National Register of Historic Places listings in Stamford, Connecticut facts for kids

This is a list of the properties and historic districts in Stamford, Connecticut that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 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.

This list includes 35 properties that are entirely or partially in Stamford, one of which is also a National Historic Landmark. Other Fairfield County properties are covered in National Register of Historic Places listings in Bridgeport, Connecticut, National Register of Historic Places listings in Greenwich, Connecticut and National Register of Historic Places listings in Fairfield County, Connecticut.

Twelve church complexes, with 26 buildings, were covered in a Multiple Property Submission study of churches in Stamford conducted in 1987. One of these, St. Andrew's Protestant Episcopal Church, was already listed on the National Register. Some of the others were subsequently listed as result of the study.

Current listings

	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Location	Description
1	Agudath Sholem Synagogue		May 11, 1995 (#95000561)	29 Grove St., in downtown Stamford 41°03′18″N 73°32′01″W / 41.055°N 73.533611°W / 41.055; -73.533611 (Agudath Sholem Synagogue)	A former synagogue, now a church.
2	Church of the Holy Name		December 24, 1987 (#87002131)	305 Washington Blvd., in the South End 41°02′41″N 73°32′34″W / 41.044722°N 73.542778°W / 41.044722; -73.542778 (Church of the Holy Name)
3	Cove Island Houses		May 22, 1979 (#79002652)	Cove Rd. and Weed Ave., in Cove Island Park (southeastern Stamford) 41°02′56″N 73°29′59″W / 41.048889°N 73.499722°W / 41.048889; -73.499722 (Cove Island Houses)	Although plural in name, this is a single house in Stamford, Connecticut that was expanded from a first section that dates from 1791. Now predominantly a Georgian style house with an older Federal style wing, it is the only remainder of the large Stamford Mills complex at the Cove.
4	Deacon John Davenport House		April 29, 1982 (#82004611)	129 Davenport Ridge Rd., in North Stamford 41°07′31″N 73°31′38″W / 41.125278°N 73.527222°W / 41.125278; -73.527222 (Deacon John Davenport House)	A saltbox house built in 1775 with Federal style features added later, significant for its architecture and for its association with the Davenport family.
5	Downtown Stamford Historic District		October 6, 1983 (#83003502)	Atlantic, Main, Bank, and Bedford Sts.; also bounded by Atlantic, Main, Bank, Bedford, Summer between Broad and Main Sts. and Summer Pl.; also roughly Bedford St. between Broad and Forest Sts. 41°03′57″N 73°32′26″W / 41.065833°N 73.5405°W / 41.065833; -73.5405 (Downtown Stamford Historic District)	A historic district which first included the largest remaining area of pre-1930s commercial and institutional buildings in downtown Stamford. Its boundaries were expanded in 1985 to capture the only surviving area in downtown of lower-rent commercial structures such as warehouses, laundries, and stables. and in 2002 to add the 1939-built Avon Theatre and buildings of Late Gothic Revival and Art Deco architectural styles.
6	Fort Stamford Site		September 10, 1975 (#75001920)	900 Westover Rd. 41°05′06″N 73°34′42″W / 41.0849°N 73.5783°W / 41.0849; -73.5783 (Fort Stamford Site)	Now a city park.
7	Graham House		September 13, 2011 (#11000609)	Address Restricted
