Glastonbury-Rocky Hill Ferry Historic District
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Glastonbury-Rocky Hill Ferry Historic District is a historic district in Glastonbury
and Rocky Hill, Connecticut
. It includes the ferry landings and water traversed by the Rocky Hill – Glastonbury Ferry.
Contributing elements in the district are 153 buildings, 4 sites, and 2 objects.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 2005.
The National Register listing was proposed in 2005 in part to help preserve the historic ferry.
The historic district
encompasses farmscapes of the Great Meadows in South Glastonbury that preserve 17th-century land use patterns and Colonial and Greek Revival farmhouses, as well as the homes of shipbuilders and merchant traders near the two landings, including several examples of Colonial and Italianate architecture.
The district includes Pease Lane in Glastonbury and other streets that are not approaches to the ferry.
Glastonbury, Connecticut
Glastonbury is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States, founded in 1693. The population was 31,876 at the 2000 census. The town was named after Glastonbury in Somerset, England. Glastonbury is located on the banks of the Connecticut River, 7 miles southeast of Hartford. The town...
and Rocky Hill, Connecticut
Rocky Hill, Connecticut
Rocky Hill is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 17,966 at the 2000 census. Rocky Hill was part of Wethersfield, the neighboring town to the north, until it was independently incorporated in 1849....
. It includes the ferry landings and water traversed by the Rocky Hill – Glastonbury Ferry.
Contributing elements in the district are 153 buildings, 4 sites, and 2 objects.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 2005.
The National Register listing was proposed in 2005 in part to help preserve the historic ferry.
The historic district
Historic district (United States)
In the United States, a historic district is a group of buildings, properties, or sites that have been designated by one of several entities on different levels as historically or architecturally significant. Buildings, structures, objects and sites within a historic district are normally divided...
encompasses farmscapes of the Great Meadows in South Glastonbury that preserve 17th-century land use patterns and Colonial and Greek Revival farmhouses, as well as the homes of shipbuilders and merchant traders near the two landings, including several examples of Colonial and Italianate architecture.
The district includes Pease Lane in Glastonbury and other streets that are not approaches to the ferry.
See also
- Gales FerryGales FerryGales Ferry is a village in the town of Ledyard, Connecticut, United States. It is located along the eastern bank of the Thames River. The village developed as a result of having a ferry to Uncasville located at this site, and from which the village was named...
, also NRHP-listed in CT - Hadlyme Ferry Historic DistrictHadlyme Ferry Historic DistrictThe Hadlyme Ferry Historic District, in Hadlyme village in the town of Lyme, Connecticut, at the site of the Chester–Hadlyme Ferry, is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994....
, also NRHP-listed in CT