Orange Street Historic District
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The Orange Street Historic District is a 125 acres (50.6 ha) historic district
in the East Rock
section of New Haven, Connecticut
that was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places
in 1985. At that time, it included 546 buildings deemed to contribute to the historic character of the area.
The district is an irregularly shaped area that includes the southern half of Orange Street. The northern half of Orange Street is included in the Whitney Avenue Historic District
, which abuts the Orange Street Historic District on the west.
The Congregation Mishkan Israel
's former building, at 55 Audubon Street, is one contributing building.
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...
in the East Rock
East Rock (neighborhood)
East Rock is a neighborhood in the city of New Haven, Connecticut, named for nearby East Rock, a prominent trap rock ridge. The area is home to a large group of Yale students, staff, and faculty, as well as many young professionals and families. The neighborhood is divided between New Haven's...
section of New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven is the second-largest city in Connecticut and the sixth-largest in New England. According to the 2010 Census, New Haven's population increased by 5.0% between 2000 and 2010, a rate higher than that of the State of Connecticut, and higher than that of the state's five largest cities, and...
that was listed on the U.S. 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 1985. At that time, it included 546 buildings deemed to contribute to the historic character of the area.
The district is an irregularly shaped area that includes the southern half of Orange Street. The northern half of Orange Street is included in the Whitney Avenue Historic District
Whitney Avenue Historic District
__notoc__The Whitney Avenue Historic District is a historic district in New Haven, Connecticut. It is a district which included 1,084 contributing buildings when it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989....
, which abuts the Orange Street Historic District on the west.
The Congregation Mishkan Israel
Congregation Mishkan Israel
Congregation Mishkan Israel, in Hamden, Connecticut, founded in 1840 and incorporated in 1843, the year the Connecticut legislature first permitted non-Christian organizations to incorporate in the state, is one of the two the oldest Jewish congregations in Connecticut. .The congregation was...
's former building, at 55 Audubon Street, is one contributing building.