Merritt Parkway, Congress Street Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway, Fai...
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
Hull Sherwood House, 762 Mill Hill Road, Fairfield, Fairfield County, ...
Survey number: HABS CT-58 Building/structure dates: 1816 Initial Construction
Kaatz Icehouse, 255 Whitney Avenue, Trumbull, Fairfield County, CT
Significance: The Kaatz Icehouse was the last large commercial icehouse in Connecticut (possibly on the East Coast) before demolition in May of 1978. Although constructed totally in the twentieth century (init... More
Kaatz Icehouse, 255 Whitney Avenue, Trumbull, Fairfield County, CT
Significance: The Kaatz Icehouse was the last large commercial icehouse in Connecticut (possibly on the East Coast) before demolition in May of 1978. Although constructed totally in the twentieth century (init... More
Dunn House, Myrtle Avenue, Westport, Fairfield County, CT
Survey number: HABS CT-440 Building/structure dates: ca. 1800 Initial Construction
Thaddeus Burr Homestead, 491 Old Post Road, Fairfield, Fairfield Count...
Survey number: HABS CT-3-17 Building/structure dates: 1790 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1840 Subsequent Work
Thaddeus Burr Homestead, 491 Old Post Road, Fairfield, Fairfield Count...
Survey number: HABS CT-3-17 Building/structure dates: 1790 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1840 Subsequent Work
Clock-Turner House, 1830 Boston Post Road, Darien, Fairfield County, C...
Survey number: HABS CT-17 Building/structure dates: after 1800 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 19h1
Taylor Sherman House, 89 Main Street, Norwalk, Fairfield County, CT
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-15 Survey number: HABS CT-77 Building/structure dates: ca. 1790 Initial Construction
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Stamford Station, 44 Station ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Stamford Station, 44 Station ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a gas station, convenience store, 20th-century small town, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Merritt Parkway, Ponus Ridge Road Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway, Ne...
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
73-79 Agresta Terrace, Stratford, Fairfield County, CT
Significance: 73-79 Agresta Terrace is representative of the block of 15 nearly identical four-family worker houses built c. 1920 during a period of great expansion in Stratford. They are distinctive because o... More
Waugh House, 249 Old South Road, Southport, Fairfield County, CT
Survey number: HABS CT-338 Public domain photograph - historical image of Connecticut, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Samuel Effinger House, Lancaster, Fairfield County, OH
Significance: This brick building, erected before 1825, was the Reber Tavern with the entrance facing west. It was a stopping place for stage coaches. Survey number: HABS OH-41 Building/structure dates: 1823... More
New Canaan Railroad Station, Approximately 200 feet southwest of inter...
Significance: Built in 1868, the New Caanan Railroad Station is significant as one of the last remaining vestiges of the New Caanan Railroad and is also one of the earliest surviving railroad stations in Connec... More
Benjamin Pomeroy House, 658 Pequot Road, Southport, Fairfield County, ...
Significance: The Pomeroy house was designed by the locally prominent architect Lambert & Bunnell and erected 1868-69. Patterned in the nineteenth-century Second Empire style, the handsome facade is symmetrica... More
Field-Carpenter House, Old Bedford Road, North Greenwich, Fairfield Co...
Significance: This residential dwelling is an early 18th century one-and-a-half story farmhouse built in the Dutch tradition. It has been altered and added to accommodate succeeding generations in the prevaili... More
Travis Air Force Base, Base Spares Warehouse No. 1, Dixon Avenue & W S...
Significance: Building 904 is significant as a contributor to the AFSWP "Q" Area, also referred to as "Fairfield Air Force Station (AFS)," the Air Materiel Command (AMC) West River Depot," and the "3083rd Air D... More
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
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
John Bright No. 1 Iron Bridge, Spanning Poplar Creek at Havenport Road...
Significance: The John Bright No. 1 Iron Bridge was built by the Hocking Valley Bridge Works (HVBW) of Lancaster, Ohio, probably in 1884-5. It is one of a relatively small number of surviving bridges to have b... More
Travis Air Force Base, Readiness Maintenance Hangar, W Street, Air Def...
Significance: The ADC Readiness Area at Travis Air Force Base (AFB) offers an extremely coherent cluster of buildings and structures. It occupies a segregated site on the base and is easily recognized as a rea... More
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
Peter Speer House, Fairfield Road, Fairfield, Essex County, NJ
Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Giani-Mumaugh Memorial, Main & High Streets, Lancaster, Fairfield Coun...
Survey number: HABS OH-419 Building/structure dates: ca. 1820 Initial Construction
Giani-Mumaugh Memorial, Main & High Streets, Lancaster, Fairfield Coun...
Survey number: HABS OH-419 Building/structure dates: ca. 1820 Initial Construction
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
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
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
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, architectural drawing, building plan, or design, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Merritt Parkway, North Avenue Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway, Westpo...
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
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
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
Travis Air Force Base, B-36 Hangar, Between Woodskill Avenue & Ellis, ...
