Main Street Historic District (Middletown, Connecticut)

Main Street Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Northward view along Main Street from CT 66 junction, 2008
Location:	Middletown, Connecticut
Coordinates:	41°33′47″N 72°38′53″W / 41.563°N 72.648°W / 41.563; -72.648Coordinates: 41°33′47″N 72°38′53″W / 41.563°N 72.648°W / 41.563; -72.648
Area:	20.5 acres (8.3 ha)
Architect:	Multiple
Architectural style:	Late Victorian, Mixed (more than 2 styles from different periods)
Governing body:	Local
NRHP Reference#:	83001275[1]
Added to NRHP:	June 30, 1983

Main Street Historic District, is the historic commercial center of Middletown, Connecticut, United States. It is a Registered Historic Place. Middletown was one of the most important ports in America in the Colonial period, and Main Street was its heart.^{[citation needed]} Today Main Street is home to a number of 19th century buildings, maintaining the bulk of its historic character.

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  Main Street, looking north from College Street, with the Municipal Building towering in the middle, from a postcard sent in 1914

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  Municipal Building, before 1907

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  Main Street, looking north "from City Hall", about 1912

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2006-03-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 

External links

• Middletown Downtown Business District