Westville Village Historic District
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Westville Village Historic District is a historic district
representing most of the commercial center of the Westville neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut
. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 2003, and its boundaries were increased in 2006.
In 2003, the listed area was 22 acres (8.9 ha) and there were 30 contributing buildings in the district.
In 2006, the listing was amended to add the former Westville Theater building at 827 Whalley Avenue, an Early Commercial style building that was built in 1912. The theater building is now occupied by an antiques
store.
When listed, the district included 34 buildings, of which 30 were deemed contributing buildings. The contributing buildings are:
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...
representing most of the commercial center of the Westville neighborhood 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...
. The district 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 2003, and its boundaries were increased in 2006.
In 2003, the listed area was 22 acres (8.9 ha) and there were 30 contributing buildings in the district.
In 2006, the listing was amended to add the former Westville Theater building at 827 Whalley Avenue, an Early Commercial style building that was built in 1912. The theater building is now occupied by an antiques
Antiques
An antique is an old collectible item. It is collected or desirable because of its age , beauty, rarity, condition, utility, personal emotional connection, and/or other unique features...
store.
When listed, the district included 34 buildings, of which 30 were deemed contributing buildings. The contributing buildings are:
- 446 Blake Avenue, Greist Manufacturing Company
- 495 Blake Avenue, Geometric Tool Company
- 512 Blake Avenue, c. 1840 (See photo #13 in accompanying photo set)
- 15-17 Tour Avenue, Italianate, c.1905
- 23-25 Tour Avenue, Queen Anne, c.1905
- 413 West Rock Avenue, a Queen Anne style house
- 416-418 West Rock Avenue, Queen Anne
- 417 West Rock Avenue
- 420-422 West Rock Avenue
- 426 West Rock Avenue, Tudor Revival
- 831-835 Whalley Avenue, the Alfred Minor Building
- 837-839 Whalley Avenue
- 843 Whalley Avenue
- 845-847 Whalley Avenue
- 859-861 Whalley Avenue
- 865 Whalley Avenue
- 867 Whalley Avenue
- 873-875 Whalley Avenue
- 879 Whalley Avenue
- 881 Whalley Avenue
- 882-888 Whalley Avenue, Hotel Edgewood (photo #9)
- 883-889 Whalley Avenue
- 893-901 Whalley Avenue
- 898 Whalley Avenue
- 900-902 Whalley Avenue
- 903-911 Whalley Avenue, a Masonic hall built for the Olive Branch Temple Corporation
- 904-906 Whalley Avenue
- 914-918 Whalley Avenue
- 920 Whalley Avenue
- 949 Whalley Avenue, the Westville Masonic Temple, from 1926 (see photo #6 in photos accompanying NRHP nomination)
External links
- Westville Village Historic District, New Haven Preservation Trust website (text excerpt from NRHP nomination)