Ellington Center Historic District is an 80-acre (32 ha) historic district in the town of Ellington, Connecticut that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
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| Location | Roughly, Maple St. from Berr Ave. to just W of the High School and Main St. from Jobs Hill Rd. to East Green, Ellington, Connecticut |
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| Coordinates | 41°54′15″N 72°28′17″W / 41.90417°N 72.47139°W |
| Area | 80 acres (32 ha) |
| Architect | Chaffee, Nelson |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Greek Revival, Federal |
| NRHP reference No. | 90001754[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 15, 1990 |
The historic district encompasses most of Ellington Center, including the town green and buildings that face the green or the streets that lead to it.[2]: 26, 28 It includes the Hall Memorial Library. Architecture represented includes the Colonial Revival style and work by Nelson Chaffee.[1] The Ellington green is largely open space with tall shade trees. A granite monument on the green identifies the site of the first meetinghouse in Ellington Center, built in 1739.[2]
The National Register listing included 103 contributing buildings, three contributing sites, and two contributing objects. It also included 26 non-contributing buildings, six non-contributing structures, and three non-contributing objects. The district does not include commercial property east of the green, the town hall and its annex, Center School, and several houses within its general boundaries.[2] Center School, a public elementary school, occupies a brick building constructed in 1949 to replace a structure that was constructed in 1852 as a one-room schoolhouse and later expanded.[3]
Hall Memorial Library, a Neo-Classical Revival building built of brick and limestone, is one of the largest buildings in the historic district. The historic district also includes two churches.[2]
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editReferences
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c d David F. Ransom (April 27, 1990). "NRHP Inventory-Nomination: Ellington Center Historic District". National Park Service. and Accompanying 16 photos from 1990 (see photo captions page 27 of text document)
- ^ Postcard of Center School Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine, Treasures of Connecticut Library website, accessed December 24, 2010
