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Mansfield Center Historic District

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468: 79: 62: 104: 293:. The First Church of Christ, (Congregational) United Church of Christ is the third to stand on the site; the current structure was built in 1866 after the second burned. The town library is a single-story Georgian Revival brick building, built in 1923 on a site that formerly housed a district school. The 1886 general store stands at the corner of Storrs and Centre Streets; it is one of a small number of surviving 19th-century general stores in the state. 475: 111: 86: 268:
The area that became the town of Mansfield was first settled about 1692, when Storrs Street was laid out and 21 large house lots were allocated. Two buildings survive from the early period of settlement: the Old Uncle Hall Place, set well on the west side of the street, is a significantly altered
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The district is basically linear, extending along Storrs Street between Chafeeville Road and Centre Street. The most architecturally sophisticated house, and its largest 19th-century residence, is the 1836 Fitch Mansion, a fine example of Greek Revival architecture designed by Colonel
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to the north. The result is a cluster of mainly residential 18th and 19th-century buildings, along with the town hall, library, general store, and church. Also surviving is an early 19th-century
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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Tolland County, Connecticut
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National Register of Historic Places in Tolland County, Connecticut
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Mansfield Center Historic District is located in Connecticut
Mansfield Center Historic District is located in the United States
Mansfield, Connecticut
41°46′37″N 72°11′55″W / 41.77694°N 72.19861°W / 41.77694; -72.19861
Colonial
Greek Revival
Federal
72001337
Mansfield, Connecticut
Tolland County
Route 195
National Register of Historic Places
Eleazer Williams House
University of Connecticut
Storrs
animal pound
Edwin Fitch
National Register of Historic Places listings in Tolland County, Connecticut


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service


"NRHP Inventory-Nomination: Mansfield Center Historic District"
National Park Service

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