South Main Street, Block 43 (Commercial Buildings), South Main & Washi...
Significance: The buildings of South Main Street as a unit form a very harmonious and decorative street facade, relative to a pedestrian scale and representative of the late 19th century style. Individually th... More
Stratford Shoal Lighthouse, Long Island Sound, Bridgeport, Fairfield C...
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Simon C. Sherwood House, 67 Westway Road, Southport, Fairfield County,...
Significance: The Simon C. Sherwood house, built 1884, is a fine late nineteenth-century eclectic composition. Borrowing from a variety of antiquarian styles, the design's intricate detailing emphasizes contra... More
Giani-Mumaugh Memorial, Main & High Streets, Lancaster, Fairfield Coun...
Survey number: HABS OH-419 Building/structure dates: ca. 1820 Initial Construction
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Cos Cob Power Plant, Sound Sh...
Significance: The electrification of the New Haven Railroad was an innovative technological venture. The pioneering engineers of Westinghouse and the New Haven Railroad created the first long distance railroad... More
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Cos Cob Power Plant, Sound Sh...
Significance: The electrification of the New Haven Railroad was an innovative technological venture. The pioneering engineers of Westinghouse and the New Haven Railroad created the first long distance railroad... More
St. Peter's Convent, 88 Main Street, Danbury, Fairfield County, CT
Significance: St. Peter's Convent reflects the growth of Danbury's Catholic immigrant communities at the end of the nineteenth century. The convent was built in 1895 to accommodate nuns who taught in the paris... More
St. Peter's Convent, 88 Main Street, Danbury, Fairfield County, CT
Significance: St. Peter's Convent reflects the growth of Danbury's Catholic immigrant communities at the end of the nineteenth century. The convent was built in 1895 to accommodate nuns who taught in the paris... More
Bush-Holley House, 39 Strickland Road, Cos Cob, Fairfield County, CT
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Bush-Holley House, 39 Strickland Road, Cos Cob, Fairfield County, CT
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Sherwood-Banks House, 98 Banks Place, Southport, Fairfield County, CT
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-37 Survey number: HABS CT-316
Pequot Library, 720 Pequot Road, Southport, Fairfield County, CT
Significance: The Pequot Library was designed by New York architect Robert H. Robertson (1849-1919) in 1885-87, and erected during 1887-93. Robertson had been a partner of William Potter, who together designed... More
Pequot Library, 720 Pequot Road, Southport, Fairfield County, CT
Significance: The Pequot Library was designed by New York architect Robert H. Robertson (1849-1919) in 1885-87, and erected during 1887-93. Robertson had been a partner of William Potter, who together designed... More
Buttery Sawmill, Silvermine, Fairfield County, CT
Survey number: HABS CT-63 Building/structure dates: 1741 Initial Construction
Buttery Sawmill, Silvermine, Fairfield County, CT
Survey number: HABS CT-63 Building/structure dates: 1741 Initial Construction
Frederick Remington House, 154 Barry Avenue, Ridgefield, Fairfield Cou...
Survey number: HABS CT-353 Building/structure dates: 1909 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000880
Frederick Remington House, 154 Barry Avenue, Ridgefield, Fairfield Cou...
Survey number: HABS CT-353 Building/structure dates: 1909 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000880
135 West Wheeling Street (House), 135 West Wheeling Street, Lancaster,...
Significance: Understand the house was built for a residence and doctor's office. Contributes to the Lancaster Historic District. Survey number: HABS OH-2325 Building/structure dates: 1880 Initial Construction
Merritt Parkway, Grumman Avenue Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway, Norw...
Significance: The bridges of the Merritt Parkway were predominately inspired by the Art Deco and Art Moderne architectural styles of the 1930s. Experimental forming techniques were employed to create the ornam... More
Reverend Thomas Hawley House, Main Street & Branchville Road, Ridgefie...
Survey number: HABS CT-46 Public domain photograph - historical image of Connecticut, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Reverend Thomas Hawley House, Main Street & Branchville Road, Ridgefie...
