List of Registered Historic Places in Fairfield County, Connecticut

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts 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 Fairfield County

Fairfield County, Connecticut

Fairfield County is a county located in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The county population is 916,829 according to the 2010 Census. There are currently 1,465 people per square mile in the county. It is the most populous county in the State of Connecticut and contains...

, Connecticut

Connecticut

Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...

, United States

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. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a Google map.

There are 276 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 9 National Historic Landmark

National Historic Landmark

A National Historic Landmark is a building, site, structure, object, or district, that is officially recognized by the United States government for its historical significance...

s. Of these, 55 are located in the city of Bridgeport

Bridgeport, Connecticut

Bridgeport is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Located in Fairfield County, the city had an estimated population of 144,229 at the 2010 United States Census and is the core of the Greater Bridgeport area...

and covered separately in National Register of Historic Places listings in Bridgeport, Connecticut

National Register of Historic Places listings in Bridgeport, Connecticut

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Bridgeport, Connecticut.This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States...

. Thirty-three are covered in National Register of Historic Places listings in Greenwich, Connecticut

National Register of Historic Places listings in Greenwich, Connecticut

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Greenwich, Connecticut.This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Greenwich...

and another 33 are covered in National Register of Historic Places listings in Stamford, Connecticut

National Register of Historic Places listings in Stamford, Connecticut

This is a list of the properties and historic districts in Stamford, Connecticut that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a Google...

. There are 157 properties and districts which are entirely outside those three cities or which span outside, and which are covered here in this list (Merritt Parkway

Merritt Parkway

The Merritt Parkway is a historic limited-access parkway in Fairfield County, Connecticut. The parkway is known for its scenic layout, its uniquely styled signage, and the architecturally elaborate overpasses along the route. It is designated as a National Scenic Byway and is also listed in the...

is listed here as well as in the Greenwich and Stamford lists).

All of the National Historic Landmarks, are listed here or in the Greenwich and Stamford subareas. Forty-six of these here or in Greenwich or Stamford are historic districts

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...

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Architecture addressed in the NRHP listings is quite varied. Of special interest is an unusual concentration of modern or International Style

International style (architecture)

The International style is a major architectural style that emerged in the 1920s and 1930s, the formative decades of Modern architecture. The term originated from the name of a book by Henry-Russell Hitchcock and Philip Johnson, The International Style...

houses in New Canaan, Connecticut

New Canaan, Connecticut

New Canaan is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, northeast of Stamford, on the Fivemile River. The population was 19,738 according to the 2010 census.The town is one of the most affluent communities in the United States...

Harvard Five

The Harvard Five was a group of architects that settled in New Canaan, Connecticut in the 1940s: John M. Johansen, Marcel Breuer, Landis Gores, Philip Johnson and Eliot Noyes...

" architects, including: Landis Gores House

Landis Gores House

The Landis Gores House is an International Style house in New Canaan, Connecticut that was built in 1948. It was designed by architects Landis Gores and John C. Smith and was Gores' home....

, the Richard and Geraldine Hodgson House

Richard and Geraldine Hodgson House

The Richard and Geraldine Hodgson House in New Canaan, Connecticut is an International Style house that was built in 1951. It was designed by Philip C. Johnson and Landis Gores. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005....

, the
Philip Johnson Glass House, and the Noyes House

Noyes House (New Canaan, Connecticut)

The Noyes House in New Canaan, Connecticut is an International Style architecture house built in 1955. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. Included in the NRHP listing are two contributing buildings and two other contributing structures. Design and/or building...

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There are numerous bridges included in the listings. Seven are moveable bridges, including the Saugatuck River Bridge

Saugatuck River Bridge

The Saugatuck River Bridge is a bridge in Connecticut carrying Route 136 over the Saugatuck River in Westport. The bridge, built in 1884, is the oldest surviving movable bridge in Connecticut and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The total length of the bridge is with a deck...

from 1884, the oldest moveable bridge in the state, and the Washington Bridge

Washington Bridge (Connecticut)

The Washington Bridge carries U.S. Route 1 over the Housatonic River in the U.S. state of Connecticut, connecting the city of Milford to the town of Stratford. Its geographic location is N 41.20037 by W -73.11039...

which carries U.S. 1 into New Haven County. Five are moveable railway bridges: the Mianus River Railroad Bridge

Mianus River Railroad Bridge

The Mianus River Railroad Bridge, also known as the Cos Cob Bridge, is a bascule bridge built in 1904 over the Mianus River, in Greenwich, Connecticut. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987...

