List of National Historic Landmarks in Connecticut facts for kids
This article describes National Historic Landmarks in the United States state of Connecticut. These include the most highly recognized historic sites in Connecticut that are officially designated and/or funded and operated by the U.S. Federal Government. There are no UNESCO-designated World Heritage Sites in Connecticut. There are many additional historic sites in Connecticut that are federally recognized by listing on the National Register of Historic Places, but only those NRHP-listed sites meeting particularly higher standards are further designated as National Historic Landmarks.
Current National Historic Landmarks
| Landmark name | Image | Date designated | Location | County | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Alsop IV House |
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(#70000686) |
Middletown 41°33′30″N 72°39′22″W / 41.5583°N 72.6561°W |
Middlesex | This distinctive house was built in the late 1830s in a transitional Greek-Italianate style. It now belongs to Wesleyan University. |
| 2 | A. Everett Austin House |
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(#94001189) |
Hartford 41°46′51″N 72°42′33″W / 41.7807°N 72.7092°W |
Hartford | Social hotspot and home of innovative Wadsworth Atheneum director Arthur Everett Austin Jr. |
| 3 | Henry Barnard House |
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(#66000803) |
Hartford 41°45′25″N 72°40′33″W / 41.7569°N 72.6757°W |
Hartford | Home of educator instrumental in the development of the American public school system. |
| 4 | Barnum Institute of Science and History |
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(#100009807) |
820 Main St. 41°10′32″N 73°11′18″W / 41.175556°N 73.188333°W |
Fairfield County, Connecticut | Only surviving building associated with influential 19th-century entertainer P.T. Barnum. |
| 5 | Birdcraft Sanctuary |
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(#82004371) |
Fairfield 41°08′39″N 73°15′31″W / 41.1443°N 73.2587°W |
Fairfield | Oldest bird sanctuary in the U.S., where Mabel Osgood Wright originated "birdscaping". |
| 6 | Henry C. Bowen House (Roseland) |
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(#77001414) |
Woodstock 41°56′50″N 71°58′36″W / 41.9472°N 71.9768°W |
Windham | Gothic revival summer cottage visited by three U.S. presidents. |
| 7 | Bush-Holley House |
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(#88002694) |
Greenwich 41°02′05″N 73°35′53″W / 41.0348°N 73.5980°W |
Fairfield | Home of Cos Cob Art Colony, c.1890-1920. |
| 8 | Buttolph–Williams House |
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(#68000048) |
Wethersfield 41°42′37″N 72°39′02″W / 41.7103°N 72.6505°W |
Hartford | Exemplifies traditional early New England design. |
| 9 | Charles W. Morgan (Bark) |
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(#66000804) |
Mystic 41°21′39″N 71°57′55″W / 41.3609°N 71.9652°W |
New London | Only surviving wooden ship from the nineteenth-century American whaling fleet. |
| 10 | Cheney Brothers Historic District |
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(#78002885) |
Manchester 41°45′52″N 72°31′32″W / 41.764500°N 72.525500°W |
Hartford | A nineteenth century silk mill and traditional company town. |
| 11 | Russell Henry Chittenden House |
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(#75001944) |
New Haven 41°18′48″N 72°55′23″W / 41.3134°N 72.9231°W |
New Haven | Home of Russell Henry Chittenden, the "father of American biochemistry". |
| 12 | Coltsville Historic District |
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(#66000802) |
Hartford 41°45′13″N 72°40′28″W / 41.7536°N 72.6745°W |
Hartford | Originally designated solely to encompass Armsmear, the home of arms maker Samuel Colt, this historic district was expanded in 1988 to include the Colt Armory, as well as worker housing and Colt Park. |
| 13 | Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station |
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(#66000805) |
New Haven 41°19′44″N 72°55′11″W / 41.3288°N 72.9196°W |
New Haven | Home of the first state agricultural experiment station |
| 14 | Connecticut Hall, Yale University |
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(#66000806) |
New Haven 41°18′22″N 72°55′46″W / 41.3062°N 72.9295°W |
New Haven | Oldest building at Yale University |
| 15 | Connecticut State Capitol |
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(#70000834) |
Hartford 41°45′44″N 72°40′58″W / 41.7622°N 72.6828°W |
