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Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 307 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 12 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Bridgeport, Stamford, Greenwich.

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

170 of 307 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

307 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Agudath Sholem SynagogueStamfordBuilding1995
Allen House, TheWestportBuilding2010
Aspetuck Historic DistrictEastonDistrict1991
BERKSHIRE NO. 7BridgeportStructure1978
Baldwin, Caleb, TavernNewtownBuilding2002
Ball and Roller Bearing CompanyDanburyBuilding1989
Barlow, Aaron, HouseReddingBuilding1982
Barnum Institute of Science and History NHLBridgeportBuilding
Barnum MuseumBridgeportBuilding1972
Barnum/Palliser Historic DistrictBridgeportDistrict1982
Bartlett, Daniel and Esther, HouseReddingBuilding1993
Basset, Daniel, HouseMonroeBuilding2002
Bassickville Historic DistrictBridgeportDistrict1987
Beardsley ParkBridgeportDistrict1999
Benedict House and ShopRidgefieldBuilding1998
Beth Israel SynagogueNorwalkBuilding1991
Bikur Cholim SynagogueBridgeportBuilding1995
Birdcraft Sanctuary NHLFairfieldSite1982
Bishop, Peyton Randolph, HouseBridgeportBuilding1987
Bishop, William D., Cottage Development Historic DistrictBridgeportDistrict1982
Black Rock Gardens Historic DistrictBridgeportDistrict1990
Black Rock Historic DistrictBridgeportDistrict1979
Booth, Nathan B., HouseStratfordBuilding1992
Boothe HomesteadStratfordDistrict1985
Boston Post Road Historic DistrictDarienDistrict1982
Bradley Edge Tool Company Historic DistrictWestonDistrict1995
Bradley-Hubbell HouseEastonBuilding2003
Bradley-Wheeler HouseWestportBuilding1984
Branchville Railroad TenementRidgefieldBuilding1982
Breuer, Marcel, House IINew CanaanBuilding2010
Bridge Street Historic DistrictWestportDistrict2018
Bridgeport City HallBridgeportBuilding1977
Bridgeport Downtown North Historic DistrictBridgeportDistrict1987
Bridgeport Downtown South Historic DistrictBridgeportDistrict1987
Bronson WindmillFairfieldStructure1971
Brookfield Center Historic DistrictBrookfield CenterDistrict1991
Bush-Holley House NHLGreenwichBuilding1988
Byram SchoolGreenwichBuilding1990
Cain, Hugh, Fulling Mill and Elias Glover Woolen Mill Archeological SiteRidgefieldSite1985
Camps Nos. 10 and 41 of Rochambeau's ArmyNewtownSite2002
Cannondale Historic DistrictWiltonDistrict1992
Cassidy HouseBridgeportBuilding2011
Chichester Road Historic DistrictNew CanaanDistrict2026
Chivvis, Arthur and Lyn, HouseNew CanaanBuilding2010
Christ Episcopal Church and Tashua Burial GroundTrumbullBuilding2001
Church of the Holy NameStamfordBuilding1987
Commodore Hull SchoolSheltonBuilding1983
Compo-Owenoke Historic DistrictWestportDistrict1991
Comstock, Abijah, HouseNew CanaanBuilding2017
Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company Car BarnBridgeportBuilding1987
Cos Cob Power StationGreenwichDistrict1990
Cos Cob Railroad StationGreenwichBuilding1989
Cosier-Murphy HouseNew FairfieldBuilding1991
Cove Island HousesStamfordBuilding1979
Curtis, Nathaniel, HouseStratfordBuilding1982
Davenport, Deacon John, HouseStamfordBuilding1982
Davenport, Hanford, HouseNew CanaanBuilding1989
Deacon's Point Historic DistrictBridgeportDistrict1992
Division Street Historic DistrictBridgeportDistrict1982
Downtown Bridgeport Historic DistrictBridgeportDistrict2025
Downtown Stamford Historic DistrictStamfordDistrict1983
Downtown Stamford Historic District (Boundary Increase 2)StamfordDistrict2003
Downtown Stamford Historic District (Boundary Increase)StamfordDistrict1985
Dr. Harvey and Rhoda Wasserman HouseWestonBuilding2024
Durisol HouseNew CanaanBuilding2010
ELMER S. DAILEYBridgeportStructure1978
Eagle's NestBridgeportBuilding1979
East Bridgeport Historic DistrictBridgeportDistrict1979