8	Benjamin Hait House		November 30, 1978 (#78002844)	92 Hoyclo Rd., in North Stamford 41°08′54″N 73°33′07″W / 41.148333°N 73.551944°W / 41.148333; -73.551944 (Benjamin Hait House)	Built between 1728 and 1735; the oldest house in the area; a rare example of a New England farmhouse amidst a now-suburban area.
9	Hoyt-Barnum House		June 11, 1969 (#69000199)	713 Bedford St., in downtown Stamford 41°03′37″N 73°32′14″W / 41.060278°N 73.537222°W / 41.060278; -73.537222 (Hoyt-Barnum House)	Built around 1699, a timber frame construction or post and beam farmhouse made of field stone, laid up with clay, animal hair, and straw. The house is braced timber frame construction or post and beam.
10	Hubbard Heights Historic District		October 18, 2016 (#16000724)	Hubbard Ave. and vicinity 41°03′39″N 73°33′10″W / 41.060972°N 73.552703°W / 41.060972; -73.552703 (Hubbard Heights Historic District)
11	John Knap House		March 5, 1979 (#79002625)	984 Stillwater Rd. 41°04′35″N 73°33′26″W / 41.076389°N 73.557222°W / 41.076389; -73.557222 (John Knap House)	Built c. 1705 by a Capt. John Knap, and owned by his son, Lt. John Knap, and then grandson Samuel Knap in 1765. Believed to be the second oldest house in Stamford.
12	Linden Apartments		August 11, 1983 (#83001252)	10-12 Linden Pl. 41°03′36″N 73°32′42″W / 41.06°N 73.545°W / 41.06; -73.545 (Linden Apartments)	Second Empire style building built in 1886; the oldest six-unit tenement apartment building in Stamford
13	Long Ridge Village Historic District		June 2, 1987 (#86003653)	Old Long Ridge Rd. bounded by the New York State Line, Rock Rimmon Rd., and Long Ridge Rd./CT 104 Boundary increase (listed October 20, 2011): 1-130 Mill Rd., 189-247 Old Long Ridge Rd., 1257-1306 Rock Rimmon Rd. 41°09′20″N 73°35′37″W / 41.1556°N 73.5936°W / 41.1556; -73.5936 (Long Ridge Village Historic District)
14	Main Street Bridge		May 21, 1987 (#87000801)	Carries Main St. over the Rippowam River in downtown Stamford 41°03′08″N 73°32′44″W / 41.052222°N 73.545639°W / 41.052222; -73.545639 (Main Street Bridge)	"Connecticut's only wrought-iron lenticular truss remaining on a major artery in an urban center" and one of only 17 pony truss bridges in the state, built by the Berlin Iron Bridge Company
15	Marion Castle, Terre Bonne		July 1, 1982 (#82004341)	1 Rogers Rd., in the Shippan Point neighborhood 41°01′23″N 73°31′45″W / 41.023056°N 73.529167°W / 41.023056; -73.529167 (Marion Castle, Terre Bonne)
16	Merritt Parkway		April 17, 1991 (#91000410)	Route 15 right-of-way between the New York state line and the Sikorsky Memorial Bridge; also located in Greenwich, Stamford, New Canaan, Norwalk, Westport, Fairfield, Trumbull, and Stratford 41°06′30″N 73°33′20″W / 41.108306°N 73.555583°W / 41.108306; -73.555583 (Merritt Parkway)	Listing includes bridges crossing and bridges carrying the historic parkway.
17	Octagon House		August 17, 1979 (#79002624)	120 Strawberry Hill Ave. 41°03′50″N 73°32′07″W / 41.063889°N 73.535278°W / 41.063889; -73.535278 (Octagon House)	An octagon house, apparently demolished but still NRHP-listed
18	Old Town Hall		June 2, 1972 (#72001304)	Junction of Atlantic, Bank, and Main Sts., in downtown Stamford 41°03′11″N 73°32′26″W / 41.053056°N 73.540556°W / 41.053056; -73.540556 (Old Town Hall)
19	Gustavus and Sarah T. Pike House		May 24, 1990 (#90000759)	164 Fairfield Ave. 41°02′46″N 73°33′03″W / 41.046139°N 73.550806°W / 41.046139; -73.550806 (Gustavus and Sarah T. Pike House)	Queen Anne style house built in 1880 that is an excellent example of pattern book application. It includes machine-made spindles and other detailing that had only recently became cost-effective with then-modern manufacturing.