Hartford | Designed by Richard Upjohn in Gothic and French Renaissance styles topped by gold leaf dome |
| 16 | Prudence Crandall House |
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(#70000696) |
Canterbury 41°41′46″N 71°58′19″W / 41.6961°N 71.9719°W |
Windham | Home of the abolitionist and educator Prudence Crandall |
| 17 | James Dwight Dana House |
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(#66000874) |
New Haven 41°18′48″N 72°55′25″W / 41.3132°N 72.9237°W |
New Haven | Home of Yale geologist James Dwight Dana, designed by Henry Austin. |
| 18 | Silas Deane House |
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(#70000835) |
Wethersfield 41°42′42″N 72°39′10″W / 41.7116°N 72.6529°W |
Hartford | Home of Silas Deane, member of the Continental Congress and America's first diplomat |
| 19 | Oliver Ellsworth Homestead |
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(#70000707) |
Windsor 41°52′43″N 72°37′29″W / 41.8787°N 72.6247°W |
Hartford | Home of Oliver Ellsworth, the third Chief Justice of the United States. |
| 20 | Emma C. Berry |
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(#94001649) |
Mystic 41°21′35″N 71°57′59″W / 41.3598°N 71.9665°W |
New London | One of the oldest surviving commercial vessels in the United States. |
| 21 | First Church of Christ |
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(#75002056) |
Farmington 41°43′17″N 72°49′48″W / 41.7214°N 72.8300°W |
Hartford | Church of the La Amistad freed slaves. |
| 22 | First Presbyterian Church |
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(#100006271) |
Stamford 41°03′47″N 73°32′19″W / 41.063°N 73.5385°W |
Fairfield | Aka the Fish Church, a major Modernist church design |
| 23 | Fort Shantok Archeological District |
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(#86000469) |
Montville 41°28′40″N 72°04′40″W / 41.4778°N 72.0778°W |
New London | Mohegan settlement and home of the seventeenth century sachem Uncas. |
| 24 | Florence Griswold House and Museum |
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(#93001604) |
Old Lyme 41°19′31″N 72°19′35″W / 41.3254°N 72.3265°W |
New London | Boarding house frequented by American impressionist artists such as Henry Ward Ranger, Childe Hassam, and Willard Metcalf. |
| 25 | Grove Street Cemetery |
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(#97000830) |
New Haven 41°18′49″N 72°55′39″W / 41.3136°N 72.9275°W |
New Haven | Final resting place of many Yale and New Haven notables including Roger Sherman, Noah Webster and Eli Whitney. |
| 26 | Hill–Stead |
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(#91002056) |
Farmington 41°43′11″N 72°49′29″W / 41.7197°N 72.8248°W |
Hartford | Colonial revival house and art museum located in the Farmington Historic District |
| 27 | Samuel Huntington Birthplace |
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(#71001009) |
Scotland 41°41′55″N 72°05′08″W / 41.6986°N 72.0856°W |
Windham | Boyhood saltbox home of the American statesman Samuel Huntington, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, Governor of Connecticut and first presiding officer of the Congress of the Confederation |
| 28 | Philip Johnson Glass House |
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(#97000341) |
New Canaan 41°08′33″N 73°31′46″W / 41.1424°N 73.5294°W |
Fairfield | Modern masterpiece of glass and steel; designed and occupied by architect Philip Johnson. |
| 29 | Kimberly Mansion |
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(#74002178) |
Glastonbury 41°41′21″N 72°36′22″W / 41.6893°N 72.6060°W |
Hartford | Home of Abby and Julia Smith, suffragists who successfully fought the town of Glastonbury on the issue of taxation without representation. |
| 30 | L. A. Dunton (schooner) |
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(#93001612) |
Mystic 41°21′23″N 71°57′58″W / 41.3565°N 71.9661°W |
New London | Classic fishing schooner and one of the last sail-powered fishing vessels built. |
| 31 | Litchfield Historic District |
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(#68000050) |
Litchfield 41°44′51″N 73°11′25″W / 41.7474°N 73.19015°W |
Litchfield | Well-preserved late 18th-early 19th century New England town that was the state's first historic district. |
| 32 | Lockwood–Mathews Mansion |
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(#70000836) |
Norwalk 41°06′36″N 73°25′05″W / 41.1100°N 73.4180°W |
Fairfield | Second Empire style mansion built in 1864. |
| 33 | Othniel C. Marsh House |
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(#66000875) |
