National Register of Historic Places listings in Bridgeport, Connecticut

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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Bridgeport, Connecticut

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. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a Google map.

There are 276 properties and districts listed on the National Register in Fairfield County, including 9 National Historic Landmark

National Historic Landmark

A National Historic Landmark is a building, site, structure, object, or district, that is officially recognized by the United States government for its historical significance...

s. The city of Bridgeport is the location of 55 of these properties and districts; they are listed here, while the 221 properties and districts in the remaining parts of the county, including all of the National Historic Landmarks, are listed separately.

Current listings

	Landmark name	Location	Neighborhood	Summary
1	Barnum Museum Barnum Museum The Barnum Museum is a museum in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA with an extensive collection related to P. T. Barnum and the history of Bridgeport, Connecticut housed in an historic building on the National Register of Historic Places.- Construction :...	805 Main St. 41°10′32"N 73°11′18"W	Downtown
2	Barnum/Palliser Historic District	Roughly bounded by Myrtle and Park Aves., Atlantic and Austin Sts. (both sides) 41°10′4"N 73°11′3"W	South End
3	Bassickville Historic District Bassickville Historic District Bassickville Historic District is a historic district in Bridgeport, Connecticut that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. It then included 38 contributing buildings....	20-122 Bassick, 667-777 Howard, and 1521-1523 Fairview Aves., and 50-1380 State St. 41°10′16"N 73°12′40"W	West End - West Side
4	Beardsley Park	1875 Noble Ave. 41°12′45"N 73°10′56"W	North Bridgeport
5	BERKSHIRE NO. 7 Berkshire No. 7 Berkshire No. 7 is a wood and steel barge that was sunk in Bridgeport Harbor, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. It was built in 1935, which makes it unusually young for NRHP listing...	Bridgeport Harbor 41°10′42"N 73°11′14"W	Downtown
6	Bikur Cholim Synagogue	1545 Iranistan Ave. 41°10′49"N 73°12′22"W	West End - West Side
7	Peyton Randolph Bishop House	135 Washington Ave. 41°10′38"N 73°11′54"W	The Hollow
8	William D. Bishop Cottage Development Historic District	Cottage Pl. and Atlantic, Broad, Main and Whiting Sts. 41°10′5"N 73°11′14"W	South End
9	Black Rock Gardens Historic District Black Rock Gardens Historic District Black Rock Gardens Historic District is a historic district in the Black Rock neighborhood of Bridgeport, Connecticut.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 and at that time included 12 contributing buildings....	Bounded by Fairfield St., Brewster St. and Nash Ln., including Rowsley and Haddon Sts. 41°9′27"N 73°13′30"W	Black Rock
10	Black Rock Historic District Black Rock Historic District The Black Rock Historic District is a historic district in the Black Rock neighborhood of Bridgeport, Connecticut.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979...	Roughly bounded by Black Rock Harbor, Grovers Ave., Beacon and Prescott Sts. 41°9′11"N 73°13′17"W	Black Rock
11	Bridgeport City Hall Bridgeport City Hall The old Bridgeport City Hall is located in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The building was built in 1854 as both the City Hall and the Fairfield County Courthouse and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 19, 1977...	202 State St. 41°10′36"N 73°11′27"W	Downtown
12	Bridgeport Downtown North Historic District	Roughly bounded by Congress, Water, Fairfield Ave., Elm, Golden Hill & Chapel Sts. 41°10′49"N 73°11′25"W	Downtown
13	Bridgeport Downtown South Historic District Bridgeport Downtown South Historic District Bridgeport Downtown South Historic District is a historic district in Bridgeport, Connecticut that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987....	Roughly bounded by Elm, Cannon, Main, Gilbert, and Broad Sts. 41°10′37"N 73°11′30"W	Downtown
14	Cassidy House	691 Ellsworth St. 41°9′48"N 73°13′26"W	Black Rock
15	Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company Car Barn Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company Car Barn The Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company Car Barn is located in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The building was built in 1910 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 3, 1987...	55 Congress St. 41°10′56"N 73°11′17"W	Downtown
