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Brookfield Center Historic District (Brookfield, Connecticut)

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79: 104: 62: 935: 300:(now a real estate agency), St. Paul's Episcopal Church, and the surrounding residential neighborhood. The district is architecturally significant as an accurate representation of the historical development of the original settlement of the Town of Brookfield as the buildings are well-preserved from the time they were built with minimal alterations and intrusions, including their spatial relationships to one another. 946: 111: 86: 249: 315:. It was incorporated in 1788. The road junction was where the first church, town hall, school, and tavern were built. In addition to housing the central religious and political functions, the center area was also home to a number of private schools in the 19th century. 280:. The district represents the original settlement of the town of Brookfield and contains 67 residential, religious, and municipal buildings over a 43-acre (17 ha) area representing a wide range of architectural styles from the 18th to 20th centuries including 824: 985: 919: 855: 839: 975: 363: 829: 914: 860: 501: 881: 783: 814: 748: 713: 788: 693: 653: 478: 753: 743: 738: 718: 980: 834: 668: 583: 703: 698: 573: 152: 78: 793: 758: 663: 638: 778: 728: 708: 683: 673: 658: 648: 633: 613: 588: 578: 568: 103: 798: 773: 678: 618: 598: 593: 563: 553: 733: 688: 628: 603: 558: 865: 763: 643: 608: 819: 768: 723: 623: 531: 516: 471: 289: 219: 547: 949: 464: 939: 293: 511: 48: 487: 391: 269: 39: 902: 265: 970: 346: 281: 211: 303:
The area that is now Brookfield was settled about 1700, and was given its own parish in 1754, formed out of portions of
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architecture. The district includes the old town hall, the Congregational Church of Brookfield,
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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St. Paul's School (3 Longmeadow Hill Road), a building in the Italianate style
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1907 gymnasium building of the Curtis School for Boys, now in use as the
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Accompanying 16 photos, from 1990 (captions on p. 27 of text document)
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in 1991. It is located in the vicinity of the junction of
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140 Whisconier Road, a vernacular building with selected
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Photograph of Center Elementary School (taken in 1938)
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Antinozzi, Frederick H., Associates; Beckwith, Nash
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Brookfield Center Historic District (Brookfield, Connecticut) is located in Connecticut
Brookfield Center Historic District (Brookfield, Connecticut) is located in the United States
Route 25
Route 133
Brookfield, Connecticut
41°28′4″N 73°23′17″W / 41.46778°N 73.38806°W / 41.46778; -73.38806
Bungalow/Craftsman
Greek Revival
Queen Anne
91000992

Brookfield, Connecticut
historic district
National Register of Historic Places
Route 133
Route 25
Bungalow/Craftsman
Greek Revival
Queen Anne style
Saint Joseph Church
general store
Danbury
New Milford
Newtown
saltbox
Federal style
Greek Revival

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