New Haven 41°19′18″N 72°55′24″W / 41.3218°N 72.9233°W |
New Haven | Home of Yale paleontologist Othniel Marsh; now part of the Yale School of Forestry (Marsh Hall). |
| 34 | Mashantucket Pequot Reservation Archeological District |
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(#86001323) |
Ledyard 41°27′32″N 71°58′22″W / 41.4589°N 71.9727°W |
New London | Expansive district on the Mashantucket Pequot Reservation containing archaeological remains relevant to Pequot history. |
| 35 | Stephen Tyng Mather Home |
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(#66000877) |
Darien 41°06′45″N 73°28′27″W / 41.1126°N 73.4743°W |
Fairfield | Home of conservationist Stephen Tyng Mather, who was instrumental in the formation of the National Park Service and served as its first director. |
| 36 | Lafayette B. Mendel House |
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(#76002138) |
New Haven 41°18′40″N 72°55′06″W / 41.3112°N 72.9182°W |
New Haven | Home of Yale biochemist Lafayette Mendel; designed by Henry Austin |
| 37 | James Merrill House |
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(#13000618) |
Stonington 41°20′01″N 71°54′24″W / 41.333697°N 71.906633°W |
New London | Home of James Merrill, one of the most significant American writers of the second half of the 20th century. |
| 38 | Monte Cristo Cottage(Eugene O'Neill House) |
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(#71001010) |
New London 41°19′56″N 72°05′45″W / 41.3322°N 72.0959°W |
New London | Home of the Nobel prize-winning playwright Eugene O'Neill. |
| 39 | Edward W. Morley House |
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(#75002057) |
West Hartford 41°45′27″N 72°45′12″W / 41.7575°N 72.7532°W |
Hartford | Home of physicist Edward W. Morley, known for the Michelson–Morley experiment and for his work on the atomic weights of hydrogen and oxygen. |
| 40 | USS NAUTILUS (nuclear submarine) |
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(#79002653) |
Groton 41°23′13″N 72°05′17″W / 41.387°N 72.088°W |
New London | The world's first operational nuclear-powered submarine. |
| 41 | New Haven Green Historic District |
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(#70000838) |
New Haven 41°18′29″N 72°55′37″W / 41.3080°N 72.9270°W |
New Haven | Large town green includes three historic churches. |
| 42 | Charles H. Norton House |
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(#76002139) |
Plainville 41°39′37″N 72°53′07″W / 41.6603°N 72.8852°W |
Hartford | Home of Charles H. Norton, the inventor of precision grinding equipment. |
| 43 | Old New-Gate Prison |
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(#70000839) |
East Granby 41°57′36″N 72°44′44″W / 41.9600°N 72.7456°W |
Hartford | Colonial prison; Loyalists were held here during the American Revolutionary War |
| 44 | Old State House |
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(#66000878) |
Hartford 41°45′57″N 72°40′24″W / 41.7658°N 72.6733°W |
Hartford | Federal style building designed by Charles Bulfinch and completed in 1796. |
| 45 | Capt. Nathaniel B. Palmer House |
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(#96000971) |
Stonington 41°20′34″N 71°54′23″W / 41.3427°N 71.9064°W |
New London | Home of the pioneering Antarctic explorer and seal hunter Nathaniel Palmer. |
| 46 | Portland Brownstone Quarries |
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(#00000703) |
Portland 41°34′32″N 72°38′36″W / 41.5756°N 72.6433°W |
Middlesex | These quarries, active since 1690, were the source of vast quantities of brownstone for New York City, Philadelphia, Boston, other urban areas' buildings. |
| 47 | Tapping Reeve House and Law School |
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(#66000879) |
Litchfield 41°44′31″N 73°11′20″W / 41.7419°N 73.1888°W |
Litchfield | First law school in the United States separate from a college or university, its influential graduates included Aaron Burr, Jr. and John C. Calhoun. |
| 48 | Frederic Remington House |
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(#66000880) |
Ridgefield 41°17′05″N 73°30′59″W / 41.2848°N 73.5165°W |
Fairfield | Home of painter and sculptor Frederic Remington, famous for his depictions of the American West. |
| 49 | John Rogers Studio |
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(#66000881) |
New Canaan 41°09′00″N 73°29′51″W / 41.1499°N 73.4975°W |
Fairfield | Studio of the popular nineteenth century sculptor John Rogers. |
| 50 | Samuel Wadsworth Russell House |
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(#70000688) |
