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Broad Street Green Historic District

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250:, with its earliest settlement area on the north side. The area to the south of the Farmington River was also a civically important area, serving as later secondary village center. The Broad Street Green was laid out as a common area in the 18th century, and was given its present park-like atmosphere in the late 19th century. The village grew in economic importance during the 19th century, and supplanted the original town center (the Palisado Green area) in civic importance as well. It is now where the town hall and other municipal buildings are located. 62: 79: 841: 104: 852: 111: 86: 254:
the historic station is included. Important civic buildings include the town hall, fire station, post office, and library. The library is partially housed in the Oliver Mather House, the district's oldest surviving building (1777). There are several two and three-story brick commercial blocks lining part of the green's west side.
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The historic district is about 30 acres (12 ha) in size, and includes all of the two dozen or so buildings facing the green between Batchelder and Union Streets. It also includes a few buildings on Union and Central Streets, just east of the green, extending down to the railroad tracks, where
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The town of Windsor was one of the Connecticut's early settlements, dating to 1633. It has historically been centered around the mouth of the
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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National Register of Historic Places in Hartford County, Connecticut
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Roughly along Broad St., from Batchelder Rd. to Union St.,
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encompasses the historic late-19th century town center of
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Broad Street Green Historic District is located in Connecticut
Broad Street Green Historic District is located in the United States
Windsor, Connecticut
41°51′1″N 72°38′33″W / 41.85028°N 72.64250°W / 41.85028; -72.64250
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Windsor, Connecticut
Connecticut Route 159
National Register of Historic Places
Farmington River
Connecticut River
Hartford
Grace Church Rectory
Hartford & New Haven Railroad Depot
Hartford & New Haven Railroad-Freight Depot
Col. James Loomis House
National Register of Historic Places listings in Windsor, Connecticut


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