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Windham County, Connecticut

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At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 86 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1970; 3 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Plainfield, Canterbury, Windham.

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Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

37 of 86 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

86 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Abington Congregational ChurchAbingtonBuilding1977
Aldrich Free Public LibraryPlainfieldBuilding1994
American Thread CompanyWillimanticDistrict2014
Ashford AcademyAshfordBuilding1988
Bosworth, Benjamin, HouseEastfordBuilding1978
Bowen, Henry C., House NHLWoodstockBuilding1977
Bowen, Mathew, HomesteadWoodstockBuilding1987
Brayton Grist MillPomfretBuilding1986
Broad Street-Davis Park Historic DistrictKillinglyDistrict1998
Brooklyn Green Historic DistrictBrooklynDistrict1982
Bush Hill Historic DistrictBrooklynDistrict1987
Butts BridgeCanterburyStructure2010
Cady-Copp HousePutnamBuilding2001
Canterbury Center Historic DistrictCanterburyDistrict1998
Cargill Falls Mill (Wilkinson Mill)PutnamDistrict2014
Central Village Historic DistrictPlainfieldDistrict1991
Chandler, Capt. Seth, HouseEast WoodstockBuilding1993
Chaplin Historic DistrictChaplinDistrict1978
Church FarmAshfordBuilding1988
Clark, Capt. John, HouseCanterburyBuilding1970
Crandall, Prudence, House NHLCanterburyBuilding1970
Daniel's Village Archeological SiteKillinglySite1978
Danielson Main Street Historic DistrictKillinglyDistrict1992
Dayville Historic DistrictKillinglyDistrict1988
Dorrance InnSterlingBuilding2002
Elliottville Lower MillEast KillinglyBuilding1982
First Congregational Church of PlainfieldPlainfieldBuilding1986
Forty-Seventh Camp of Rochambeau's ArmyWindhamSite2003
Fourth Camp of Rochambeau's ArmyWindhamSite2003
Glen Falls BridgePlainfieldStructure1999
Gwyn CaregAbingtonBuilding1994
Hampton Hill Historic DistrictHamptonDistrict1982
Hemlock Glen Industrial Archeological DistrictHamptonDistrict2007
Hunt, Dr. Chester, OfficeWindham CenterBuilding1970
Huntington, Samuel, Birthplace NHLScotlandBuilding1971
Isaac and Sarah Upham HouseThompsonBuilding2025
Israel Putnam SchoolPutnamBuilding1984
Jillson, William, Stone HouseWillimanticBuilding1971
Killingly High School, OldKillinglyBuilding1992
Knowlton Memorial HallAshfordBuilding1994
Lawton Mills Historic DistrictPlainfieldDistrict1996
Main Street Historic DistrictWillimanticDistrict1982
Main Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)WindhamDistrict1992
March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Manship Road-Barstow RoadCanterburyDistrict2003
March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Old Canterbury RoadPlainfieldDistrict2003
March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Palmer RoadScotlandDistrict2003
March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Plainfield PikePlainfieldDistrict2003
March Route of Rochambeau's Army: Scotland RoadWindhamDistrict2003
Mixer TavernAshfordBuilding1994
Natchaug Forest Lumber ShedEastfordBuilding1986
New Roxbury Ironworks SiteWoodstockSite1996
Nichols, George Pickering, HouseThompsonBuilding1991
North Grosvenordale Mill Historic DisrictThompsonDistrict1993
Old Westfield CemeteryKillinglySite2010
Packerville BridgePlainfieldStructure1992
Plainfield Street Historic DistrictPlainfieldDistrict1991
Plainfield Woolen Company MillPlainfieldBuilding1985
Pomfret Street Historic DistrictPomfretDistrict1998
Pomfret Town HousePomfretBuilding1989
Prospect Hill Historic DistrictWillimaticDistrict2003
Putnam FarmBrooklynBuilding1982
Putnam High SchoolPutnamBuilding1993
Putnam Railroad StationPutnamBuilding2007
Putnam, Israel, Wolf DenPomfretSite1985
Quinebaug Mill-Quebec Square Historic DistrictBrookland-KillinglyDistrict1985
Quinebaug River Prehistoric Archeological DistrictCanterburyDistrict2009
Ramsdell, Hezekiah S., Farm SiteThompsonBuilding1990
Sterling Hill Historic DistrictSterlingDistrict1986
Sumner-Carpenter HouseEastfordBuilding1991
Taylor's CornerWoodstockBuilding1989
Temple Beth IsraelDanielsonBuilding2013
Thompson Hill Historic DistrictThompsonDistrict1987
Trinity ChurchBrooklynBuilding1970
Union Society of Phoenixville HouseEastfordBuilding2007
Unitarian MeetinghouseBrooklynBuilding1972
Wauregan Historic DistrictPlainfieldDistrict1979
Wheeler, Jonathan, HouseCanterburyBuilding1982
Willimantic ArmoryWindhamBuilding1985
Willimantic Elks ClubWindhamBuilding2005
Willimantic FootbridgeWillimanticStructure1979
Willimantic Freight House and OfficeWillimanticBuilding1982
Windham Center Historic DistrictWindhamDistrict1979
Witter HouseChaplinBuilding1970
Woodstock Academy Classroom BuildingWoodstockBuilding1984
Woodstock Hill Historic DistrictWoodstockDistrict1999
Wylie SchoolVoluntownBuilding1991

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

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