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Dwight Street Historic District

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and is generally bounded by Elm Street on the north, Park Street on the east, North Frontage Road on the south, and Sherman Avenue on the west. It contains one of the city's highest concentrations of well-preserved 19th and early 20th-century residential architecture, much of which was developed for
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drew many laborers to the city, and the Dwight area, located just west of downtown New Haven, began its transformation into a densely built urban area with a grid of streets. In the 1830s, several carriage factories were located in the area to capitalize on the available labor, contributing to the
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when it was listed on the National Register. Although there is a broad diversity of residential architecture, from modest Federal period single-family houses to early 20th-century apartment buildings, the district has an unusually high concentration of late 19th-century Victorian-era residences,
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development of that industry as a major economic force in the city's 19th-century development. Today, only a few buildings survive from the carriage industry in the neighborhood.
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The district is about 135 acres (55 ha) in size. Of 629 buildings in the district 595 were deemed
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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The area that is now the Dwight neighborhood was mainly farmland until after the
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Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut
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Malthusheck Piano Manufacturing Building, 216-220 Park Street (photo 20)
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National Register of Historic Places listings in New Haven, Connecticut
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Roughly bounded by Park, N. Frontage, Scranton, Sherman, and Elm Sts.,
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List of jails and prisons on the National Register of Historic Places
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the working classes in the city's factories. It was listed on the
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Dwight Place Congregational Church, 1267 Chapel Street, (photo 3)
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neighborhood and several blocks of the northeast corner of the
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National Register of Historic Places in New Haven, Connecticut
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Significant contributing buildings in the district include:
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The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
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Frederick P. Newton House, 128 Dwight Street (photo 17)
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typically in vernacular renditions of the then-popular
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in 1983. The historic district includes most of the
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Dwight (neighborhood)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Dwight Street Historic District is located in Connecticut
Dwight Street Historic District is located in the United States
New Haven, Connecticut
41°18′38″N 72°56′23″W / 41.31056°N 72.93972°W / 41.31056; -72.93972
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historic district
New Haven, Connecticut
Downtown New Haven
National Register of Historic Places
West River
War of 1812
Farmington Canal
contributing buildings
Italianate
Second Empire
Queen Anne
Robert Moses
National Register of Historic Places listings in New Haven, Connecticut


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


"National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: West Village / Dwight Street Historic District"

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