Middletown Upper Houses Historic District
The Middletown Upper Houses Historic District, also known as the Upper Houses River Port, encompasses the historic early nucleus of Cromwell, Connecticut.
The Middletown Upper Houses Historic District, also known as the Upper Houses River Port, encompasses the historic early nucleus of Cromwell, Connecticut. Sandwiched between Main Street and the Connecticut River, this area was set off from neighboring Middletown in 1851. It is visually dominated by residential structures built before 1810. The area grew as a significant river port and shipbuilding center until the mid-19th century. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
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Worth seeing in and around Middletown Upper Houses Historic District
9 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut, United States. It was founded in 1831 as a men's college under the Methodist Episcopal Church and with the support of prominent residents of Middletown it became a secular, coeducational institution.
3.9 km · private liberal arts college in Middletown, Connecticut, United States · Wikipedia - 02St. Sebastian Church
Saint Sebastian is a Roman Catholic church in Middletown, Connecticut, part of the Diocese of Norwich.
3.2 km · Roman Catholic church in Middletown, Connecticut, part of the Diocese of Norwich · Wikipedia - 03Samuel Wadsworth Russell House
The Samuel Russell House is a neoclassical house at 350 High Street in Middletown, Connecticut, built in 1828 to a design by architect Ithiel Town. Many architectural historians consider it to be one of the finest Greek Revival mansions in the northeastern United States.
3.4 km · historic house in Connecticut, United States · Wikipedia - 04Captain Benjamin Williams House
The Captain Benjamin Williams House, also known as deKoven House or DeKoven Community Center, is a historic house at 27 Washington Street in Middletown, Connecticut. Built in the late 18th century, it is a particularly fine example of late Georgian architecture, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
2.9 km · historic house in Connecticut, United States · Wikipedia - 05Church of the Holy Trinity and Rectory
The Church of the Holy Trinity is an historic Episcopal church at 381 Main Street in Middletown, Connecticut. Completed in 1874, it is one of the city's finest examples of Gothic Revival architecture.
3 km · church building in Connecticut, United States of America · Wikipedia - 06Coite-Hubbard House
The Coite–Hubbard House is a historic house at 269 High Street in Middletown, Connecticut, United States. Built in 1856, it is a prominent local example of high-style Italianate architecture.
3.7 km · historic house in Connecticut, United States · Wikipedia - 07Middletown–Portland railroad bridge
The Middletown–Portland railroad bridge is a swing truss railroad bridge crossing the Connecticut River and Route 9 in Middletown, Connecticut, just south of the Arrigoni Bridge. The bridge is a Warren through-truss swing bridge with an overall length of 1,142 ft and a rotating center span.
2.5 km · rail bridge in Connecticut, US · Wikipedia - 08Richard Alsop IV House
The Richard Alsop IV House is a historic house at 301 High Street in Middletown, Connecticut. Completed in 1839, the house is a distinctive example of transitional Greek Revival and Italianate architecture, and is nationally significant for the extremely well-preserved drawings on its interior walls.
3.6 km · historic house in Connecticut, United States · Wikipedia - 09St. Mary of Czestochowa Parish
St. Mary of Czestochowa Parish (Polish: Parafia św.
3.9 km · church in Connecticut, United States · Wikipedia
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Getting to Middletown Upper Houses Historic District
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Middletown Upper Houses Historic District. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inSikorsky Mem'l Airport () in Stratford is a private aircraft charter service based there.
- Get inMeriden Airport in Meriden provides private air charter.
- Get inThe Bridgeport-Port Jefferson Ferry crosses Long Island Sound daily between Port Jefferson, Long Island and Bridgeport, CT.
- Get inCross Sound Ferry connects New London, CT and Orient Point, NY (the easternmost tip of Long Island's North Fork.) It also carries cars and passengers.
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