National Register of Historic Places listings in Greenwich, Connecticut

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Greenwich, Connecticut.

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Greenwich. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.[1]

There are 295 properties and districts listed on the National Register in Fairfield County. This list covers the 35 properties located partially or entirely in Greenwich. Ones in Bridgeport or Stamford are covered in National Register of Historic Places listings in Bridgeport, Connecticut, or in National Register of Historic Places listings in Stamford, Connecticut. The remainder are covered in National Register of Historic Places listings in Fairfield County, Connecticut.

Current listings

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[2] Name on the Register[3] Image Date listed[4] Location Description
1 Bush-Holley House
 
Bush-Holley House
December 1, 1988
(#88002694)
39 Strickland Rd., in Cos Cob[5]: 2 
41°02′02″N 73°35′52″W / 41.0338°N 73.5977°W / 41.0338; -73.5977 (Bush-Holley House)
Home of Cos Cob Art Colony, c.1890-1920. Current headquarters and museum of the Greenwich Historical Society.
2 Byram School
 
Byram School
August 2, 1990
(#90001110)
Between Sherman Ave. and Western Junior Highway, in Byram[6]: 3 
41°00′46″N 73°39′13″W / 41.012778°N 73.653611°W / 41.012778; -73.653611 (Byram School)
"Exceptional" for its architecture.[7]
3 Cos Cob Power Station
 
Cos Cob Power Station
August 2, 1990
(#90001096)
Roughly bounded by Metro North railroad tracks, the Mianus River, and Sound Shore Dr.
41°01′46″N 73°35′50″W / 41.029444°N 73.597222°W / 41.029444; -73.597222 (Cos Cob Power Station)
Significant for its role in the first mainline railroad electrification in the United States. It was the largest component in an enormous scale experiment to implement AC power in railroad power, part of complying with a 1903 New York State law prohibiting steam locomotives in New York City.[8] The building was demolished in 2001, but is still listed.
4 Cos Cob Railroad Station
 
Cos Cob Railroad Station
July 28, 1989
(#89000928)
55 Station Dr.
41°01′47″N 73°36′02″W / 41.029722°N 73.600556°W / 41.029722; -73.600556 (Cos Cob Railroad Station)
A working train station
5 Samuel Ferris House
 
Samuel Ferris House
August 10, 1989
(#89001086)
1 Cary St., in Riverside
41°02′32″N 73°35′19″W / 41.042194°N 73.588639°W / 41.042194; -73.588639 (Samuel Ferris House)
6 Fourth Ward Historic District
 
Fourth Ward Historic District
April 21, 2000
(#00000324)
Roughly along Church, Division, Northfield and William Sts.; and Putnam Court and Sherwood Place in downtown Greenwich
41°02′06″N 73°37′40″W / 41.035°N 73.627778°W / 41.035; -73.627778 (Fourth Ward Historic District)
7 French Farm
 
French Farm
April 3, 1975
(#75001918)
North of downtown Greenwich at the junction of Lake Ave. and Round Hill Rd.
41°03′07″N 73°38′24″W / 41.051944°N 73.64°W / 41.051944; -73.64 (French Farm)
8 Glenville Historic District
 
Glenville Historic District
March 9, 2007
(#07000107)
Roughly along Glen Ridge Rd., Glenville Rd., Glenville St., Pemberwick Rd., Riversville Rd., and Weaver St.
41°02′17″N 73°39′53″W / 41.038056°N 73.664722°W / 41.038056; -73.664722 (Glenville Historic District)
9 Glenville School
 
Glenville School
November 21, 2003
(#03001169)
449 Pemberwick Rd., in the Glenville Historic District[9]
41°02′12″N 73°39′52″W / 41.036667°N 73.664444°W / 41.036667; -73.664444 (Glenville School)
1921 school by James O. Betelle is only T-shaped Georgian Revival school in Greenwich. Now West Greenwich Civic Center.
10 Great Captain Island Lighthouse
 
Great Captain Island Lighthouse
April 3, 1991
(#91000351)
Great Captain Island, southwest of Greenwich Point
40°58′57″N 73°37′26″W / 40.9825°N 73.623889°W / 40.9825; -73.623889 (Great Captain Island Lighthouse)
11 Greenwich Avenue Historic District
 
Greenwich Avenue Historic District
August 31, 1989
(#89001215)
Roughly bounded by Railroad, Arch, Field Point, W. Elm, Greenwich, Putnam, Mason, Havemeyer, and Bruce, in downtown Greenwich
41°01′33″N 73°37′36″W / 41.025833°N 73.626667°W / 41.025833; -73.626667 (Greenwich Avenue Historic District)
12 Greenwich Municipal Center Historic District
 