East Main Street Historic DistrictBridgeportDistrict1985
Ein Jacob (Ayn Yacob) SynagogueBridgeportBuilding1995
Ely, Rev. John, HouseBethelBuilding2001
Fairfield County CourthouseBridgeportBuilding1982
Fairfield County JailBridgeportBuilding1985
Fairfield Hills Campus Historic DistrictNewtownDistrict2024
Fairfield Historic DistrictFairfieldBuilding1971
Fairfield Railroad StationsFairfieldBuilding1989
Ferris, Samuel, HouseGreenwichBuilding1989
First Baptist ChurchBridgeportBuilding1990
First Presbyterian Church NHLStamfordBuilding
First Presbyterian Church NHLStamfordBuilding
Five Mile River Landing Historic DistrictNorwalkDistrict2009
Ford, Elinor and Sherman, HouseNew CanaanBuilding2010
Fort Stamford SiteStamfordSite1975
Fourth Ward Historic DistrictGreenwichDistrict2000
Freeman, Mary and Eliza, HousesBridgeportBuilding1999
French FarmGreenwichBuilding1975
Gallaher EstateNorwalkDistrict2011
Gateway Village Historic DistrictBridgeportDistrict1990
Georgetown Historic DistrictReddingDistrict1987
Glenville Historic DistrictGreenwichDistrict2007
Glenville SchoolGreenwichBuilding2003
Glover HouseNewtownBuilding1982
Glover, John, HouseNewtownBuilding2001
Godillot PlaceWestportBuilding1977
Golden Hill Historic DistrictBridgeportDistrict1987
Gores, Landis, HouseNew CanaanBuilding2002
Graham HouseStamfordBuilding2011
Great Captain Island LighthouseGreenwichBuilding1991
Green Farms SchoolWestportBuilding1991
Greenfield Hill Grange #133FairfieldBuilding2008
Greenfield Hill Historic DistrictGreenfield HillDistrict1971
Greens Ledge LighthouseRowaytonStructure1990
Greenwich Avenue Historic DistrictGreenwichDistrict1989
Greenwich Municipal Center Historic DistrictGreenwichDistrict1988
Greenwich Point Historic DistrictGreenwichDistrict2021
Greenwich Town HallGreenwichBuilding1987
Greenwich YMCAGreenwichBuilding1996
Greenwood Avenue Historic DistrictBethelDistrict1999
Hait, Benjamin, HouseStamfordBuilding1978
Hall, Isaac Davis and Marion Dalton, HouseNew CanaanBuilding2010
Hampton InnNew CanaanBuilding2004
Hattertown Historic DistrictNewtownDistrict1996
Haviland and Elizabeth Streets-Hanford Place Historic DistrictNorwalkDistrict1988
Hawley, Thomas, HouseMonroeBuilding1980
HearthstoneDanburyBuilding1987
Hebrew Congregation of WoodmontMilfordBuilding1995
Hodgson, Richard and Geraldine, HouseNew CanaanBuilding2005
Hotel BeachBridgeportBuilding1978
Housatonic River Railroad BridgeMilford-StratfordStructure1987
Hoyt-Barnum HouseStamfordBuilding1969
Hoyt-Burwell-Morse HouseNew CanaanBuilding2017
Hubbard Heights Historic DistrictStamfordDistrict2016
Huntington Center Historic DistrictSheltonDistrict2000
Hurlbutt Street SchoolWiltonBuilding1996
Hyatt, Thomas, HouseRidgefieldBuilding1984
Indian Harbor Yacht ClubGreenwichBuilding2010
Ives, Charles, HouseDanburyBuilding1976
Jennie Leeds Gardener CottageStamfordBuilding2026
Johnson, Philip, Glass House NHLNew CanaanDistrict1997
Judson, Capt. David, HouseStratfordBuilding1973
June, Lewis, HouseRidgefieldBuilding1984
Keeler TavernRidgefieldBuilding1982
Kellogg, Enos, HouseNorwalkBuilding2012
Kettle Creek Historic DistrictWestonDistrict1995
Kings Highway North Historic DistrictWEstportDistrict1998
Knap, John, HouseStamfordBuilding1979
Knapp TavernGreenwichBuilding1977
Lakeview Village Historic DistrictBridgeportDistrict1990
Lambert, David, HouseWiltonBuilding1992
Lattin, Nathan B., FarmNewtownBuilding1990
Le Roy Shirt Company FactoryNorwalkBuilding2012
Lee, John Black, House INew CanaanBuilding2010
Lewis, Isaac, HouseStratfordBuilding1991
Linden ApartmentsStamfordBuilding1983
Little Bethel African Methodist Episcopal ChurchGreenwichBuilding2010
Lockwood-Mathews Mansion NHLNorwalkBuilding1970
Locust Avenue SchoolDanburyBuilding1985
Long Ridge Village Historic DistrictStamfordDistrict1987
Long Ridge Village Historic District (Boundary Increase)StamfordDistrict2011
