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Middlesex County, Connecticut

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At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 127 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970; 4 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Middletown, Old Saybrook, East Haddam.

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Newspapers

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

70 of 127 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

127 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Alsop, Richard IV, House NHLMiddletownBuilding1970
Arrawanna BridgeMiddletownStructure2004
BOC SiteHaddamSite1987
Belltown Historic DistrictEast HamptonDistrict1985
Black Horse TavernOld SaybrookBuilding1978
Bridge No. 1132KillingworthStructure2004
Bridge No. 1603MillingtonStructure1993
Bridge No. 1604MillingtonStructure1993
Bridge No. 1605MillingtonStructure1993
Broad Street Historic DistrictMiddletownDistrict1988
Bushnell, Benjamin, FarmEssexBuilding1990
Bushnell, Elisha, HouseOld SaybrookBuilding1978
Bushnell-Dickinson HouseOld SaybrookBuilding2013
CHRISTEEN (oyster sloop) NHLEssexStructure1991
Caleb Pratt HouseEssexBuilding2024
Camp BethelHaddamDistrict2007
Carter, Hubbell, HouseClintonBuilding2018
Centerbrook Congregational ChurchEssexBuilding1987
Church of the Holy Trinity and RectoryMiddletownBuilding1979
Clinton Village Historic DistrictClintonDistrict1994
Coite-Hubbard HouseMiddletownBuilding1978
Commerce Street Historic DistrictClintonDistrict2024
Comstock's BridgeEast HamptonStructure1976
Comstock-Cheney HallIvorytonBuilding1982
Connecticut General Hospital for the InsaneMiddletownDistrict1985
Connecticut Valley Hospital CemeteryMiddletownDistrict2018
Connecticut Valley Railroad Roundhouse and Turntable SiteOld SaybrookSite1994
Cypress CemeteryOld SaybrookDistrict2018
D & H Scovil Industrial Historic DistrictHaddamDistrict2024
DORIS (Sailing yacht)Deep RiverStructure1984
Daniels, Charles, HouseChesterBuilding1988
Day, Amasa, HouseMoodusBuilding1972
Deep River Freight StationDeep RiverBuilding1994
Deep River Town HallDeep RiverBuilding1976
Doane's Sawmill/Deep River Manufacturing CompanyWestbrook and Deep RiverBuilding1985
Dudley, Jedidiah, HouseOld SaybrookBuilding1982
East Haddam Historic DistrictEast HaddamDistrict1983
Eclectic House, TheMiddletownBuilding2013
Eliot, Samuel, HouseOld SaybrookBuilding1972
Emmanuel ChurchKillingworthBuilding1999
Essex Freight StationCenterbrookBuilding1994
Fenwick Historic DistrictFenwickDistrict1995
Goodspeed Opera HouseEast HaddamBuilding1971
Haddam Center Historic DistrictHaddamDistrict1989
Hadlyme North Historic DistrictEast HaddamDistrict1988
Hart, Gen. William, HouseOld SaybrookBuilding1972
Hazelton, James, HouseHaddamBuilding1988
Higganum Landing Historic DistrictHaddamDistrict2018
High Street Historic DistrictClintonDistrict2020
Highland Historic DistrictMiddletownDistrict1982
Hill's AcademyEssexBuilding1985
Hubbard, Nehemiah, HouseMiddletownBuilding1982
Indian Hill Avenue Historic DistrictPortlandDistrict1983
Ivoryton Historic DistrictEssexDistrict2014
James PharmacyOld SaybrookBuilding1994
Lay-Pritchett HouseWestbrookBuilding1978
Lee, Daniel and Mary, HousePortlandBuilding1991
Little Haddam Historic DistrictEast HaddamDistrict1996
Lyman, David, II, HouseMiddlefieldBuilding1986