Survey number: HABS CT-46 Public domain photograph - historical image of Connecticut, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Automatic Signalization Syste...
Significance: This system is one of the few automatic semaphore signal installations still in use on a major railroad in the United States. It was a major element in the first large-scale application of high-v... More
Merritt Parkway, Bridge No. 744, Spanning Merritt Parkway at Route 59,...
Significance: This bridge is part of the Merritt Parkway, a landscaped limited-access highway designed and built in the 1930s. The parkway was regarded as a model in its day, largely because of the architectur... More
Ives Manufacturing Corporation, 194 Holland Avenue, Bridgeport, Fairfi...
Significance: The patent-stone ashlar building was the first factory in the United States built for the sole purpose of making toy trains. Ives was the largest producer of electric trains in this country for a... More
Ives Manufacturing Corporation, 194 Holland Avenue, Bridgeport, Fairfi...
Significance: The patent-stone ashlar building was the first factory in the United States built for the sole purpose of making toy trains. Ives was the largest producer of electric trains in this country for a... More
William Meade Prince House, Saint John Place, Westport, Fairfield Coun...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-11 Survey number: HABS CT-69 Building/structure dates: 1817 Initial Construction
Julius Pike House, 62 Center Street, Southport, Fairfield County, CT
Survey number: HABS CT-337 Public domain photograph - historical image of Connecticut, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Patch Street Bridge, Spanning Kohanza Brook on Patch Street, Danbury, ...
Significance: The single arch stone Patch Street Bridge was a typical example of an increasingly rare class of municipally-built structure in Connecticut, and was the best preserved and perhaps most unusual suc... More
Patch Street Bridge, Spanning Kohanza Brook on Patch Street, Danbury, ...
Significance: The single arch stone Patch Street Bridge was a typical example of an increasingly rare class of municipally-built structure in Connecticut, and was the best preserved and perhaps most unusual suc... More
Bostwick Building, 1349-1305 State Street, Bridgeport, Fairfield Count...
Significance: The Bostwick Building, built in 1886-1887, is a representative example of mixed-use, commercial/residential wood-frame urban architecture, typical of east coast industrial cities in the late-ninet... More
Bostwick Building, 1349-1305 State Street, Bridgeport, Fairfield Count...
Significance: The Bostwick Building, built in 1886-1887, is a representative example of mixed-use, commercial/residential wood-frame urban architecture, typical of east coast industrial cities in the late-ninet... More
Green's Ledge Lighthouse, Long Island Sound, Norwalk, Fairfield County...
Significance: Green's Ledge Lighthouse, built 1902, is significant as an example of a pre-fabricated, conical, cast-iron light tower built on a cylindrical cast-iron and concrete foundation. That design was de... More
Green's Ledge Lighthouse, Long Island Sound, Norwalk, Fairfield County...
Significance: Green's Ledge Lighthouse, built 1902, is significant as an example of a pre-fabricated, conical, cast-iron light tower built on a cylindrical cast-iron and concrete foundation. That design was de... More
Merritt Parkway, White Oak Shade Road Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway...
Significance: The bridges of the Merritt Parkway were predominately inspired by the Art Deco and Art Moderne architectural style of the 1930s. Experimental forming techniques were employed to create the orname... More
Grand Street Bridge, Spanning Pequonnock River at Grand Street, Bridge...
Significance: Grand Street Bridge is significant as an example of a bascule bridge, a technology that saw substantial innovation and development in the early 1900s. This specific form, the Strauss Underneath C... More
Grand Street Bridge, Spanning Pequonnock River at Grand Street, Bridge...
Significance: Grand Street Bridge is significant as an example of a bascule bridge, a technology that saw substantial innovation and development in the early 1900s. This specific form, the Strauss Underneath C... More
Judge Roger M. Sherman House, 500 Old Post Road, Fairfield, Fairfield ...
