Chapel Street Historic District
In 1984 the district included, over a 5 and a half block area, 102 buildings, of which 76 were contributing buildings. The predominantly brick structures represent a wide range of architectural styles. Maps show that the area was residential in the eighteenth century and through the first quarter of the nineteenth century. Commercial development began to take over at that time, though residential properties remained well represented. The oldest building in the district is the Ira Atwater House, built in 1817. Most of the buildings now in the district were built in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, having replaced earlier residential and commercial development. One of the oldest surviving commercial buildings in the city is a c. 1831 building on Church Street. There are three church buildings in the district, including the former Calvary Church Baptist Church (1871) which now house the Yale Repertory Theatre.
Gallery
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Townsend Block (about 1832), 100-1006 Chapel St.
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Union League Club (1902), 1032 Chapel St., Richard Williams.
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Warner Hall (1892), 1044 Chapel St., Rufus G. Russell.
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38 High St. (about 1840).
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The Oxford (1910), 36 High St., C. E. Joy.
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Cambridge Arms (1925), 32 High St., Lester Julianelle.
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149 York St.
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280 Crown St.
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LoRicco Tower, 216 Crown St.
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Trinity Church Home (1868), 303 George St., Henry Austin.
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124 Temple St. (1909), R. W. Foote, Venetian palazzo.
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Taft Hotel (1911), 265 College St., F. M. Andrews.
See also
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Kate Ohno and John Herzan (May 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Chapel Street Historic District". National Park Service. and Accompanying 21 photos, exterior, from circa 1910, circa 1936, 1982, 1983