- Monroe Center Historic District
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Monroe Center Historic District
Location: CT 110 and CT 111, Monroe, Connecticut Coordinates: 41°19′57″N 73°12′26″W / 41.3325°N 73.20722°WCoordinates: 41°19′57″N 73°12′26″W / 41.3325°N 73.20722°W Area: 120 acres (49 ha) Built: 1762 Architectural style: Colonial Revival, Georgian, Federal Governing body: Local NRHP Reference#: 77001392[1] Added to NRHP: August 19, 1977 The Monroe Center Historic District is a 120-acre (49 ha) historic district in Monroe, Connecticut with significance dating to 1762. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.[1]
It includes about 60 significant buildings, including Federal style St. Peters Church at the south end of the Monroe Center green. On June 30, 1781, a dance was held on the green for about 600 of French general Rochambeau's troops that were camped nearby, during their march towards Yorktown, Virginia which led to American-French victory in the American Revolutionary War.[2]
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References
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ T. Robins Brown (July, 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Monroe Center Historic District". National Park Service. http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/77001392.pdf. and Accompanying 15 photos, exterior and interior, from 1977
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- Connecticut Registered Historic Place stubs
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