Loth, Joseph, Company BuildingNorwalkBuilding1984
Lounsbury, Phineas Chapman, HouseRidgefieldBuilding1975
Lyon, Thomas, HouseGreenwichBuilding1977
Main Street BridgeStamfordStructure1987
Main Street Historic DistrictDanburyDistrict1983
Mallett, David, Jr., HouseTrumbullBuilding1986
Maplewood SchoolBridgeportBuilding1990
March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Reservoir RoadNewtownDistrict2003
March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Ridgebury RoadRidgefieldDistrict2003
Marina Park Historic DistrictBridgeportDistrict1982
Marion Castle, Terre BonneStamfordBuilding1982
Marvin TavernWiltonBuilding1984
Mather, Stephen Tyng, House NHLDarienBuilding1966
MeadowlandsDarienBuilding1987
Meeker's HardwareDanburyBuilding1983
Merritt ParkwayGreenwichDistrict1991
Methodist Episcopal ChurchGreenwichBuilding1988
Mianus River Railroad BridgeGreenwichStructure1987
Mill Cove Historic DistrictWestportDistrict1991
Mills, Beaven W., HouseNew CanaanBuilding2010
Mills, Willis N, HouseNew CanaanBuilding2010
Monroe Center Historic DistrictMonroeDistrict1977
Morris and Rose Greenwald HouseWestonBuilding2024
Murphy, Charles and Peggy HouseNew CanaanBuilding2010
Nathaniel Wheeler Memorial FountainBridgeportObject1985
Nathaniel Witherell Historic DistrictGreenwichDistrict2010
National Hall Historic DistrictWestportDistrict1984
New Haven Railroad Danbury TurntableDanburyStructure2005
New Mill and Depot Building, Hawthorne Woolen MillGreenwichBuilding1990
New York Belting and Packing Co.NewtownDistrict1982
Newtown Borough Historic DistrictNewtownDistrict1996
Nichols Farms Historic DistrictTrumbullDistrict1987
Nichols Satinet Mill SiteNewtownSite1996
Norfield Historic DistrictWestonDistrict1991
Norwalk City HallNorwalkBuilding1995
Norwalk Green Historic DistrictNorwalkDistrict1987
Norwalk Island LighthouseNorwalkBuilding1989
Norwalk River Railroad BridgeSouth NorwalkStructure1987
Noyes HouseNew CanaanBuilding2008
Octagon HouseDanburyBuilding1973
Octagon HouseStamfordBuilding1979
Ogden, David, HouseFairfieldBuilding1979
Old Mine Park Archeological SiteTrumbullSite1990
Old Town HallStamfordBuilding1972
Osborne, John, HouseFairfieldBuilding1987
Oysterman's RowNorwalkDistrict2010
PRICILLA DAILEYBridgeportStructure1978
Palace and Majestic TheatersBridgeportBuilding1979
Park ApartmentsBridgeportBuilding1990
Peck Ledge LighthouseNorwalkStructure1990
Penfield Reef LighthouseBridgeportStructure1990
Pequonnock River Railroad BridgeBridgeportStructure1987
Perkins, Maxwell E., HouseNew CanaanBuilding2004
Perry Avenue BridgeNorwalkStructure2006
Perry, David, HouseBridgeportBuilding1984
Pike, Gustavus and Sarah T., HouseStamfordBuilding1990
Pine Creek Park BridgeFairfieldStructure1992
Plumb Memorial LibrarySheltonBuilding1978
Pond-Weed HouseDarienBuilding1978
Putnam Hill Historic DistrictGreenwichDistrict1979
Putnam Memorial State ParkReddingSite1970
Railroad Avenue Industrial DistrictBridgeportDistrict1985
Redding Center Historic DistrictReddingDistrict1992
Remington City Historic DistrictBridgeportDistrict1990
Remington Village Historic DistrictBridgeportDistrict1990
Remington, Frederic, House NHLRidgefieldBuilding1966
RestmoreFairfieldBuilding2009
Revonah Manor Historic DistrictStamfordDistrict1986
Rider, John, HouseDanburyBuilding1977
Ridgebury Congregational ChurchRidgeburyBuilding1984
Ridgefield Center Historic DistrictRidgefieldDistrict1984
River Road-Mead Avenue Historic DistrictGreenwichDistrict2014
Riverside Avenue BridgeGreenwichStructure1977
Robinson, P., Fur Cutting CompanyDanburyBuilding1982
Rock LedgeNorwalkBuilding1977
Rockrimmon RockshelterStamfordSite1994
Rogers, John, Studio NHLNew CanaanBuilding1966
Rosemary HallGreenwichBuilding1998
Round Hill Historic DistrictGreenwichDistrict1996
Rowayton Depot Historic DistrictNorwalkDistrict2019
Sanford-Curtis-Thurber HouseNewtownBuilding2007
Saugatuck River BridgeWestportStructure1987