Survey number: HABS CT-60 Building/structure dates: 1816 Initial Construction
Judge Roger M. Sherman House, 500 Old Post Road, Fairfield, Fairfield ...
Survey number: HABS CT-60 Building/structure dates: 1816 Initial Construction
Merritt Parkway, Saugatuck River Bridge, Spanning Saugatuck River, Wes...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
General Joseph Walker House, 2175 Elm Street, Stratford, Fairfield Cou...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential home interior, living room, fireplace, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Stephen Tyng Mather House, 19 Stephen Mather Road, Darien, Fairfield C...
Significance: Built as a typical Connecticut farm house of the later eighteenth century by Revolutionary War hero Deacon Joseph Mather, the house has remained in the Mather family and contains many original fit... More
Stephen Tyng Mather House, 19 Stephen Mather Road, Darien, Fairfield C...
Significance: Built as a typical Connecticut farm house of the later eighteenth century by Revolutionary War hero Deacon Joseph Mather, the house has remained in the Mather family and contains many original fit... More
David Ogden House, 1520 Bronson Road, Fairfield, Fairfield County, CT
Survey number: HABS CT-56 Building/structure dates: after. 1710- before. 1720 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1750 Subsequent Work
David Ogden House, 1520 Bronson Road, Fairfield, Fairfield County, CT
Survey number: HABS CT-56 Building/structure dates: after. 1710- before. 1720 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1750 Subsequent Work
David Ogden House, 1520 Bronson Road, Fairfield, Fairfield County, CT
Survey number: HABS CT-56 Building/structure dates: after. 1710- before. 1720 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1750 Subsequent Work
David Ogden House, 1520 Bronson Road, Fairfield, Fairfield County, CT
Survey number: HABS CT-56 Building/structure dates: after. 1710- before. 1720 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1750 Subsequent Work
David Ogden House, 1520 Bronson Road, Fairfield, Fairfield County, CT
Survey number: HABS CT-56 Building/structure dates: after. 1710- before. 1720 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1750 Subsequent Work
David Ogden House, 1520 Bronson Road, Fairfield, Fairfield County, CT
Survey number: HABS CT-56 Building/structure dates: after. 1710- before. 1720 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1750 Subsequent Work
Paul Rudolph's Louis Micheels House, 16 Minute Man Hill, Westport, Fai...
Significance: The house, built for Dr. and Mrs. Louis Micheels in 1972, was the creation of architect Paul Rudolph (1918-1997). Rudolph had been chairman of the Yale Department of Architecture from 1958-1965 an... More
Saugatuck River Bridge, Spanning Saugatuck River at Route 136, Westpor...
Significance: Only manually operated swing truss in Connecticut. Rare surviving example of first generation movable iron bridge. Survey number: HAER CT-46
Saugatuck River Bridge, Spanning Saugatuck River at Route 136, Westpor...
Significance: Only manually operated swing truss in Connecticut. Rare surviving example of first generation movable iron bridge. Survey number: HAER CT-46
Saugatuck River Bridge, Spanning Saugatuck River at Route 136, Westpor...
Significance: Only manually operated swing truss in Connecticut. Rare surviving example of first generation movable iron bridge. Survey number: HAER CT-46
Jonathan B. Sanford House, Redding, Fairfield County, CT
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-14 Survey number: HABS CT-74 Building/structure dates: 1753 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: ca. 1848 Subsequent Work
Francis Jelliff House, 212 Center Street, Southport, Fairfield County,...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
South Norwalk Railroad Bridge, South Main & Washington Streets, Norwal...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a road works, construction, excavation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
South Norwalk Railroad Bridge, South Main & Washington Streets, Norwal...
