• Source: Broad Street Historic District (Middletown, Connecticut)

      • The Broad Street Historic District encompasses a well-preserved 19th-century residential area in Middletown, Connecticut, USA. Centered on Broad and Pearl Streets west of Main Street, the area was developed residential in response to local economic development intended to revitalize the city, whose port was in decline. The district includes the city's largest concentration of Greek Revival houses, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.


      Description and history


      Middletown developed in the 18th century as a major port on the Connecticut River, but was in decline by the 1830s. Community leaders revitalized the local economy by founding Wesleyan University in 1831, and investing in textile and machine industries. The Wesleyan campus was laid out west of High Street, and the area between it and Main Street, originally open land used mainly for gardening, was developed residentially. Although there had been some houses built during the Federal period, the amount of housing stock in this area tripled between 1830 and 1850. The area was substantially built out by 1900, with only relatively minor additions and alterations since then.
      The historic district is bounded on the north and south by Broad and Church Streets, and the west by High Street, and generally does not include buildings on those streets. Its Broad Street is its eastern boundary; it includes all of the houses on its west side, and only a few on the east side between Court and Washington Streets. College and Court Streets are the main cross streets in the district, and also including contributing properties.


      Broad Street Historic District inventory


      According to the NRHP nomination, the district includes the following contributing properties:

