Goshen Historic District (Goshen, Connecticut)
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Goshen Historic District is a historic district
and the town center of Goshen, Connecticut
. Historic buildings in the district include examples of Greek Revival, Federal, and Victorian architecture from as early as 1760. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
(NRHP) in 1982.
Significant properties in the district include:
Historic district (United States)
In the United States, a historic district is a group of buildings, properties, or sites that have been designated by one of several entities on different levels as historically or architecturally significant. Buildings, structures, objects and sites within a historic district are normally divided...
and the town center of Goshen, Connecticut
Goshen, Connecticut
Goshen is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 2,697 at the 2000 census.Each July, the Connecticut Agricultural Fair is held in town. It is also home to the Goshen players.-Geography:...
. Historic buildings in the district include examples of Greek Revival, Federal, and Victorian architecture from as early as 1760. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
(NRHP) in 1982.
Significant properties in the district include:
- Goshen Academy, Federal, from 1824
- Myron Norton House, Greek Revival, 1840
- Erastus Lyman House, Federal, 1802
- Frederick Lyman House
- Congregational Church
- Old St. Thomas's Church
- Elisha Sill House, which was a store in 1979
- David Thompson House, Federal style, had a wraparound porch in 1979 which is not present in 2010
External links
- Old Academy, West Goshen, Litchfield County, CT: 1 photo (from 1940) and supplemental material, at Historic American Building Survey
- Birds Eye Norton House, Goshen, Litchfield County, CT: 5 photos (from 1940) and supplemental material, at Historic American Building Survey (Birds Eye Norton House not confirmed to be within the district)