Saugatuck River Railroad BridgeWestportStructure1987
Seaside InstituteBridgeportBuilding1982
Seaside ParkBridgeportSite1982
Seaside Village Historic DistrictBridgeportDistrict1990
Seelye, Seth, HouseBethelBuilding1977
Selleck, Sylvanus, GristmillGreenwichBuilding1990
Shambaugh HouseWestportBuilding1999
Sherman Historic DistrictShermanDistrict1991
Silvermine Center Historic DistrictNorwalkDistrict2009
Sloan-Raymond-Fitch HouseWiltonBuilding1982
Sound Beach Railroad StationGreenwichBuilding1989
South End Historic DistrictStamfordDistrict1986
South Main and Washington Streets Historic DistrictNorwalkDistrict1977
South Main and Washington Streets Historic District (Boundary Increase II)NorwalkDistrict1999
South Main and Washington Streets Historic District (Boundary Increase)NorwalkDistrict1985
Southport Historic DistrictFairfieldDistrict1971
Southport Railroad StationsFairfieldBuilding1989
St. Andrew's Protestant Episcopal ChurchStamfordBuilding1983
St. Benedict's ChurchStamfordBuilding1987
St. John's Episcopal ChurchBridgeportBuilding1984
St. John's Protestant Episcopal ChurchStamfordBuilding1987
St. Luke's ChapelStamfordBuilding1987
St. Mark’s Episcopal ChurchNew CanaanBuilding2021
St. Mary's ChurchStamfordBuilding1987
Stamford Harbor LighthouseStamfordBuilding1991
Starr, C. J., Barn and Carriage HouseStamfordBuilding1979
Sterling Block-Bishop ArcadeBridgeportBuilding1978
Sterling Hill Historic DistrictBridgeportDistrict1992
Sterling HomesteadStratfordBuilding1976
Stevenson Dam Hydroelectric PlantStevensonStructure2000
Stratfield Historic DistrictBridgeportDistrict1980
Stratford Center Historic DistrictStratfordDistrict1983
Stratford Point LighthouseStratfordStructure1990
Strickland Road Historic DistrictGreenwichDistrict1990
Sturges, Jonathan, House NHLFairfieldBuilding1984
Sturges-Wright HouseWestportBuilding2015
Suburban ClubStamfordBuilding1989
Swallen, James, HouseNew CanaanBuilding2010
System HouseNew CanaanBuilding2010
Tarbell, Ida, House NHLEastonBuilding1993
TarrywileDanburyBuilding1988
Tatum, Corinne and George Liston Jr., HouseNew CanaanBuilding2010
The Lodges Historic DistrictNorwalkDistrict2020
Titicus Hill Historic DistrictRidgefieldDistrict2012
Tongue Point LighthouseBridgeportStructure1990
Town HallWestportBuilding1982
Turn-of-River BridgeStamfordStructure1987
US Post Office-Bridgeport MainBridgeportBuilding1986
US Post Office-Greenwich MainGreenwichBuilding1986
US Post Office-South Norwalk MainNorwalkBuilding1986
US Post Office-Stamford MainStamfordBuilding1985
Umpawaug District SchoolReddingBuilding1988
Union StationDanburyBuilding1986
Unitarian-Universalist ChurchStamfordBuilding1987
United Congregational ChurchBridgeportBuilding1984
United Illuminating Company BuildingBridgeportBuilding1985
United States Post Office, Westport, ConnecticutWestportBuilding2012
Verneur Pratt Historic DistrictNorwalkDistrict2011
Village CreekNorwalkDistrict2010
Wall Street Historic DistrictNorwalkDistrict2009
Waltersville SchoolBridgeportBuilding2025
WavenyNew CanaanDistrict2019
Webb, David Jr. and Sarah, HouseNew CanaanBuilding2011
Weir Farm National Historic SiteWiltonDistrict1990
Weir, J. Alden, Farm Historic DistrictRidgefieldDistrict1984
West End Congregation-Achavath Achim SynagogueBridgeportBuilding1995
West Mountain Historic DistrictRidgefieldDistrict1984
Westport Bank and Trust CompanyWestportBuilding2006
Westport Center Historic DistrictWestportDistrict2016
Wheeler, Ephraim, HouseStratfordBuilding1992
Whistleville Historic DistrictNorwalkDistrict2021
Wilcox, Josiah, HouseGreenwichBuilding1988
Williams HouseNew FairfieldBuilding2014
Wilmot Apartments Historic DistrictBridgeportDistrict1990
Wilton Center Historic DistrictWiltonDistrict1992
Zion Lutheran ChurchStamfordBuilding1987

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

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