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Zalmon Wakeman House, 418 Harbor Road, Southport, Fairfield County, CT
Significance: The Zalmon Wakeman residence was designed by the locally prominent architects Lambert & Bunnell. It is a fine example of the Second Empire style which reached its peak of popularity along the East... More
Zalmon Wakeman House, 418 Harbor Road, Southport, Fairfield County, CT
Significance: The Zalmon Wakeman residence was designed by the locally prominent architects Lambert & Bunnell. It is a fine example of the Second Empire style which reached its peak of popularity along the East... More
Zalmon Wakeman House, 418 Harbor Road, Southport, Fairfield County, CT
Significance: The Zalmon Wakeman residence was designed by the locally prominent architects Lambert & Bunnell. It is a fine example of the Second Empire style which reached its peak of popularity along the East... More
Yellow Mill Bridge, Spanning Yellow Mill Channel at Stratford Avenue, ...
Significance: Constructed in 1927-1929, the Yellow Mill Bridge is a rare and relatively intact example of a bascule highway bridge. Located on a site that has been bridged since the late eighteenth century, th... More
Yellow Mill Bridge, Spanning Yellow Mill Channel at Stratford Avenue, ...
Significance: Constructed in 1927-1929, the Yellow Mill Bridge is a rare and relatively intact example of a bascule highway bridge. Located on a site that has been bridged since the late eighteenth century, th... More
Yellow Mill Bridge, Spanning Yellow Mill Channel at Stratford Avenue, ...
Significance: Constructed in 1927-1929, the Yellow Mill Bridge is a rare and relatively intact example of a bascule highway bridge. Located on a site that has been bridged since the late eighteenth century, th... More
Yellow Mill Bridge, Spanning Yellow Mill Channel at Stratford Avenue, ...
Significance: Constructed in 1927-1929, the Yellow Mill Bridge is a rare and relatively intact example of a bascule highway bridge. Located on a site that has been bridged since the late eighteenth century, th... More
Yellow Mill Bridge, Spanning Yellow Mill Channel at Stratford Avenue, ...
Significance: Constructed in 1927-1929, the Yellow Mill Bridge is a rare and relatively intact example of a bascule highway bridge. Located on a site that has been bridged since the late eighteenth century, th... More
Yellow Mill Bridge, Spanning Yellow Mill Channel at Stratford Avenue, ...
Significance: Constructed in 1927-1929, the Yellow Mill Bridge is a rare and relatively intact example of a bascule highway bridge. Located on a site that has been bridged since the late eighteenth century, th... More
Yellow Mill Bridge, Spanning Yellow Mill Channel at Stratford Avenue, ...
Significance: Constructed in 1927-1929, the Yellow Mill Bridge is a rare and relatively intact example of a bascule highway bridge. Located on a site that has been bridged since the late eighteenth century, th... More
Southport Savings Bank, 226 Main Street, Southport, Fairfield County, ...
Significance: The Southport Savings Bank was erected in 1863-65, and designed according to the plans for the Danbury (Connecticut) Bank. The original building specifications for the mason and carpentry work ha... More
Southport Savings Bank, 226 Main Street, Southport, Fairfield County, ...
Significance: The Southport Savings Bank was erected in 1863-65, and designed according to the plans for the Danbury (Connecticut) Bank. The original building specifications for the mason and carpentry work ha... More
Merritt Parkway, (Southbound) Fairfield Service Station, Abbutting Nor...
Significance: The service stations of the Merritt Parkway illustrate the Connecticut Highway Department's policy of limiting private commercial development and conforming to aesthetic treatment sympathetic to a... More
Merritt Parkway, Wilton Road Bridge, Spanning Wilton Road/Route 33 at ...
Significance: This bridge is one of 25 different style bridges located along a 38-mile stretch of the Merritt Parkway that includes bridges of French, Italian, English or Classic Art Deco styles. These bridges... More
Merritt Parkway, Wilton Road Bridge, Spanning Wilton Road/Route 33 at ...
Significance: This bridge is one of 25 different style bridges located along a 38-mile stretch of the Merritt Parkway that includes bridges of French, Italian, English or Classic Art Deco styles. These bridges... More
Trinity Church (P. E.), 651 Pequot Road, Southport, Fairfield County, ...
