Westville Village Historic District

Westville Village Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Hotel Edgewood (1913), 882-888 Whalley Ave.
Location:	Roughly along Blake St. and Whalley Ave. (original) 827 Whalley Ave. (increase), New Haven, Connecticut
Coordinates:	41°19′50″N 73°10′20″W / 41.33056°N 73.17222°W / 41.33056; -73.17222Coordinates: 41°19′50″N 73°10′20″W / 41.33056°N 73.17222°W / 41.33056; -73.17222
Area:	22 acres (8.9 ha) (original) and less than one acre (increase)
Built:	1912 (increase)
Architect:	multiple
Architectural style:	Federal, Greek Revival, et al. (original); Early Commercial (increase)
Governing body:	Private
NRHP Reference#:	02001727 and 06000954[1]
Added to NRHP:	January 23, 2003 (original) October 25, 2006 (increase)

Westville Village Historic District is a historic district representing most of the commercial center of the Westville neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut.^[2] The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003, and its boundaries were increased in 2006.^[1]

In 2003, the listed area was 22 acres (8.9 ha) and there were 30 contributing buildings in the district.^[1]

In 2006, the listing was amended to add the former Westville Theater building at 827 Whalley Avenue, an Early Commercial style building that was built in 1912.^[1][3] The theater building is now occupied by an antiques store.^{[citation needed]}

When listed, the district included 34 buildings, of which 30 were deemed contributing buildings. The contributing buildings are:

1. 446 Blake Avenue, Greist Manufacturing Company
2. 495 Blake Avenue, Geometric Tool Company
3. 512 Blake Avenue, c. 1840 (See photo #13 in accompanying photo set)
4. 15-17 Tour Avenue, Italianate, c.1905
5. 23-25 Tour Avenue, Queen Anne, c.1905
6. 413 West Rock Avenue, a Queen Anne style house
7. 416-418 West Rock Avenue, Queen Anne
8. 417 West Rock Avenue
9. 420-422 West Rock Avenue
10. 426 West Rock Avenue, Tudor Revival
11. 831-835 Whalley Avenue, the Alfred Minor Building
12. 837-839 Whalley Avenue
13. 843 Whalley Avenue
14. 845-847 Whalley Avenue
15. 859-861 Whalley Avenue
16. 865 Whalley Avenue
17. 867 Whalley Avenue
18. 873-875 Whalley Avenue
19. 879 Whalley Avenue
20. 881 Whalley Avenue
21. 882-888 Whalley Avenue, Hotel Edgewood (photo #9)
22. 883-889 Whalley Avenue
23. 893-901 Whalley Avenue
24. 898 Whalley Avenue
25. 900-902 Whalley Avenue
26. 903-911 Whalley Avenue, a Masonic hall built for the Olive Branch Temple Corporation
27. 904-906 Whalley Avenue
28. 914-918 Whalley Avenue
29. 920 Whalley Avenue
30. 949 Whalley Avenue, the Westville Masonic Temple, from 1926 (see photo #6 in photos accompanying NRHP nomination)^[4]

Gallery

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  Westville Theater (1915), 827 Whalley Ave.

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  Alfred Minor Building (1906-7), 831-835 Whalley Ave.

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  859 Whalley Ave.

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  Westville Masonic Temple (1926), 949 Whalley Ave., R. W. Foote.

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  512 Blake Ave. (about 1840), Greek revival.

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  Geometric Tool Company (1906), 495 Blake Ave., Brown and VonBeren.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ The industrial complex at 446 Blake Street (now housing several offices) is technically part of the West Rock official neighborhood planning area.
3. ^ Leah S. Glazer (November 25, 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Westville Village Historic District (Boundary Increase)". National Park Service. http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/06000954.pdf.  and Accompanying 18 photos, exterior and interior, undated
4. ^ Mary Dunne (May 9, 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Westville Village Historic District". National Park Service. http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/02001727.pdf.  and Accompanying 17 photos, undated

External links

• Westville Village Historic District, New Haven Preservation Trust website (text excerpt from NRHP nomination)