Plymouth Center Historic District
Plymouth Center Historic District | |
Location | Roughly along Main, North, and South Sts., Carter, Hillside Ave., Ives Crossing, and Maple St., Plymouth, Connecticut |
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Area | 130 acres (53 ha) (original size) 6 acres (2.4 ha) (size of 2000 increase) |
Architectural style | Colonial, Federal, et al. |
NRHP reference No. | 99000858[1] (original) 00001474 (increase) |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | July 22, 1999 |
Boundary increase | December 7, 2000 |
The Plymouth Center Historic District encompasses historic early village center of Plymouth, Connecticut. Stretching along Main, North and South Streets from their junction, it flourished in the 19th century with small-scale industries, but declined late in the century with the separation of Thomaston and the more significant industrial development at Terryville. The district features colonial, Federal, and Greek Revival architecture and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999, with a slight enlargement the following year.[1]
Description and history
The area that is now Plymouth was originally part of
The historic district extends mainly east-west along Main Street, roughly between Carter Road in the west and Maple Street in the east. It also extends north along North Street beyond Plymouth Park (the original town common), and south along South Street and Maple Street for shorter distances. Plymouth Park is the focus of the village's religious and civic buildings, including the 1838 Greek Revival Congregational Church and the stone Gothic former St. Peter's Episcopal Church (built 1915, now owned by a Baptist congregation). The most common architectural style found in the district is the Greek Revival, which is represented both in fine houses, and in more vernacular forms found in worker housing on Maple Street.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Plymouth Center Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved February 28, 2017.