How Historic a Town is Enfield?

There are over 90,000 sites in the United States listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Connecticut lays claim to 1,597 of them, with six located within the town of Enfield.

The Enfield Town Meetinghouse on Enfield St., now known as the Old Town Hall Museum, was the first to achieve the national designation on Sept. 10, 1974. The most recent was the Bigelow-Hartford Carpet Mills Historic District, roughly bounded by Lafayette St., Hartford Ave., Alden Ave., Pleasant St., High St., Spring St., South St. and Prospect St., designated on Nov. 25, 1994.

Others on the list of Enfield’s official Historic Places and their dates of designation include:

• Enfield Shakers Historic District (Shaker, Taylor and Cybulski Rds.), May 21, 1979
• Enfield Historic District (1106-1492 Enfield St.), Aug. 10, 1979
• Hazardville Historic District (Routes 190 and 192), Feb. 19, 1980
• Bigelow-Hartford Carpet Mills (Main and Pleasant Sts.), Mar. 10, 1983

Click here for a complete list, sorted by state, of all locations on the National Register of Historic Places.

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