How Historic a Town is Manchester?

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 10 located within the town of Manchester.

The Cheney Brothers Historic District, bounded by Hartford Rd., Laurel, Spruce, and Lampfield Sts., was the first to achieve the national designation on June 2, 1978. The most recent was the Case Brothers Historic District, encompassing 680-728 Spring St., 40 Glen Rd., and rough boundaries of Case Mountain Recreation Area and Manchester Land, designated on June 30, 2009.

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

• Pitkin Glassworks Ruin (no address listed), Apr. 9, 1979
• Edward L. Burnham Farm (580 Burnham St.), Apr. 12, 1982
• U.S. Post Office (479 Main St. at Center St.), Jan. 21, 1986
• Main Street Historic District (roughly Main St. from Center St. to Eldridge St.), Apr. 18, 1996
• Woodbridge Farmstead (495 Middle Turnpike East), Aug. 5, 1999
• Manchester Historic District (roughly bounded by Center Spring Park, Main St., I-384 and Campfield Rd.), Aug. 2, 2000
• Manchester Historic District - Boundary Increase (roughly bounded by E. Center, Harrison, Norman, Charter Oak, Main and Cottage Sts.), Aug. 17, 2001
• Union Village Historic District (roughly bounded by Union Pond, Oakland St., RR right of way, Marble St., Hockanum River), Aug. 6, 2002

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

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