Chapel Street Historic District

The Chapel Street Historic District is a 23-acre (9.3 ha) historic district in the Downtown New Haven area of the city of New Haven, Connecticut. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.[1] The district covers the southwestern corner of Downtown New Haven, including properties from Park Street to Temple Street between Chapel and Crown streets, and properties from High Street to Temple Street between George and Crown streets. It is bordered on the north by the New Haven Green and the Yale University campus. The western edge borders the Dwight Street Historic District. The eastern and southern edges of the district abut areas of more modern development.

Chapel Street Historic District
124 Temple St. (1909).
LocationRoughly bounded by Park, Chapel, Temple, George, and Crown Sts., New Haven, Connecticut
Coordinates41°18′20″N 72°55′47″W
Area23 acres (9.3 ha)
Architectural styleLate 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
NRHP reference No.84001123[1]
Added to NRHPApril 5, 1984

In 1984 the district included, over a 5 and a half block area, 102 buildings, of which 76 were contributing buildings. The predominantly brick structures represent a wide range of architectural styles. Maps show that the area was residential in the eighteenth century and through the first quarter of the nineteenth century. Commercial development began to take over at that time, though residential properties remained well represented. The oldest building in the district is the Ira Atwater House, built in 1817. Most of the buildings now in the district were built in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, having replaced earlier residential and commercial development. One of the oldest surviving commercial buildings in the city is a c. 1831 building on Church Street. There are three church buildings in the district, including the former Calvary Church Baptist Church (1871) which now house the Yale Repertory Theatre.[2]

  • Townsend Block (about 1832), 100-1006 Chapel St.
  • Union League Club (1902), 1032 Chapel St., Richard Williams.
  • Warner Hall (1892), 1044 Chapel St., Rufus G. Russell.
  • 38 High St. (about 1840).
  • The Oxford (1910), 36 High St., C. E. Joy.
  • Cambridge Arms (1925), 32 High St., Lester Julianelle.
  • 149 York St.
  • 280 Crown St.
  • LoRicco Tower, 216 Crown St.
  • Trinity Church Home (1868), 303 George St., Henry Austin.
  • 124 Temple St. (1909), R. W. Foote, Venetian palazzo.
  • Taft Hotel (1911), 265 College St., F. M. Andrews.

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Kate Ohno and John Herzan (May 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Chapel Street Historic District". National Park Service. and Accompanying 21 photos, exterior, from circa 1910, circa 1936, 1982, 1983
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