West Hill Historic District is a prestiguous, residential subdivision of the town of West Hartford, Connecticut

West Hartford, Connecticut

West Hartford is a town located in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The town was incorporated in 1854. Prior to that date, the town was a parish of Hartford....

. Also known as Vanderbilt Estate, it was first established as a local historic district in 1988 and later 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 1996.

West Hill Drive is the site of the original estate of Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr.. Only the brownstone

Brownstone

Brownstone is a brown Triassic or Jurassic sandstone which was once a popular building material. The term is also used in the United States to refer to a terraced house clad in this material.-Types:-Apostle Island brownstone:...

 wall and piers remain of the original estate. The current area was laid out in 1919 by Stanley Dimock and Horace Grant, utilizing brick and stucco in the Tudor and Colonial Revival

Colonial Revival architecture

The 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...

styles. The subdivision features a narrow roadway and hidden utilities. Most houses date back from the 1920s.