Lyman, Thomas, HouseDurhamBuilding1975
Lynde Point LighthouseOld SaybrookStructure1990
Main Street Historic DistrictMiddletownDistrict1983
Main Street Historic DistrictCromwellDistrict1985
Main Street Historic DistrictDurhamDistrict1986
Marlborough Street Historic DistrictPortlandDistrict2012
Metro South Historic DistrictMiddletownDistrict1980
Middle Haddam Historic DistrictMiddle HaddamDistrict1984
Middle Haddam SchoolEast HamptonBuilding2019
Middletown Alms HouseMiddletownBuilding1982
Middletown South Green Historic DistrictMiddletownDistrict1975
Middletown Upper Houses Historic DistrictCromwellDistrict1979
Millington Green Historic DistrictEast HaddamDistrict1996
North Cove Historic DistrictOld SaybrookDistrict1994
Oak LodgeKillingworthBuilding1986
Old Middletown High SchoolMiddletownBuilding1985
Old Saybrook South GreenOld SaybrookDistrict1976
Old Saybrook Town Hall and TheaterOld SaybrookBuilding2007
Old Town HallChesterBuilding1972
Oriole RockshelterEast HaddamSite1987
Parker HouseOld SaybrookBuilding1978
Parmelee HouseKillingworthBuilding2007
Pledger, Jacob, HouseMiddletownBuilding1982
Plumb HouseMiddletownBuilding1978
Portland Brownstone Quarries NHLPortlandSite2000
Pratt HouseEssexBuilding1985
Pratt, Dr. Ambrose, HouseChesterBuilding1972
Pratt, Humphrey, TavernOld SaybrookBuilding1972
Pratt, Read and Company Factory ComplexDeep RiverBuilding1984
Rapallo ViaductEast HamptonStructure1986
Roaring Brook I SiteEast HaddamSite1987
Roaring Brook II SiteEast HaddamSite1987
Russell Company Upper MillMiddletownBuilding1986
Russell, Edward Augustus, HouseMiddletownBuilding1982
Russell, Samuel Wadsworth, House NHLMiddletownBuilding1970
Sage-Kirby HouseCromwellBuilding1982
Saint Luke's Home for Destitute and Aged WomenMiddletownBuilding1982
Sanseer MillMiddletownBuilding1986
Saybrook Breakwater LighthouseOld SaybrookStructure1990
Seventh SisterEast HaddamBuilding1986
Shore Line Electric Railway PowerhouseOld SaybrookBuilding2019
Starr MillMiddletownBuilding1993
Starr Mill Road BridgeMiddletownStructure1993
Steamboat Dock SiteEssexBuilding1982
Stevens, William, HouseClintonBuilding1985
Town Farms InnMiddletownBuilding1979
Tully, William, HouseOld SaybrookBuilding1982
U.S. Post OfficeMiddletownBuilding1982
Villa Bella VistaChesterBuilding2000
Wadsworth Estate Historic DistrictMiddletownDistrict1996
Ward, William and Mary, HouseMiddletownBuilding2021
Ward, William, Jr., HouseMiddlefieldBuilding1988
Warner HouseEast HaddamBuilding1987
Warner, Jonathan, HouseChesterBuilding1978
Washington Street Historic DistrictMiddletownDistrict1985
Westbrook Town Center Historic DistrictWestbrookBuilding2017
Wetmore, Seth, HouseMiddletownBuilding1970
White-Overton-Callander HousePortlandBuilding2014
Whittlesey, Ambrose, HouseOld SaybrookBuilding1985
Whittlesey, John, Jr., HouseOld SaybrookBuilding1984
Wickham Road Historic DistrictEast HaddamDistrict1996
Wilcox, Crittenden MillMiddletownDistrict1986
Williams and Stancliff Octagon HousesPortlandBuilding1976
Williams, Captain Benjamin HouseMiddletownBuilding1978
Woodrow Wilson High SchoolMiddletownBuilding1986
Working Girls' Vacation Society Historic DistrictEast HaddamDistrict1994
Xi Chapter, Psi Upsilon FraternityMiddletownBuilding2009
YMCA of Northern Middlesex CountyMiddletownBuilding2023

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

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