20	Revonah Manor Historic District		July 31, 1986 (#86002100)	Roughly bounded by Urban St., East Ave., Fifth, and Bedford Sts. 41°04′04″N 73°32′29″W / 41.067778°N 73.541389°W / 41.067778; -73.541389 (Revonah Manor Historic District)
21	Rockrimmon Rockshelter		August 5, 1994 (#94000847)	Address Restricted	An archeological site entered on a boulder about 60 feet high that was used as a shelter by early Native Americans.
22	St. Andrew's Protestant Episcopal Church		December 6, 1983 (#83003510)	1231 Washington Blvd. in downtown Stamford 41°03′26″N 73°32′32″W / 41.057222°N 73.542222°W / 41.057222; -73.542222 (St. Andrew's Protestant Episcopal Church)
23	St. Benedict's Church		December 24, 1987 (#87002130)	1A St. Benedict's Circle 41°02′55″N 73°31′14″W / 41.048722°N 73.520694°W / 41.048722; -73.520694 (St. Benedict's Church)
24	St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church		December 24, 1987 (#87002128)	628 Main St. in downtown Stamford 41°03′17″N 73°32′02″W / 41.054722°N 73.533889°W / 41.054722; -73.533889 (St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church)	A historic church that was built in 1869.
25	St. Luke's Chapel		December 24, 1987 (#87002129)	714 Pacific St., in the South End Historic District 41°02′34″N 73°32′16″W / 41.042778°N 73.537778°W / 41.042778; -73.537778 (St. Luke's Chapel)
26	St. Mary's Church		December 24, 1987 (#87002123)	540 Elm St. 41°02′59″N 73°31′29″W / 41.049611°N 73.52475°W / 41.049611; -73.52475 (St. Mary's Church)	A Roman Catholic church.
27	South End Historic District		March 19, 1986 (#86000472)	Roughly bounded by Metro-North railroad tracks, Stamford Canal, Woodland Cemetery, and Washington Blvd. 41°02′36″N 73°32′16″W / 41.043417°N 73.537861°W / 41.043417; -73.537861 (South End Historic District)	Historic district that includes 449 buildings, most dating from the 1870s to the 1930s, and also "an early naturalistic cemetery, and an iron bridge."
28	Stamford Harbor Lighthouse		April 3, 1991 (#91000348)	South of breakwater, Stamford Harbor 41°00′49″N 73°32′35″W / 41.013611°N 73.543056°W / 41.013611; -73.543056 (Stamford Harbor Lighthouse)
29	C. J. Starr Barn and Carriage House		September 14, 1979 (#79002623)	200 Strawberry Hill Ave. 41°04′03″N 73°32′06″W / 41.0675°N 73.535°W / 41.0675; -73.535 (C. J. Starr Barn and Carriage House)
30	Suburban Club		August 10, 1989 (#89001090)	6 Suburban Ave./580 Main St., in downtown Stamford 41°03′16″N 73°32′08″W / 41.054444°N 73.535556°W / 41.054444; -73.535556 (Suburban Club)
31	Turn-of-River Bridge		July 31, 1987 (#87000798)	Old North Stamford Road at Rippowam River in northern Stamford 41°06′54″N 73°32′42″W / 41.115°N 73.545°W / 41.115; -73.545 (Turn-of-River Bridge)	A lenticular pony truss bridge built by the Berlin Iron Bridge Company in 1892, using a design patented by William O. Douglas in 1878 for a lens-type truss bridge. It brings the Old Stamford Road across Rippowam River.
32	Unitarian-Universalist Church		December 24, 1987 (#87002126)	20 Forest St. in downtown Stamford 41°03′27″N 73°32′14″W / 41.0575°N 73.537222°W / 41.0575; -73.537222 (Unitarian-Universalist Church)
33	US Post Office-Stamford Main		December 12, 1985 (#85003328)	421 Atlantic St. 41°02′59″N 73°32′22″W / 41.049722°N 73.539444°W / 41.049722; -73.539444 (US Post Office-Stamford Main)
34	Zion Lutheran Church		December 24, 1987 (#87002127)	132 Glenbrook Rd. 41°03′35″N 73°31′39″W / 41.059722°N 73.5275°W / 41.059722; -73.5275 (Zion Lutheran Church)	A "fine example of ecclesiastical Neo-Gothic architecture", built of red brick.