Greenwich Municipal Center Historic District
July 26, 1988
(#88000579)
101 Field Point Rd., 290, 299, 310 Greenwich Ave., in downtown Greenwich
41°01′29″N 73°37′37″W / 41.024722°N 73.626944°W / 41.024722; -73.626944 (Greenwich Municipal Center Historic District)
13 Greenwich Point Historic District
 
Greenwich Point Historic District
July 12, 2021
(#100004671)
Tod's Driftway at Shore Rd.
41°00′17″N 73°34′45″W / 41.0046°N 73.5793°W / 41.0046; -73.5793 (Greenwich Point Historic District)
14 Greenwich Town Hall
 
Greenwich Town Hall
May 21, 1987
(#87000807)
299 Greenwich Ave., in downtown Greenwich
41°01′30″N 73°37′32″W / 41.025°N 73.625556°W / 41.025; -73.625556 (Greenwich Town Hall)
15 Greenwich YMCA
 
Greenwich YMCA
November 7, 1996
(#83004541)
50 E. Putnam Ave., in downtown Greenwich[10]: 2 
41°01′55″N 73°37′32″W / 41.031944°N 73.625556°W / 41.031944; -73.625556 (Greenwich YMCA)
16 Indian Harbor Yacht Club
 
Indian Harbor Yacht Club
July 22, 2010
(#10000494)
710 Steamboat Rd.
41°00′42″N 73°37′22″W / 41.011667°N 73.622778°W / 41.011667; -73.622778 (Indian Harbor Yacht Club)
17 Knapp Tavern
 
Knapp Tavern
September 15, 1977
(#77001389)
243 E. Putnam Ave.
41°02′13″N 73°37′10″W / 41.036944°N 73.619444°W / 41.036944; -73.619444 (Knapp Tavern)
18 Little Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
 
Little Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
October 12, 2010
(#10000831)
44 Lake Ave.
41°01′58″N 73°37′51″W / 41.0329°N 73.6308°W / 41.0329; -73.6308 (Little Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church)
19 Thomas Lyon House
 
Thomas Lyon House
August 24, 1977
(#77001390)
W. Putnam Ave. and Byram Rd.
41°00′52″N 73°39′16″W / 41.014444°N 73.654444°W / 41.014444; -73.654444 (Thomas Lyon House)
20 Merritt Parkway
 
Merritt Parkway
April 17, 1991
(#91000410)
Route 15 right-of-way between the New York state line and the Sikorsky Memorial Bridge
41°05′26″N 73°39′30″W / 41.090556°N 73.658333°W / 41.090556; -73.658333 (Merritt Parkway)
Historic parkway; also located in Stamford, New Canaan, Norwalk, Westport, Fairfield, Trumbull, and Stratford
21 Methodist Episcopal Church
 
Methodist Episcopal Church
August 25, 1988
(#88001343)
61 E. Putnam Ave.
41°01′58″N 73°37′35″W / 41.032778°N 73.626389°W / 41.032778; -73.626389 (Methodist Episcopal Church)
22 Mianus River Railroad Bridge
 
Mianus River Railroad Bridge
June 12, 1987
(#87000845)
Metro-North New Haven Line right-of-way at the Mianus River
41°01′51″N 73°35′41″W / 41.030833°N 73.594722°W / 41.030833; -73.594722 (Mianus River Railroad Bridge)
23 Nathaniel Witherell Historic District
 
Nathaniel Witherell Historic District
June 9, 2010
(#10000346)
70 Parsonage Rd.
41°03′41″N 73°37′37″W / 41.061508°N 73.626922°W / 41.061508; -73.626922 (Nathaniel Witherell Historic District)
24 New Mill and Depot Building, Hawthorne Woolen Mill
 
New Mill and Depot Building, Hawthorne Woolen Mill
February 23, 1990
(#90000152)
350 Pemberwick Rd., in Glenville[11]
41°02′13″N 73°40′00″W / 41.036944°N 73.666667°W / 41.036944; -73.666667 (New Mill and Depot Building, Hawthorne Woolen Mill)
1875 mill and depot (accompanying railroad was never built) show unusually high style for functional buildings of that era. Now a retail/office complex.
25 Putnam Hill Historic District
 
