National Register of Historic Places listings in Greenwich, Connecticut

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Greenwich, Connecticut.

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This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Greenwich. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.^[1]

There are 295 properties and districts listed on the National Register in Fairfield County. This list covers the 35 properties located partially or entirely in Greenwich. Ones in Bridgeport or Stamford are covered in National Register of Historic Places listings in Bridgeport, Connecticut, or in National Register of Historic Places listings in Stamford, Connecticut. The remainder are covered in National Register of Historic Places listings in Fairfield County, Connecticut.

Current listings

^[2]	Name on the Register^[3]	Image	Date listed^[4]	Location	Description
1	Bush-Holley House	Bush-Holley House More images	December 1, 1988 (#88002694)	39 Strickland Rd., in Cos Cob^[5]^: 2 41°02′02″N 73°35′52″W / 41.0338°N 73.5977°W / 41.0338; -73.5977 (Bush-Holley House)	Home of Cos Cob Art Colony, c.1890-1920. Current headquarters and museum of the Greenwich Historical Society.
2	Byram School	Byram School	August 2, 1990 (#90001110)	Between Sherman Ave. and Western Junior Highway, in Byram^[6]^: 3 41°00′46″N 73°39′13″W / 41.012778°N 73.653611°W / 41.012778; -73.653611 (Byram School)	"Exceptional" for its architecture.^[7]
3	Cos Cob Power Station	Cos Cob Power Station More images	August 2, 1990 (#90001096)	Roughly bounded by Metro North railroad tracks, the Mianus River, and Sound Shore Dr. 41°01′46″N 73°35′50″W / 41.029444°N 73.597222°W / 41.029444; -73.597222 (Cos Cob Power Station)	Significant for its role in the first mainline railroad electrification in the United States. It was the largest component in an enormous scale experiment to implement AC power in railroad power, part of complying with a 1903 New York State law prohibiting steam locomotives in New York City.^[8] The building was demolished in 2001, but is still listed.
4	Cos Cob Railroad Station	Cos Cob Railroad Station More images	July 28, 1989 (#89000928)	55 Station Dr. 41°01′47″N 73°36′02″W / 41.029722°N 73.600556°W / 41.029722; -73.600556 (Cos Cob Railroad Station)	A working train station
5	Samuel Ferris House	Samuel Ferris House	August 10, 1989 (#89001086)	1 Cary St., in Riverside 41°02′32″N 73°35′19″W / 41.042194°N 73.588639°W / 41.042194; -73.588639 (Samuel Ferris House)
6	Fourth Ward Historic District	Fourth Ward Historic District More images	April 21, 2000 (#00000324)	Roughly along Church, Division, Northfield and William Sts.; and Putnam Court and Sherwood Place in downtown Greenwich 41°02′06″N 73°37′40″W / 41.035°N 73.627778°W / 41.035; -73.627778 (Fourth Ward Historic District)
7	French Farm	French Farm	April 3, 1975 (#75001918)	North of downtown Greenwich at the junction of Lake Ave. and Round Hill Rd. 41°03′07″N 73°38′24″W / 41.051944°N 73.64°W / 41.051944; -73.64 (French Farm)
8	Glenville Historic District	Glenville Historic District	March 9, 2007 (#07000107)	Roughly along Glen Ridge Rd., Glenville Rd., Glenville St., Pemberwick Rd., Riversville Rd., and Weaver St. 41°02′17″N 73°39′53″W / 41.038056°N 73.664722°W / 41.038056; -73.664722 (Glenville Historic District)
9	Glenville School	Glenville School	November 21, 2003 (#03001169)	449 Pemberwick Rd., in the Glenville Historic District^[9] 41°02′12″N 73°39′52″W / 41.036667°N 73.664444°W / 41.036667; -73.664444 (Glenville School)	1921 school by James O. Betelle is only T-shaped Georgian Revival school in Greenwich. Now West Greenwich Civic Center.
10	Great Captain Island Lighthouse	Great Captain Island Lighthouse More images	April 3, 1991 (#91000351)	Great Captain Island, southwest of Greenwich Point 40°58′57″N 73°37′26″W / 40.9825°N 73.623889°W / 40.9825; -73.623889 (Great Captain Island Lighthouse)
11	Greenwich Avenue Historic District	Greenwich Avenue Historic District	August 31, 1989 (#89001215)	Roughly bounded by Railroad, Arch, Field Point, W. Elm, Greenwich, Putnam, Mason, Havemeyer, and Bruce, in downtown Greenwich 41°01′33″N 73°37′36″W / 41.025833°N 73.626667°W / 41.025833; -73.626667
12	Greenwich Municipal Center Historic District	Greenwich Municipal Center Historic District More images	July 26, 1988 (#88000579)	101 Field Point Rd., 290, 299, 310 Greenwich Ave., in downtown Greenwich 41°01′29″N 73°37′37″W / 41.024722°N 73.626944°W / 41.024722; -73.626944
13	Greenwich Point Historic District	Greenwich Point Historic District More images	July 12, 2021 (#100004671)	Tod's Driftway at Shore Rd. 41°00′17″N 73°34′45″W / 41.0046°N 73.5793°W / 41.0046; -73.5793 (Greenwich Point Historic District)
14	Greenwich Town Hall	Greenwich Town Hall More images	May 21, 1987 (#87000807)	299 Greenwich Ave., in downtown Greenwich 41°01′30″N 73°37′32″W / 41.025°N 73.625556°W / 41.025; -73.625556 (Greenwich Town Hall)
15	Greenwich YMCA	Greenwich YMCA	November 7, 1996 (#83004541)	50 E. Putnam Ave., in downtown Greenwich^[10]^: 2 41°01′55″N 73°37′32″W / 41.031944°N 73.625556°W / 41.031944; -73.625556 (Greenwich YMCA)
