Spring Hill Historic District (Mansfield, Connecticut)
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Spring Hill Historic District is a historic district
in Spring Hill
, in the town of Mansfield, Connecticut
, that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1979. It became a Connecticut state historic district in 1972.
When listed, the district included 13 contributing buildings and 10 non-contributing buildings.
The listing describes and contributes to the preservation of history of Spring Hill. It includes two of the four houses that had made up Spring Hill as a distinct community around 1800:
One other building was destroyed by fire and the other one was demolished.
Its other contributing buildings are mostly with Greek Revival
architecture, from that fad of the 1830s. These include:
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 Spring Hill
Spring Hill, Mansfield, Connecticut
Spring Hill is a village in the town of Mansfield, Connecticut, in Tolland County. It is the location of the Spring Hill Historic District....
, in the town of Mansfield, Connecticut
Mansfield, Connecticut
Mansfield is a town in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 20,720 at the 2000 census.Mansfield was incorporated in October 1702 from the Town of Windham, in Hartford County. When Windham County was formed on 12 May 1726, Mansfield then became part of that county...
, that 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 1979. It became a Connecticut state historic district in 1972.
When listed, the district included 13 contributing buildings and 10 non-contributing buildings.
The listing describes and contributes to the preservation of history of Spring Hill. It includes two of the four houses that had made up Spring Hill as a distinct community around 1800:
- 957 Storrs Road, at listing known as the Altnaveigh Inn, c.1776
- 974 Storrs Road, a cottage, c.1740
One other building was destroyed by fire and the other one was demolished.
Its other contributing buildings are mostly with Greek Revival
Greek Revival architecture
The Greek Revival was an architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in Northern Europe and the United States. A product of Hellenism, it may be looked upon as the last phase in the development of Neoclassical architecture...
architecture, from that fad of the 1830s. These include:
- Crain House, 928 Storrs Road, from 1838
- Shumway House, 934 Storrs Road, from 1863
- Shubael Freeman Farm, 3 East Road, from 1835
- Bradley Sears Farm, 950 Storrs Road, c.1870, in ItalianateItalianate architectureThe Italianate style of architecture was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. In the Italianate style, the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italian Renaissance architecture, which had served as inspiration for both Palladianism and...
, owned by UConn, Storrs - Town Hall, 954 Storrs Road, from 1935 Colonial RevivalColonial Revival architectureThe Colonial Revival was a nationalistic architectural style, garden design, and interior design movement in the United States which sought to revive elements of Georgian architecture, part of a broader Colonial Revival Movement in the arts. In the early 1890s Americans began to value their own...
, and earlier Town Hall from 1842, Greek Revival (moved back) - Luther Kingsley House, 958 Storrs Road, from 1740
- Artemus Storrs House, 974 Storrs Road, from 1852, Greek Revival attributed to Edwin FitchEdwin FitchEdwin Fitch was an architect and builder in Connecticut.He designed and/or built:*one or more buildings or structures in Gurleyville Historic District, N of Mansfield Center off CT 195 at jct...