Broad Street Historic District (Middletown, Connecticut)

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Architect Sage,Barzillai; Et al. Area 11 ha		NRHP Reference # 88001319 Added to NRHP 25 August 1988

Location Middletown, Connecticut Architectural style Colonial, Other, Federal

Broad Street Historic District, in Middletown, Connecticut, USA, consists of historic properties that line Broad Street just west of downtown. It is the third street up from the Connecticut River, deKoven being the first and Main Street being the second. Located on the eastern border of the Middletown Downtown Village District, the Broad Street Historic District is a 19th-century residential neighborhood. US Secretary of State Dean Acheson spent a period of his childhood in the historic district.

It is crossed by College Street and further south of Washington Street. Its southern end touches Middlesex Hospital, and overlaps of the easternmost portion of the Wesleyan University campus. It has the Russell Public Library and the book store Broad Street Books (not a listed property), used by many Wesleyan students.

Broad Street Historic District inventory

According to the NRHP nomination, the district includes the following contributing properties:

9-11 Broad Street- 1820, Federal Style

15 Broad Street- 1880, Italianate

17 Broad Street- 1880, Italianate

23 Broad Street- c.1850, Queen Anne

25-27 Broad Street- c.1880, Queen Anne

51 Broad Street- c. 1850, Mid-19th century domestic, Henry Mansfield House

Garage associated with 51 Broad Street

55 Broad Street- c.1910, Colonial Revival

Garage associated with 55 Broad Street

59 Broad Street- c.1880, Queen Anne cross-gable

Garage associated with 59 Broad Street

85 Broad Street- Queen Anne Style

89-91 Broad Street- 1840, Greek Revival, Crandall-Cornwell House

93-97 Broad Street- c.1840, Greek Revival, William Hubbard Atkins House

101 Broad Street- c.1840, Greek Revival, Enoch C. Ferre House

Garage associated with 101 Broad Street

109 Broad Street- c.1845, Greek Revival, Samuel Stearns House

123 Broad Street- 1833 as Greek Revival church; Gothic Revival alteration 1875; modern additions 1970, 1986, Russell Library

138 Broad Street- 1883-1884, Stick Style, Joseph Elliott House

139 Broad Street- c.1860, Italianate, William Cooley, Jr. House

Garage associated with 139 Broad Street

144 Broad Street- 1902-1903, Colonial Revival, Church of the Holy Trinity and Rectory. The rectory is also known as the Bishop Acheson House, and is now a retirement home operated by St. Luke's.

