Tariffville Historic District
The historic district is "significant architecturally because it retains the mill housing and street layout of an early 19th-century village as well as the Greek Revival and Gothic Revival structures of later 19th-century development. The commercial blocks, religious structures, and publicly owned buildings, together with the many 19th-century houses and their outbuildings, tell the story of the community's development into the 20th century with integrity and few intrusions." Its boundaries are "drawn to encompass the concentration of historic and architectural resources" of the historic village area. The historic district excludes newer development around West Point Terrace and Hayes Road, as well as properties along White Water Turn, Wooster Road, and Main Street Extension.
Significant contributing properties include:
- Trinity Church (see #10 of NRHP application's accompanying photographs).
- William Ketchin Tobacco Company warehouse, 7 Church Street, brownstone "with low towers and castellated roof lines, it has now been dramatically altered by adding a hipped roof of great volume supported by new heavy roof brackets in a modern salute to the Italianate style" (see photo #14)
- 8-4 Elm Street, worker housing (photo #1)
- 23-29 Red Hill Road, worker housing (photo #2)
- 39 Tunxis Road, small Greek Revival (photo #3)
- 19 Main Street (see photo #4)
- 40 Winthrop Street (see photo #5)
- 2 Tunxis Road (see photos #6 and #7)
- 28 Main Street (see photo #8)
- 32 Main Street (see photo #9)
- Saint Bernard's Church (see photo #12)
- 37 Elm Street (see photo #13)
- 10 Center Street (see photo #15)
See also
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ David F. Ransom (August 30, 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Tariffville Historic District". National Park Service. and Accompanying 15 photos, exterior and interior, from 1992 (captions on pages 21-22 of text document)