Middletown 41°33′37″N 72°39′20″W / 41.5602°N 72.6556°W |
Middlesex | Greek Revival mansion, designed by Ithiel Town; now part of Wesleyan University. |
| 51 | Sabino (Passenger Steamboat) |
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(#92001887) |
Mystic 41°21′32″N 71°58′02″W / 41.3590°N 71.9673°W |
New London | One of only two surviving members of the American "mosquito fleet", small steamers that served the inland waters of the United States. |
| 52 | Stanley-Whitman House |
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(#66000882) |
Farmington 41°43′23″N 72°49′25″W / 41.7230°N 72.8236°W |
Hartford | Classic seventeenth century New England saltbox. |
| 53 | The Steward's House, Foreign Mission School |
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(#16000858) |
Cornwall 41°50′38″N 73°19′51″W / 41.8439°N 73.3309°W |
Litchfield | The first and last experiment in a domestically located "foreign" mission and represents educational and social politics concerning racial tolerance, Asian and Native American migration, and American identity in the early 19th century. |
| 54 | Harriet Beecher Stowe House |
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(#70000710) |
Hartford 41°46′01″N 72°42′03″W / 41.767°N 72.7008°W |
Hartford | Home of 19th century abolitionist writer and reform advocate Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. |
| 55 | Jonathan Sturges House (The Cottage) |
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(#84000247) |
Fairfield 41°08′47″N 73°16′00″W / 41.1465°N 73.2668°W |
Fairfield | Early Gothic-revival cottage |
| 56 | Ida Tarbell House |
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(#93001602) |
Easton 41°17′12″N 73°19′35″W / 41.2868°N 73.3263°W |
Fairfield | Home of the muckraking journalist and author Ida Tarbell. |
| 57 | John Trumbull Birthplace |
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(#66000883) |
Lebanon 41°38′03″N 72°12′56″W / 41.6343°N 72.2156°W |
New London | Home of Connecticut Governor Jonathan Trumbull and birthplace of his son John Trumbull, the "painter of the Revolution" |
| 58 | Mark Twain Home |
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(#66000884) |
Hartford 41°46′03″N 72°42′05″W / 41.7675°N 72.7013°W |
Hartford | Home of author, lecturer, and satirist Mark Twain from 1874 to 1891. |
| 59 | Joseph Webb House |
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(#66000885) |
Wethersfield 41°42′43″N 72°39′10″W / 41.7120°N 72.6528°W |
Hartford | Site of the 1781 American Revolutionary War conference between General George Washington and French General Rochambeau. |
| 60 | Noah Webster Birthplace |
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(#66000886) |
West Hartford 41°44′50″N 72°44′45″W / 41.7473°N 72.7457°W |
Hartford | Home of the American lexicographer Noah Webster. |
| 61 | Henry Whitfield House |
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(#72001327) |
Guilford 41°16′39″N 72°40′35″W / 41.2775°N 72.6765°W |
New Haven | The oldest house in Connecticut, built in 1639 |
| 62 | Austin F. Williams Carriagehouse and House |
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(#98001190) |
Farmington 41°43′04″N 72°50′02″W / 41.7178°N 72.8339°W |
Hartford | Temporary quarters for the Amistad Africans and a "station" on the Underground Railroad |
| 63 | William Williams House |
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(#71001012) |
Lebanon 41°38′03″N 72°12′46″W / 41.6342°N 72.2128°W |
New London | Home of William Williams, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. |
| 64 | Oliver Wolcott House |
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(#71001011) |
Litchfield 41°44′36″N 73°11′16″W / 41.7433°N 73.1878°W |
Litchfield | Home of the soldier and politician Oliver Wolcott, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and Governor of Connecticut |
| 65 | Yale Bowl |
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(#87000756) |
New Haven 41°18′47″N 72°57′38″W / 41.3131°N 72.9605°W |
New Haven | Bowl stadium, model for Rose Bowl and others. Home of the Bulldogs and The Game. |
Former National Historic Landmarks
| Landmark name | Image | Date listed | Locality | County | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | First Telephone Exchange |
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January 29, 1964 | New Haven | New Haven | Location of the first commercial telephone exchange. Building was demolished in 1973 and replaced by a parking garage |
See also
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