16	Indian Harbor Yacht Club	Indian Harbor Yacht Club	July 22, 2010 (#10000494)	710 Steamboat Rd. 41°00′42″N 73°37′22″W / 41.011667°N 73.622778°W / 41.011667; -73.622778 (Indian Harbor Yacht Club)
17	Knapp Tavern	Knapp Tavern More images	September 15, 1977 (#77001389)	243 E. Putnam Ave. 41°02′13″N 73°37′10″W / 41.036944°N 73.619444°W / 41.036944; -73.619444 (Knapp Tavern)
18	Little Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church	Little Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church	October 12, 2010 (#10000831)	44 Lake Ave. 41°01′58″N 73°37′51″W / 41.0329°N 73.6308°W / 41.0329; -73.6308
19	Thomas Lyon House	Thomas Lyon House	August 24, 1977 (#77001390)	W. Putnam Ave. and Byram Rd. 41°00′52″N 73°39′16″W / 41.014444°N 73.654444°W / 41.014444; -73.654444 (Thomas Lyon House)
20	Merritt Parkway	Merritt Parkway More images	April 17, 1991 (#91000410)	Route 15 right-of-way between the New York state line and the Sikorsky Memorial Bridge 41°05′26″N 73°39′30″W / 41.090556°N 73.658333°W / 41.090556; -73.658333 (Merritt Parkway)	Historic parkway; also located in Stamford, New Canaan, Norwalk, Westport, Fairfield, Trumbull, and Stratford
21	Methodist Episcopal Church	Methodist Episcopal Church	August 25, 1988 (#88001343)	61 E. Putnam Ave. 41°01′58″N 73°37′35″W / 41.032778°N 73.626389°W / 41.032778; -73.626389 (Methodist Episcopal Church)
22	Mianus River Railroad Bridge	Mianus River Railroad Bridge More images	June 12, 1987 (#87000845)	Metro-North New Haven Line right-of-way at the Mianus River 41°01′51″N 73°35′41″W / 41.030833°N 73.594722°W / 41.030833; -73.594722 (Mianus River Railroad Bridge)
23	Nathaniel Witherell Historic District	Nathaniel Witherell Historic District	June 9, 2010 (#10000346)	70 Parsonage Rd. 41°03′41″N 73°37′37″W / 41.061508°N 73.626922°W / 41.061508; -73.626922
24	New Mill and Depot Building, Hawthorne Woolen Mill	New Mill and Depot Building, Hawthorne Woolen Mill	February 23, 1990 (#90000152)	350 Pemberwick Rd., in Glenville^[11] 41°02′13″N 73°40′00″W / 41.036944°N 73.666667°W / 41.036944; -73.666667	1875 mill and depot (accompanying railroad was never built) show unusually high style for functional buildings of that era. Now a retail/office complex.
25	Putnam Hill Historic District	Putnam Hill Historic District	August 24, 1979 (#79002657)	U.S. Route 1 between Maple Ave and Old Church Rd 41°02′11″N 73°37′09″W / 41.036389°N 73.619167°W / 41.036389; -73.619167 (Putnam Hill Historic District)
26	River Road-Mead Avenue Historic District	River Road-Mead Avenue Historic District More images	April 28, 2014 (#14000171)	Roughly along Mead Ave. & River Rd. 41°02′15″N 73°35′45″W / 41.0375°N 73.5958°W / 41.0375; -73.5958
27	Riverside Avenue Bridge	Riverside Avenue Bridge More images	August 29, 1977 (#77001391)	Riverside Ave. and Metro-North New Haven Line railroad tracks 41°01′54″N 73°35′18″W / 41.031667°N 73.588333°W / 41.031667; -73.588333 (Riverside Avenue Bridge)
28	Rosemary Hall	Rosemary Hall	August 28, 1998 (#90001137)	Junction of Ridgeway and Zaccheus Mead Ln. in the Rockridge neighborhood^[12]^: 3 41°02′15″N 73°38′12″W / 41.0375°N 73.636667°W / 41.0375; -73.636667 (Rosemary Hall)	Former campus of Rosemary Hall School, now Carmel Academy and The Japanese School of New York.
29	Round Hill Historic District	Round Hill Historic District	July 25, 1996 (#96000779)	Roughly the junction of John St. and Round Hill Rd., in the Back Country of Greenwich 41°06′17″N 73°40′06″W / 41.1048°N 73.6683°W / 41.1048; -73.6683 (Round Hill Historic District)
30	Sylvanus Selleck Gristmill	Sylvanus Selleck Gristmill	August 2, 1990 (#90001109)	124 Old Mill Rd. in northern Greenwich^[13]^: 10 41°05′31″N 73°39′33″W / 41.0919°N 73.6592°W / 41.0919; -73.6592 (Sylvanus Selleck Gristmill)	A 1796 gristmill.
31	Sound Beach Railroad Station	Sound Beach Railroad Station More images	July 28, 1989 (#89000929)	160 Sound Beach Ave., in Old Greenwich 41°02′00″N 73°34′05″W / 41.033333°N 73.568056°W / 41.033333; -73.568056 (Sound Beach Railroad Station)	A working railroad station in the Old Greenwich (formerly called "Sound Beach") section of Greenwich
32	Strickland Road Historic District	Strickland Road Historic District More images	March 22, 1990 (#77001625)	19-47 Strickland Rd. in Cos Cob^[14]^: 2 41°02′06″N 73°36′03″W / 41.035°N 73.600833°W / 41.035; -73.600833 (Strickland Road Historic District)
33	US Post Office-Greenwich Main	US Post Office-Greenwich Main More images	January 16, 1986 (#86000077)	310 Greenwich Ave., in downtown Greenwich 41°01′26″N 73°37′33″W / 41.023889°N 73.625833°W / 41.023889; -73.625833 (US Post Office-Greenwich Main)
34	William E. Ward House	William E. Ward House	November 7, 1976 (#76001294)	Comly Ave. in Glenville^[15] 41°01′34″N 73°40′03″W / 41.026111°N 73.6675°W / 41.026111; -73.6675 (William E. Ward House)	First reinforced concrete structure in U.S., built in the 1870s on state line, and extending into Rye Brook, New York
35	Josiah Wilcox House	Josiah Wilcox House	November 30, 1988 (#88001344)	354 Riversville Rd. in the Riversville neighborhood^[16]^: 2 41°03′51″N 73°40′32″W / 41.06425°N 73.675444°W / 41.06425; -73.675444 (Josiah Wilcox House)

