How Historic a Town is Suffield?

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 12 located within the town of Suffield.

The Hatheway House at 55 S. Main St. was the first to achieve the national designation on Aug. 6, 1975. The most recent was Babb’s Beach at 435 Babbs Rd., designated on July 12, 2006.

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

• Alexander King House (232 S. Main St.), Apr. 26, 1976
• Hastings Hill Historic District (987-1308 Hill St., 1242 Spruce St. and 1085-1162 Russell Ave.), Sept. 14, 1979
• Suffield Historic District (along N. and S. Main St.), Sept. 25, 1979
• Gothic Cottage (1425 Mapleton Ave.), Feb. 25, 1982
• King’s Field House (827 North St.), Mar. 11, 1982
• John Fuller House (463 Halladay Ave.), Mar. 15, 1982
• Farmington Canal-New Haven and Northampton Canal (roughly from Suffield to New Haven), Sept. 12, 1985
• Lewis-Zukowski House (1095 S. Grand St.), Feb. 21, 1990
• Bridge No. 455 (Route 159 at Stony Brook), Sept. 29, 2004
• Hilltop Farm (1550-1760 Mapleton Ave.), Jan. 12, 2005

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

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