, the Norwalk River Railroad Bridge

Norwalk River Railroad Bridge

The Norwalk River Railroad Bridge — the Amtrak and Metro-North Railroad right-of-way over the Norwalk River was built in 1896, when the route was widened to four tracks...

, the Saugatuck River Railroad Bridge

Saugatuck River Railroad Bridge

The Saugatuck River Railroad Bridge, also known as Saugatuck River Bridge, is a railroad bridge carrying trackage of Metro-North railroad's New Haven Line over the Saugatuck River in Westport, Connecticut...

, the Pequonnock River Railroad Bridge

Pequonnock River Railroad Bridge

The Pequonnock River Railroad Bridge is a railroad drawbridge over the Pequonnock River in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Owned by the State of Connecticut and maintained and operated by Metro-North Railroad, it is also referred to as Pequonnock River Bridge, PECK Bridge, and Undergrade Bridge 55.90...

(in Bridgeport

National Register of Historic Places listings in Bridgeport, Connecticut

), and the Housatonic River Railroad Bridge. One bridge is part of a dam and hydroelectric plant complex, the Stevenson Dam Hydroelectric Plant

Stevenson Dam Hydroelectric Plant

The Stevenson Dam Hydroelectric Plant is a hydroelectric power plant located on the Housatonic River at the boundary between the towns of Monroe and Oxford, Connecticut. The plant was built in 1917 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000...

. Five bridges bring roads across shorter crossings: the Perry Avenue Bridge

Perry Avenue Bridge

The Perry Avenue Bridge over the Silvermine River in the Silvermine section of Norwalk, Connecticut was built in 1899. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006....

in Norwalk, the Main Street Bridge

Main Street Bridge (Stamford, Connecticut)

The Main Street Bridge in Stamford, Connecticut carries Main Street over the Rippowam River . It was built in 1888. It was designed and manufactured by the Berlin Iron Bridge Company....

and the Turn-of-River Bridge

Turn-of-River Bridge

The Turn-of-River Bridge, also known as Old North Stamford Road Bridge, is a lenticular pony truss bridge built by the Berlin Iron Bridge Company in 1892. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987....

in Stamford, the Riverside Avenue Bridge

Riverside Avenue Bridge (Greenwich)

The Riverside Avenue Bridge is the only cast-iron bridge in Connecticut and one of a small number still in use in the United States. It carries Riverside Avenue over the New Haven Line railroad tracks in the Riverside section of Greenwich, Connecticut...

in Greenwich, and the picturesque Pine Creek Park Bridge

Pine Creek Park Bridge

The Pine Creek Park Bridge, also known as Mill Hill Road Bridge, is a Pratt pony truss bridge built in 1872. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992....

in Fairfield. Also there are numerous bridges that are included in the Merritt Parkway

Merritt Parkway

listing, out of 69 original bridges of the parkway. (This includes both bridges carrying the Merritt Parkway, and bridges crossing it). Other bridges are contributing structures within historic districts, such as the Pulaski Street Bridge within the South End Historic District of Stamford, and a concrete arch bridge from 1941 in the Aspetuck Historic District.

There are nine NRHP-listed lighthouses (including two in Bridgeport

National Register of Historic Places listings in Bridgeport, Connecticut

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Seven sites are listed partially or wholly for their association with the marches of French general Rochambeau's troops through the county, on their way to and from victory at Yorktown, Virginia

Siege of Yorktown

The Siege of Yorktown, Battle of Yorktown, or Surrender of Yorktown in 1781 was a decisive victory by a combined assault of American forces led by General George Washington and French forces led by the Comte de Rochambeau over a British Army commanded by Lieutenant General Lord Cornwallis...

in 1781. The sites still evoke the character of the well-mapped route of the army in 1781 and 1782.

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Weir Farm National Historic Site

Weir Farm National Historic Site is located in Ridgefield and Wilton, Connecticut, in the United States. It commemorates the life and work of J. Alden Weir, the American impressionist painter and member of the Cos Cob Art Colony. Tours of his studio are offered by National Park Service rangers....

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Wilton, Connecticut

Wilton is a town nestled in the Norwalk River Valley in southwestern Connecticut in the United States. It is located in Fairfield County. As of the 2010 census, the town population was 18,062. In 2007, it was voted as one of CNN Money's "Best Places to Live" in the United States.Located along...

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Ridgefield, Connecticut

Ridgefield is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. Situated in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains, the 300-year-old community had a population of 24,638 at the 2010 census. The town center, which was formerly a borough, is defined by the U.S...

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