Fourth Ward Historic District (Greenwich, Connecticut)
Fourth Ward Historic District | |
Location | Roughly along Church, Division, Northfield and William Sts.; and Putnam Court and Sherwood Place, Greenwich, Connecticut |
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Coordinates | 41°2′6″N 73°37′40″W / 41.03500°N 73.62778°W |
Area | 28.4 acres (11.5 ha) |
Architectural style | Queen Anne, Italianate, et al. |
NRHP reference No. | 00000324[1] |
Added to NRHP | April 21, 2000 |
The Fourth Ward Historic District encompasses an early urban residential subdivision of
Description and history
The Fourth Ward area is located near an early commercial district in Greenwich, that arose along the Boston Post Road (now US 1) during its period as an important stagecoach and travel route. It was developed in 1836 by William Sherwood as an area of moderate-income housing, a contrast to the higher-style upper-class housing that then lined the Post Road. Lots were laid out with narrow frontage, and the early houses that were built there were stylistically more modest. Sherwood laid out Sherwood Place (then called Mechanics Street), and the northern and western parts of the ward, including Church Street and parts of Northfield, Division, and William Streets, was developed in the 1870s. This later development was characterized by slightly larger lots and houses, and includes the district's finer examples of period architecture.[2]
The historic district 28.4 acres (11.5 ha) in size In 2000 it included 159
See also
References
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b Nils Kerschus (September 17, 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Fourth Ward Historic Site". National Park Service. and Accompanying 15 photos