References

^ The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. Some locations in this table may have been corrected to current GPS standards.
^ Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
^ https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/88002694_text
^ https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/90001110_text
^ Jan Cunningham (June 30, 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Byram School". National Park Service. and Accompanying eight photos, exterior and interior, from 1989 (see captions page 6 of text document)
^ Matthew Roth and Bruce Clouette (November 27, 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Cos Cob Power Station". National Park Service. and Accompanying 14 photos, exterior and interior, from 1989
^ https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/07000107_text
^ https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/83004541_text
^ https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/90000152_text
^ https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/90001137_text
^ https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/90001109_text
^ https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/77001625_text
^ http://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=10697
^ https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/88001344_text

[1] The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. Some locations in this table may have been corrected to current GPS standards.

[NRHP_colors-2] Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.

[nris-3] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[refnums-4] The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.

[5] ttps://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/88002694_text

[6] ttps://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/90001110_text

[nrhpinv3_ByramSchool-7] Jan Cunningham (June 30, 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Byram School". National Park Service. and Accompanying eight photos, exterior and interior, from 1989 (see captions page 6 of text document)

[nrhpinv3_CosCobPower-8] Matthew Roth and Bruce Clouette (November 27, 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Cos Cob Power Station". National Park Service. and Accompanying 14 photos, exterior and interior, from 1989

[9] ttps://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/07000107_text

[10] ttps://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/83004541_text

[11] ttps://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/90000152_text

[12] ttps://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/90001137_text

[13] ttps://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/90001109_text

[14] ttps://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/77001625_text

[15] ttp://www.oprhp.state.ny.us/hpimaging/hp_view.asp?GroupView=10697

[16] ttps://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/88001344_text

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