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Extractive Facility, Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Norcross Brothers Granite Quarry (added 2003 - - #03000315)
Also known as Castellucci Quarry
Quarry Rd. , Branford
KLOTZPLATE, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Industry
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Extractive Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Old West Haven High School (added 1985 - - #85003368)
Also known as Giannotti,Dr. Carl,Junior High School
278 Main St. , West Haven
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Murdoch,C.W.,Inc., Foote,Roy W.
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Plymouth Congregational Church (added 1983 - - #83001250)
Also known as Plymouth Church;Temple Keser Israel
1469 Chapel St. , New Haven
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Sperry & Treat, Allen,William H.
Architectural Style:
Romanesque, Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Church Related Residence, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Red Bridge (added 1993 - - #93001345)
Near Oregon Rd. over the Quinnipiac R. , Meriden
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Berlin Iron Bridge Company
Area of Significance:
Industry, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Richardson, Nathaniel, House (added 1977 - - #77001405)
NE of Middlebury on Kelly Rd. , Middlebury
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
River Street Historic District (added 1989 - - #88003213)
Roughly bounded by Chapel St., Blatchley Ave., New Haven Harbor, and James St. , New Haven
Emporostheoros, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Vacant/Not In Use
Current Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility, Warehouse
Sheffield Street Bridge (added 2001 - - #01000353)
Also known as Bridge No. 5038
Sheffield St. over Hancock Brook , Waterbury
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Berlin Iron Bridge Co.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Industry, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Simpson, Samuel, House (added 1986 - - #86001334)
Also known as Taber House
216 N. Main St. , Wallingford
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Austin,Henry
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival, Renaissance
Historic Person:
Simpson,Samuel
Significant Year:
1838, 1867
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Industry, Social History
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Strouse, Adler Company Corset Factory (added 2002 - - #02000864)
78-84 Olive St. , New Haven
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architectural Style:
Italianate, Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Industry, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Todd, Orrin, House (added 1991 - - #91001845)
3369 Whitney Ave. , Hamden
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Todd,Orrin
Architectural Style:
Other, Federal
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Department Store, Road-Related, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Tunxis Hose Firehouse (added 1983 - - #83001266)
Also known as The Old Firehouse
Lovely St. and Farmington Ave. , Unionville
Magicpiano, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Jetner,Joseph
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Fire Station
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Webster School (added 1982 - - #82004365)
Also known as Webster School Apartments
Easton Ave. at Aetna St. , Waterbury
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Asheim,Leonard, Griggs,Wilfred E.
Architectural Style:
Classical Revival
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Welch Training School (added 1983 - - #83001286)
Also known as Welch School
495 Congress Ave. , New Haven
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Robinson,Leoni W.
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Whitney, Eli, Gun Factory (added 1974 - - #74002049)
915-940 Whitney Ave. , Hamden
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential
Area of Significance:
Industry
Cultural Affiliation:
American,Industrial
Period of Significance:
1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Wilby High School (added 1982 - - #82004366)
Also known as Wilby Apartments;Old Wilby High School
260 Grove St. , Waterbury
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Walsh,Louis A.
Architectural Style:
Other, Late Gothic Revival
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
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