Significance: Building 810 is significant as an excellent example of a double-cantilever, medium bomber hangar used for maintenance of the B-36. It was one of the first such double-bay bomber hangars erected n... More
Grasmere Avenue Bridge, Spanning Railroad at Grasmere Avenue, Fairfiel...
Survey number: HAER CT-15 Public domain photograph of the train tunnel, railroad, train track, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Devol-Dallow House, 118 East Wheeling Street, Lancaster, Fairfield Cou...
Survey number: HABS OH-413 Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Devol-Dallow House, 118 East Wheeling Street, Lancaster, Fairfield Cou...
Survey number: HABS OH-413 Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, 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
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
Francis D. Perry House, 678 Pequot Road, Southport, Fairfield County, ...
Significance: The Francis D. Perry house was erected in 1832, and is one of two Greek Revival structures in Southport which was designed with a five-columned front portico. The other, the Henry Perry House, 45... More
Stone House, Farms Road, Stanwich, Fairfield County, CT
Survey number: HABS CT-37 Public domain photograph of architectural diagram, building plan, section, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Southport Harbor, Mill River, Southport Harbor, Southport, Fairfield C...
Survey number: HABS CT-331 Public domain photograph - historical image of Connecticut, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Southport Harbor, Mill River, Southport Harbor, Southport, Fairfield C...
Survey number: HABS CT-331 Public domain photograph - historical image of Connecticut, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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
Engine House No. 5, 274 Middle Street, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, C...
Significance: A 19th century center city fire station adopted for continued use in the 20th century. One of approximately 10 firehouses constructed (or reconstructed) in Bridgeport during the period 1916-1918 ... 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
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
District School, North Church Street, Fairfield, Utah County, UT
Significance: This is one of few rural district school buildings remaining from pre-consolidation years. (pre-1915) Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-25 Survey number: HABS UT-29 ... More
District School, North Church Street, Fairfield, Utah County, UT
Significance: This is one of few rural district school buildings remaining from pre-consolidation years. (pre-1915) Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-25 Survey number: HABS UT-29 ... 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, (Northbound) Fairfield Service Station, Abutting Sout...
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, Lapham Avenue Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway at Sta...
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 bridge... More
Merritt Parkway, Lapham Avenue Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway at Sta...
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 bridge... More
Merritt Parkway, West Rocks Road Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway, Nor...
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
U.S. Steel, Fairfield Works, Blast Furnace No. 8, North of Valley Road...
Survey number: HAER AL-37-A Public domain photograph of diesel or electric train engine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Bridge-Type Circuit Breakers,...
Significance: These circuit breakers provide electrical fault protection for individual track sections of the Metro-North power transmission system. They are integral components of the first long distance rail... 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
Merritt Parkway, Plattsville Road Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway, Tr...
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
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
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
High Line Railroad, From Red Mountain to Fairfield Works, Birmingham, ...
Survey number: HAER AL-86 Public domain photograph - historical image of Alabama, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
South Norwalk Railroad Bridge, South Main & Washington Streets, Norwal...
Public domain scan of a technical diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Jane Dillon House, Rock House Road, Easton, Fairfield County, CT
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-13 Survey number: HABS CT-73 Building/structure dates: ca. 1710 Initial Construction
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
Merritt Parkway, Rocky Hill Road Bridge, Spanning Merritt Parkway at 3...
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
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
John Rogers Studio, 10 Cherry Street, New Canaan, Fairfield County, CT
Significance: Residence of John Rogers, sculptor, from 1877 until his death in 1904. Rogers was an engineer and machinist before he became a sculptor. His sculptures are of three types: Civil War groups, lite... More
John Rogers Studio, 10 Cherry Street, New Canaan, Fairfield County, CT
Significance: Residence of John Rogers, sculptor, from 1877 until his death in 1904. Rogers was an engineer and machinist before he became a sculptor. His sculptures are of three types: Civil War groups, lite... 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
U.S. Steel, Fairfield Works, Q-Bop Furnace, North of Valley Road & Wes...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a construction site, industrial or commercial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Trinity Church (P. E.), 651 Pequot Road, Southport, Fairfield County, ...
Public domain photograph of church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Trinity Church (P. E.), 651 Pequot Road, Southport, Fairfield County, ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a plan, map, park, birds' eye view, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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
Bryant Electric Company, 1421 State Street, Bridgeport, Fairfield Coun...
Significance: Electric service to private residences was uncommon when Waldo Calvin Bryant started a company to manufacture and sell wiring devices and electrical hardware in 1880. Bryant invented an "Improved... More
Bryant Electric Company, 1421 State Street, Bridgeport, Fairfield Coun...
Significance: Electric service to private residences was uncommon when Waldo Calvin Bryant started a company to manufacture and sell wiring devices and electrical hardware in 1880. Bryant invented an "Improved... More
Bryant Electric Company, 1421 State Street, Bridgeport, Fairfield Coun...
Significance: Electric service to private residences was uncommon when Waldo Calvin Bryant started a company to manufacture and sell wiring devices and electrical hardware in 1880. Bryant invented an "Improved... 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
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
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