How Historic a Town is Simsbury?

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 16 located within the town of Simsbury.

The Capt. Elisha Phelps House at 800 Hopmeadow St. was the first to achieve the national designation on Sept. 22, 1972. The most recent was the Simsbury Center Historic District, on Hopmeadow St. from West St. to Massaco St., designated on Apr. 12, 1996.

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

• Amos Eno House (off U. S. 202 on Hopmeadow Rd.), Apr. 3, 1975
• Simsbury Railroad Depot (Railroad Ave. at Station St.), Mar. 26, 1976
• Heublein Tower (atop Talcott Mountain State Park), June 30, 1983
• Drake Hill Road Bridge (Drake Hill Rd. at Farmington River), July 19, 1984
• Massacoe Forest Pavilion (off Old Farms Rd., Stratton Brook State Park), Sept. 4, 1986
• Simsbury Bank and Trust Company Building (760-762 Hopmeadow St.), Nov. 20, 1986
• East Weatogue Historic District (properties on East Weatogue St. from just N of Riverside Dr. to Hartford Rd., and Folly Farm property to S), July 19, 1990
• John Humphrey House (115 E. Weatogue St.), Nov. 15, 1990
• Robert and Julia Darling House (720 Hopmeadow St.), Jan. 3, 1991
• Horace Belden School and Central Grammar School (933 Hopmeadow St. and 29 Massaco St.), Mar. 25, 1993
• Eno Memorial Hall (754 Hopmeadow St.), Apr. 2, 1993
• Simsbury Townhouse (695 Hopmeadow St.), Apr. 2, 1993
• Tariffville Historic District (roughly bounded by Winthrop St., Main St., Mountain Rd., Laurel Hill Rd. and Elm St.), Apr. 2, 1993
• Terry’s Plain Historic District (roughly bounded by Pharos, Quarry and Terry’s Plain Rds. and the Farmington River), Dec. 10, 1993

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

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