      9–11 Broad Street- 1820, Federal Style
      15 Broad Street- 1880, Italianate
      17 Broad Street- 1880, Italianate
      23 Broad Street- c.1850, Queen Anne
      25–27 Broad Street- c.1880, Queen Anne
      51 Broad Street- c. 1850, Mid-19th century domestic, Henry Mansfield House
      Garage associated with 51 Broad Street
      55 Broad Street- c.1910, Colonial Revival
      Garage associated with 55 Broad Street
      59 Broad Street- c.1880, Queen Anne cross-gable
      Garage associated with 59 Broad Street
      85 Broad Street- Queen Anne Style
      89–91 Broad Street- 1840, Greek Revival, Crandall-Cornwell House
      93–97 Broad Street- c.1840, Greek Revival, William Hubbard Atkins House
      101 Broad Street- c.1840, Greek Revival, Enoch C. Ferre House
      Garage associated with 101 Broad Street
      109 Broad Street- c.1845, Greek Revival, Samuel Stearns House
      123 Broad Street- 1833 as Greek Revival church; Gothic Revival alteration 1875; modern additions 1970, 1986, Russell Library
      138 Broad Street- 1883–1884, Stick Style, Joseph Elliott House
      139 Broad Street- c.1860, Italianate, William Cooley, Jr. House
      Garage associated with 139 Broad Street
      144 Broad Street- 1902–1903, Colonial Revival, Church of the Holy Trinity and Rectory. The rectory is also known as the Bishop Acheson House, and is now a retirement home operated by St. Luke's.
      145 Broad Street- c.1880, Italianate
      Garage associated with 145 Broad Street
      148 Broad Street- 1861, Victorian Italianate, Charles C. Hubbard House
      151 Broad Street- c.1845, Greek Revival, Joseph Tobey House
      148 College Street- 1822, Federal Style, First Randolph Pease House
      151 College Street- 1832–1837, Greek Revival, Second Randolph Pease House
      156–158 College Street- c.1880, 19th-century cross gable vernacular
      157 College Street- 1840, Greek Revival
      160 College Street- c.1775, Colonial, Hezekiah Hulbert Houser
      Garage associated with 160 College Street
      161 College Street- 1840/1870, Greek Revival/Italianate
      Garage associated with 161 College Street
      162–164 College Street- 19th-century vernacular
      Garage associated with 162-164 College Street
      165 College Street- 1839 Greek Revival, c. 1880 Italianate alterations, Nathaniel Smith House
      166–168 College Street- c. 1840 Greek Revival
      169–171 College Street- 1839, Greek Revival, Davis Arnold House
      Garage associated with 169-171 College Street
      170 College Street- c.1840, Greek Revival, Ezra Clark House
      Garage associated with 170 College Street
      175 College Street- c.1825, Federal/Greek Revival,
      Garage associated with 175 College Street
      180 College Street- c.1865, Italianate, Samuel T. Camp House
      186 College Street- c.1870, Italianate
      Garage associated with 186 College Street
      192 College Street- c.1880, Queen Anne
      Garage associated with 192 College Street
      196 College Street- c.1870, Italianate, Theophilus Chandler House
      Garage associated with 196 College Street
      200 College Street- c.1890, Queen Anne/Colonial Revival
      201 College Street- c.1925, 20th-century institutional, Art Deco trim; condominiums 1982; Central School
      208 College Street- 1765, moved to site c. 1830 from High Street, Colonial Gambrel, Joseph Hall House
      212 College Street- 1886, 19th-century cross-gable
      Garage associated with 212 College Street
      221–223 College Street- c. 1850/1870, Greek Revival/Italianate
      Garage associated with 221-223 College Street
      229 Court Street- c. 1880, Queen Anne
      234 Court Street- c. 1825–28, remodeled c. 1910, Colonial Revival, John & Susan Smith House
      235 Court Street- c.1860, Greek Revival/Italianate
      238 Court Street- c.1850, Greek Revival
      Garage associated with 238 Court Street
      240–242 Court Street- c.1830, Georgian/Federal, Sage Russell House
      Garage associated with 240-242 Court Street
      241 Court Street- c.1870, Mansard
      250 Court Street- 1883–1884, Queen Anne/stick, J. Peters Pelton House
      Garage associated with 250 Court Street
      251 Court Street- 1894–1896, Romanesque Revival converted to elderly housing 1980, Old Middletown High School (listed in its own right on the NRHP, reference number 85001826)
      258 Court Street- 1880, Queen Anne, Eastlake detail, 1880
      Garage associated with 258 Court Street
      264 Court Street- 1873, Mansard, Haskell-Vinal House
      Garage associated with 264 Court Street
      267 Court Street- c.1870, Italianate
      268 Court Street- c.1920, Jacobean Revival
      Garage associated with 268 Court Street
      271 Court Street- c.1840, Greek Revival, Samuel Breese House
      Garage associated with 271 Court Street
      279 Court Street- 1814, Federal, Oliver D. Beebe House
      285 Court Street- 1911, Georgian Revival, Parsonage, First Congregational Church (since at least the 1970s, Wesleyan University English Department )
      (no number) Pearl Place- c.1860, 19th-century cross-gable
      11 Pearl Street- 1874, Italianate, Camp/Wilcox House
      12 Pearl Street- c.1850, Greek Revival cottage
      15 Pearl Street- 1838, Greek Revival cottage, George E. Barrows House
      Garage associated with 15 Pearl Street
      16 Pearl Street- 1839, Greek Revival cottage, Zebulon H. Baldwin House
      Garage associated with 16 Pearl Street
      20 Pearl Street- c. 1840/1870, Greek Revival/Mansard,
      24 Pearl Street- c. 1870, Mansard
      28 Pearl Street- c. 1840, Greek Revival, Charles Brewer House
      Garage associated with 28 Pearl Street
      59 Pearl Street- 1884, Queen Anne
      60 Pearl Street- c. 1840, Greek Revival
      Garage associated with 60 Pearl Street
      63 Pearl Street- c. 1900, Queen Anne/Colonial Revival
      Garage associated with 63 Pearl Street
      64 Pearl Street- c. 1880, Queen Anne
      66 Pearl Street- 1889, 19th-century domestic
      Barn/garage associated with 66 Pearl Street
      70 Pearl Street- c. 1840, Greek Revival
      73 Pearl Street- 1813, Federal, Starr/Russell House
      74 Pearl Street- 1890, Queen Anne
      Garage associated with 74 Pearl Street
      77 Pearl Street- 1900/1930 Queen Anne/Colonial Revival, Russell Carriage House
      78 Pearl Street- 1886, James C. Hubbard House
      80 Pearl Street- 1889, Queen Anne
      Garage associated with 80 Pearl Street
      86 Pearl Street- 1889, Queen Anne
      Garage associated with 86 Pearl Street
      90 Pearl Street- 1889, Queen Anne
      Garage associated with 90 Pearl Street


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      See also


      National Register of Historic Places listings in Middletown, Connecticut


      References




      External links


      NRHP nomination and accompanying photos

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