16	Deacon's Point Historic District	Roughly bounded by Seaview Ave. and Williston, Bunnell and Deacon Sts. 41°10′59"N 73°10′13"W	East End
17	Division Street Historic District	Roughly bounded by State St., Iranistan, Black Rock and West Aves. 41°10′19"N 73°15′0"W	Downtown and West End - West Side
18	Eagle's Nest	282-284 Logan St. 41°10′43"N 73°9′37"W	East End
19	East Bridgeport Historic District	Roughly bounded by RR tracks, Beach, Arctic, and Knowlton Sts. 41°11′14"N 73°11′9"W	East Side
20	East Main Street Historic District	Bounded by Walters and Nichols Sts. from 371-377, 741-747, 388-394 and to 744 East Main Sts. 41°10′57"N 73°10′51"W	East Side
21	Ein Jacob (Ayn Yacob) Synagogue	746 (aka 748) Connecticut Ave. 41°10′50"N 73°9′51"W	East End
22	ELMER S. DAILEY	Bridgeport Harbor 41°10′43"N 73°11′14"W	Downtown
23	Fairfield County Courthouse Fairfield County Courthouse (Bridgeport, Connecticut) The Fairfield County Courthouse, also known as the Court of Common Pleas, in Bridgeport, Connecticut is a Richardsonian Romanesque brick building built in 1888...	172 Golden Hill St. 41°10′50"N 73°11′28"W	Downtown
24	Fairfield County Jail	1106 North Ave. 41°11′25"N 73°12′7"W	Brooklawn - St. Vincent
25	First Baptist Church	126 Washington Ave. 41°10′35"N 73°11′53"W	Downtown
26	Mary and Eliza Freeman Houses Mary and Eliza Freeman Houses The Mary and Eliza Freeman Houses are located in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The wood-framed, clapboard-covered, two-family houses were built in 1848 and were added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 22, 1999 as the last surviving houses of Little Liberia, a neighborhood settled...	352-4 and 358-60 Main St. 41°10′11"N 73°11′12"W	South End
27	Gateway Village Historic District	Roughly bounded by Waterman St., Connecticut Ave. and Alanson Ave. 41°9′27"N 73°13′30"W	East End
28	Golden Hill Historic District	Roughly bounded by Congress St., Lyon Terr., Elm, and Harrison Sts. 41°10′52"N 73°11′36"W	Downtown
29	Hotel Beach	140 Fairfield Ave. 41°10′45"N 73°11′26"W	Downtown
30	Lakeview Village Historic District	Roughly bounded by Essex St., Boston Ave., Colony St., Plymouth St. and Asylum St. 41°9′27"N 73°13′30"W	North Bridgeport
31	Maplewood School Maplewood School The Maplewood School, also known as Grammar School No. 5, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, was built in 1893, and was designed by Longstaff & Hurd. The school was enlarged later. And an annex building designed by architect Joseph Northrup was added later...	434 Maplewood Ave. 41°10′42"N 73°12′35"W	West End - West Side
32	Marina Park Historic District	Marina Park, Park and Waldemere Aves. 41°9′52"N 73°11′30"W	South End
33	Nathaniel Wheeler Memorial Fountain Nathaniel Wheeler Memorial Fountain Nathaniel Wheeler Memorial Fountain is located in Bridgeport, Connecticut at the intersection of Fairfield and Park avenues. The fountain was built in 1912–1913 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 4, 1985...	Park and Fairfield Aves. 41.1747°N 73.1987°W	West End - West Side	Built in 1912--1913, the fountain consists of four elements: a central bronze figure of a mermaid holding aloft a lamp and rising out of a polished granite pool and three individually ornamented polished granite watering troughs at the angles of the triangular parcel of land raised above the street. The fountain was a mid-career work of maverick American sculptor Gutzon Borglum Gutzon Borglum Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum was an American artist and sculptor famous for creating the monumental presidents' heads at Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, the famous carving on Stone Mountain near Atlanta, as well as other public works of art.- Background :The son of Mormon Danish immigrants, Gutzon... .
34	Palace and Majestic Theaters	1315-1357 Main St. 41°10′56"N 73°11′28"W	Downtown
35	Park Apartments	59 Rennell St. 41°9′39"N 73°11′40"W	South End
36	Penfield Reef Light Penfield Reef Light Penfield Reef Lighthouse is a lighthouse in Connecticut,United States, on Penfield Reef at the south side of Black Rock Harbor entrance on the Long Island Sound, off the coast of Fairfield, Connecticut. Constructed in 1874, it was one of the last offshore masonry lights... house	Long Island Sound Long Island Sound Long Island Sound is an estuary of the Atlantic Ocean, located in the United States between Connecticut to the north and Long Island, New York to the south. The mouth of the Connecticut River at Old Saybrook, Connecticut, empties into the sound. On its western end the sound is bounded by the Bronx... off Shoal Point 41°7′0"N 73°13′18"W	Long Island Sound
