How Historic a Town is Farmington?

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 11 located within the town of Farmington.

The Stanley-Whitman House at 37 High St. was the first to achieve the national designation on Oct. 15, 1966. The most recent was the West End Library at 15 School St., designated on Apr. 25, 2000.

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

• Farmington Historic District (Porter and Mountain Rds., Main and Garden Sts., Hatter’s and Hillstead Lanes, and Farmington Ave.), Mar. 17, 1972
• First Church of Christ (75 Main St.), May 15, 1975
• Gridley-Parsons-Staples Homestead (1554 Farmington Ave.), July 30, 1981
• Gen. George Cowles House (130 Main St.), May 11, 1982
• Tunxis Hose Firehouse (Lovely St. and Farmington Ave.), July 28, 1983
• Pequabuck Bridge (Meadow Rd. at Pequabuck River), July 19, 1984
• Shade Swamp Shelter (US 6 E of New Britain Ave.), Sept. 4, 1986
• Hill-Stead (35 Mountain Rd.), July 17, 1991
• Austin F. Williams Carriagehouse and House (127 Main St.), Aug. 5, 1998

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

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