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Trinity Church (P. E.), 651 Pequot Road, Southport, Fairfield County, ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a religious building interior, church, cathedral, hall, 17th, 18th, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Trinity Church (P. E.), 651 Pequot Road, Southport, Fairfield County, ...
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Trinity Church (P. E.), 651 Pequot Road, Southport, Fairfield County, ...
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Trinity Church (P. E.), 651 Pequot Road, Southport, Fairfield County, ...
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Trinity Church (P. E.), 651 Pequot Road, Southport, Fairfield County, ...
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Trinity Church (P. E.), 651 Pequot Road, Southport, Fairfield County, ...
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East Washington Avenue Bridge, Spanning Pequonnock River at East Washi...
Significance: The history of the East Washington Avenue Bridge is consequential in two areas. As a bridge it represents an early phase in the evolution of Strauss Bascule Bridge Company designs and embodies tw... More
Lockwood-Mathews House, Veterans' Memorial Park, Southeast, Norwalk, F...
Significance: This is a large and interesting example of the mansions built in the United States in the second half of the nineteenth century, and is the largest private house designed by the architect, Detlef ... More
Merritt Parkway, Beginning in Greenwich & running 38 miles to Stratfor...
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Merritt Parkway, Beginning in Greenwich & running 38 miles to Stratfor...
Picryl description: Public domain image of passengers, mass transit, transportation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Merritt Parkway, Beginning in Greenwich & running 38 miles to Stratfor...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a park, park architecture, outdoors, romantic atmospheric landscape, cemetery, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Merritt Parkway, Beginning in Greenwich & running 38 miles to Stratfor...
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Merritt Parkway, Beginning in Greenwich & running 38 miles to Stratfor...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a car, automobile, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Merritt Parkway, Beginning in Greenwich & running 38 miles to Stratfor...
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Merritt Parkway, Beginning in Greenwich & running 38 miles to Stratfor...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge over a water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Merritt Parkway, Beginning in Greenwich & running 38 miles to Stratfor...
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Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County,...
Significance: Designed in 1914 and completed in 1916, the Stamford Post Office is an excellent example of an eclectic Neo-Renaissance style federal building constructed in the early twentieth century. As empha... More
Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County,...
Significance: Designed in 1914 and completed in 1916, the Stamford Post Office is an excellent example of an eclectic Neo-Renaissance style federal building constructed in the early twentieth century. As empha... More
Stamford Post Office, 421 Atlantic Street, Stamford, Fairfield County,...
Significance: Designed in 1914 and completed in 1916, the Stamford Post Office is an excellent example of an eclectic Neo-Renaissance style federal building constructed in the early twentieth century. As empha... More
Old abandoned plantation owner's home near Monticello, South Carolina
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Family breakfast at 7:15 a.m. just before the head of the house dashes...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, group of people, meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Last cup of coffee gulped down by Westport commuter before he dashes f...
Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More
Conversion. Electric shaver plant. This worker in a New England plant ...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a car, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
The haberdasher--Harry Truman--He sulked because she called Mrs. Truma...
Photograph shows head-and-shoulders portrait of Harry Truman, during Clare Luce Boothe's 1944 re-election campaign for US representative from the 4th district of Connecticut (Fairfield County) against Margaret ... More
Merritt Parkway, Weston Road/Route 57 Bridge, Spanning Weston Road/Rou...
Significance: The bridges of the Merritt Parkway were predominately inspired by the Art Deco and Art Moderne architectural styles of the 1930s. Experimental forming techniques were employed to create the ornam... More
Merritt Parkway, Cross Highway Bridge, Spanning Cross Highway, Fairfie...
Significance: The bridges of the Merritt Parkway were predominately inspired by the Art Deco and Art Moderne architectural styles of the 1930s. Experimental forming techniques were employed to create the orname... More
E. Duplar House, Route 22, Lancaster, Fairfield County, OH
Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
John Osborn House, Kings Highway West, Southport, Fairfield County, CT
Survey number: HABS CT-20 Building/structure dates: 1772 Initial Construction