145 Broad Street- c.1880, Italianate

Garage associated with 145 Broad Street

148 Broad Street- 1861, Victorian Italianate, Charles C. Hubbard House

151 Broad Street- c.1845, Greek Revival, Joseph Tobey House

148 College Street- 1822, Federal Style, First Randolph Pease House

151 College Street- 1832-1837, Greek Revival, Second Randolph Pease House

156-158 College Street- c.1880, 19th-century cross gable vernacular

157 College Street- 1840, Greek Revival

160 College Street- c.1775, Colonial, Hezekiah Hulbert Houser

Garage associated with 160 College Street

161 College Street- 1840/1870, Greek Revival/Italianate

Garage associated with 161 College Street

162-164 College Street- 19th-century vernacular

Garage associated with 162-164 College Street

165 College Street- 1839 Greek Revival, c. 1880 Italianate alterations, Nathaniel Smith House

166-168 College Street- c. 1840 Greek Revival

169-171 College Street- 1839, Greek Revival, Davis Arnold House

Garage associated with 169-171 College Street

170 College Street- c.1840, Greek Revival, Ezra Clark House

Garage associated with 170 College Street

175 College Street- c.1825, Federal/Greek Revival,

Garage associated with 175 College Street

180 College Street- c.1865, Italianate, Samuel T. Camp House

186 College Street- c.1870, Italianate

Garage associated with 186 College Street

192 College Street- c.1880, Queen Anne

Garage associated with 192 College Street

196 College Street- c.1870, Italianate, Theophilus Chandler House

Garage associated with 196 College Street

200 College Street- c.1890, Queen Anne/Colonial Revival

201 College Street- c.1925, 20th-century institutional, Art Deco trim; condominiums 1982; Central School

208 College Street- 1765, moved to site c. 1830 from High Street, Colonial Gambrel, Joseph Hall House

212 College Street- 1886, 19th-century cross-gable

Garage associated with 212 College Street

221-223 College Street- c. 1850/1870, Greek Revival/Italianate

Garage associated with 221-223 College Street

229 Court Street- c. 1880, Queen Anne

234 Court Street- c. 1825-28, remodeled c. 1910, Colonial Revival, John & Susan Smith House

235 Court Street- c.1860, Greek Revival/Italianate

238 Court Street- c.1850, Greek Revival

Garage associated with 238 Court Street

240-242 Court Street- c.1830, Georgian/Federal, Sage Russell House

Garage associated with 240-242 Court Street

241 Court Street- c.1870, Mansard

250 Court Street- 1883-1884, Queen Anne/stick, J. Peters Pelton House

Garage associated with 250 Court Street

251 Court Street- 1894-1896, Romanesque Revival converted to elderly housing 1980, Old Middletown High School (listed in its own right on the NRHP, reference number 85001826)

258 Court Street- 1880, Queen Anne, Eastlake detail, 1880

Garage associated with 258 Court Street

264 Court Street- 1873, Mansard, Haskell-Vinal House

Garage associated with 264 Court Street

267 Court Street- c.1870, Italianate

268 Court Street- c.1920, Jacobean Revival

Garage associated with 268 Court Street

271 Court Street- c.1840, Greek Revival, Samuel Breese House

Garage associated with 271 Court Street

279 Court Street- 1814, Federal, Oliver D. Beebe House

285 Court Street- 1911, Georgian Revival, Parsonage, First Congregational Church (since at least the 1970s, Wesleyan University English Department)

(no number) Pearl Place- c.1860, 19th-century cross-gable

11 Pearl Street- 1874, Italianate, Camp/Wilcox House

12 Pearl Street- c.1850, Greek Revival cottage

15 Pearl Street- 1838, Greek Revival cottage, George E. Barrows House

Garage associated with 15 Pearl Street

16 Pearl Street- 1839, Greek Revival cottage, Zebulon H. Baldwin House

Garage associated with 16 Pearl Street

20 Pearl Street- c. 1840/1870, Greek Revival/Mansard,

24 Pearl Street- c. 1870, Mansard

28 Pearl Street- c. 1840, Greek Revival, Charles Brewer House

Garage associated with 28 Pearl Street

59 Pearl Street- 1884, Queen Anne

60 Pearl Street- c. 1840, Greek Revival

Garage associated with 60 Pearl Street

63 Pearl Street- c. 1900, Queen Anne/Colonial Revival

Garage associated with 63 Pearl Street

64 Pearl Street- c. 1880, Queen Anne

66 Pearl Street- 1889, 19th-century domestic

Barn/garage associated with 66 Pearl Street

70 Pearl Street- c. 1840, Greek Revival

73 Pearl Street- 1813, Federal, Starr/Russell House

74 Pearl Street- 1890, Queen Anne

Garage associated with 74 Pearl Street

77 Pearl Street- 1900/1930 Queen Anne/Colonial Revival, Russell Carriage House

78 Pearl Street- 1886, James C. Hubbard House

80 Pearl Street- 1889, Queen Anne

Garage associated with 80 Pearl Street

86 Pearl Street- 1889, Queen Anne

Garage associated with 86 Pearl Street

90 Pearl Street- 1889, Queen Anne

Garage associated with 90 Pearl Street

References

Broad Street Historic District (Middletown, Connecticut) Wikipedia

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