Putnam Hill Historic District
August 24, 1979
(#79002657)
U.S. Route 1 between Maple Ave and Old Church Rd
41°02′11″N 73°37′09″W / 41.036389°N 73.619167°W / 41.036389; -73.619167 (Putnam Hill Historic District)
26 River Road-Mead Avenue Historic District
 
River Road-Mead Avenue Historic District
April 28, 2014
(#14000171)
Roughly along Mead Ave. & River Rd.
41°02′15″N 73°35′45″W / 41.0375°N 73.5958°W / 41.0375; -73.5958 (River Road-Mead Avenue Historic District)
27 Riverside Avenue Bridge
 
Riverside Avenue Bridge
August 29, 1977
(#77001391)
Riverside Ave. and Metro-North New Haven Line railroad tracks
41°01′54″N 73°35′18″W / 41.031667°N 73.588333°W / 41.031667; -73.588333 (Riverside Avenue Bridge)
28 Rosemary Hall
 
Rosemary Hall
August 28, 1998
(#90001137)
Junction of Ridgeway and Zaccheus Mead Ln. in the Rockridge neighborhood[12]: 3 
41°02′15″N 73°38′12″W / 41.0375°N 73.636667°W / 41.0375; -73.636667 (Rosemary Hall)
Former campus of Rosemary Hall School, now Carmel Academy and The Japanese School of New York.
29 Round Hill Historic District
 
Round Hill Historic District
July 25, 1996
(#96000779)
Roughly the junction of John St. and Round Hill Rd., in the Back Country of Greenwich
41°06′17″N 73°40′06″W / 41.1048°N 73.6683°W / 41.1048; -73.6683 (Round Hill Historic District)
30 Sylvanus Selleck Gristmill
 
Sylvanus Selleck Gristmill
August 2, 1990
(#90001109)
124 Old Mill Rd. in northern Greenwich[13]: 10 
41°05′31″N 73°39′33″W / 41.0919°N 73.6592°W / 41.0919; -73.6592 (Sylvanus Selleck Gristmill)
A 1796 gristmill.
31 Sound Beach Railroad Station
 
Sound Beach Railroad Station
July 28, 1989
(#89000929)
160 Sound Beach Ave., in Old Greenwich
41°02′00″N 73°34′05″W / 41.033333°N 73.568056°W / 41.033333; -73.568056 (Sound Beach Railroad Station)
A working railroad station in the Old Greenwich (formerly called "Sound Beach") section of Greenwich
32 Strickland Road Historic District
 
Strickland Road Historic District
March 22, 1990
(#77001625)
19-47 Strickland Rd. in Cos Cob[14]: 2 
41°02′06″N 73°36′03″W / 41.035°N 73.600833°W / 41.035; -73.600833 (Strickland Road Historic District)
33 US Post Office-Greenwich Main
 
US Post Office-Greenwich Main
January 16, 1986
(#86000077)
310 Greenwich Ave., in downtown Greenwich
41°01′26″N 73°37′33″W / 41.023889°N 73.625833°W / 41.023889; -73.625833 (US Post Office-Greenwich Main)
34 William E. Ward House
 
William E. Ward House
November 7, 1976
(#76001294)
Comly Ave. in Glenville[15]
41°01′34″N 73°40′03″W / 41.026111°N 73.6675°W / 41.026111; -73.6675 (William E. Ward House)
First reinforced concrete structure in U.S., built in the 1870s on state line, and extending into Rye Brook, New York
35 Josiah Wilcox House
 
Josiah Wilcox House
November 30, 1988
(#88001344)
354 Riversville Rd. in the Riversville neighborhood[16]: 2 
41°03′51″N 73°40′32″W / 41.06425°N 73.675444°W / 41.06425; -73.675444 (Josiah Wilcox House)

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References

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  1. ^ The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. Some locations in this table may have been corrected to current GPS standards.
  2. ^ Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
  3. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  4. ^ The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
  5. ^ https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/88002694_text
  6. ^ https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/90001110_text
  7. ^ Jan Cunningham (June 30, 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Byram School". National Park Service. and Accompanying eight photos, exterior and interior, from 1989 (see captions page 6 of text document)
  8. ^ Matthew Roth and Bruce Clouette (November 27, 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Cos Cob Power Station". National Park Service. and Accompanying 14 photos, exterior and interior, from 1989
  9. ^ https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/07000107_text
  10. ^ https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/83004541_text
  11. ^ https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/90000152_text
  12. ^ https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/90001137_text
  13. ^ https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/90001109_text
  14. ^ https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/77001625_text
  15. ^ http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=10697
  16. ^ https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/88001344_text