37	Pequonnock River Railroad Bridge Pequonnock River Railroad Bridge The Pequonnock River Railroad Bridge is a railroad drawbridge over the Pequonnock River in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Owned by the State of Connecticut and maintained and operated by Metro-North Railroad, it is also referred to as Pequonnock River Bridge, PECK Bridge, and Undergrade Bridge 55.90...	AMTRAK Right-of-way at Pequonnock River 41°10′59"N 73°11′11"W	Downtown and East Side
38	David Perry House	531 Lafayette St. 41°10′13"N 73°11′25"W	Downtown
39	PRISCILLA DAILEY	Bridgeport Harbor 41°10′43"N 73°11′14"W	Downtown
40	Railroad Avenue Industrial District	Roughly bounded by State and Cherry Sts., Fairfield and Wordin Aves. 41°4′40"N 73°12′49"W	West End - West Side
41	Remington City Historic District	Roughly, Bond, Dover, and Remington Sts. and Palisade Ave., between Stewart and Tudor Sts. 41°11′53"N 73°9′56"W	Boston Avenue - Mill Hill
42	Remington Village Historic District	Roughly, Willow and East Aves. between Boston and Barnum Aves. 41°11′38"N 73°9′36"W	Boston Avenue - Mill Hill
43	St. John's Episcopal Church	768 Fairfield Ave. 41°10′31"N 73°11′59"W	West End - West Side
44	Seaside Institute Seaside Institute The Seaside Institute in Bridgeport, Connecticut is a Richardsonian Romanesque rock-faced granite, brick, brownstone and terracotta building designed by Warren R. Briggs and completed in 1887 at the corner of Lafayette and Atlantic avenues, not far from Seaside Park...	299 Lafayette Ave. 41.1675°N 73.1883°W	South End	A Richardsonian Romanesque Richardsonian Romanesque Richardsonian Romanesque is a style of Romanesque Revival architecture named after architect Henry Hobson Richardson, whose masterpiece is Trinity Church, Boston , designated a National Historic Landmark... rock-faced granite, brick, brownstone and terracotta building designed by Warren R. Briggs Warren R. Briggs Warren R. Briggs was an American architect who worked in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He was a "native of Boston" and trained at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris. His work was greatly influenced by H. H... and completed in 1887, it was originally built for the use and benefit of the female employees of the Warner Brothers corset manufacturers (now Warnaco).
45	Seaside Park	Long Island Sound 41.159°N 73.202°W	South End
46	Seaside Village Historic District	E. side of Iranistan Ave. between South St. and Burnham St. 41°9′59"N 73°11′56"W	South End
47	Sterling Block-Bishop Arcade	993-1005 Main St. 41°10′41"N 73°11′24"W	Downtown
48	Sterling Hill Historic District Sterling Hill Historic District (Bridgeport, Connecticut) The Sterling Hill Historic District in Bridgeport, Connecticut is a historic district that was listed on the NRHP in 1992. The district is a two-block area of 43 urban residential structures dating as far back as 1821. Most of the buildings are from later in the 19th century when the neighborhood...	Roughly bounded by Pequonnock St., Harral Ave., James St. and Washington Ave. 41°10′51"N 73°10′44"W	The Hollow
49	Stratfield Historic District	CT 59 and U.S. 1 41°10′40"N 73°12′49"W	Brooklawn - St. Vincent and West End - West Side
50	Tongue Point Light Tongue Point Light Tongue Point Light Lighthouse, also known as Bridgeport Breakwater or Bug Light, is a lighthouse on the west side of the Bridgeport Harbor entrance, in the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut in the United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.-History:The lighthouse... house	Western side of Bridgeport Harbor at Tongue Point 41°9′58"N 73°10′42"W	South End
51	United Congregational Church	877 Park Ave. 41°10′30"N 73°12′0"W	West End - West Side
52	United Illuminating Company Building	1115-1119 Broad St. 41°10′41"N 73°11′31"W	Downtown
53	US Post Office-Bridgeport Main	120 Middle St. 41°10′50"N 73°11′20"W	Downtown
54	West End Congregation--Achavath Achim Synagogue Achavath Achim Synagogue Achavath Achim Synagogue is located in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The building was built in 1926 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 11, 1995 as West End Congregation--Achavath Achim Synagogue...	725 Hancock Ave. 41°10′12"N 73°12′44"W	West End - West Side
55	Wilmot Apartments Historic District	Junction of Connecticut and Wilmot Aves. 41°10′58"N 73°9′44"W	East End

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