Greenfield Hill Historic District
The Greenfield Hill Historic District encompasses the historic village area of the village of Greenfield Hill in northern Fairfield, Connecticut. The area was important from the mid-18th to 19th centuries as an intellectual center in the town, driven in part by Timothy Dwight, the Greenfield Hill Church minister and later president of Yale College.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bronson Windmill and Fairfield University.
Bronson Windmill
Windmill
Photo: Jack Boucher, Public domain.
The Bronson Windmill is an historic windmill at 3015 Bronson Road in Fairfield, Connecticut. Built in 1893-94, it is the only surviving windmill in the town, out a number that once dotted the landscape.
Fairfield University
University
Photo: Stagophile, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fairfield University is a private Jesuit university in Fairfield, Connecticut. It was founded by the Jesuits in 1942. In the fall of 2024, the university had about 5,400 full-time undergraduate students and 1,500 graduate students, including full-time and part-time students. Fairfield University is situated 2 miles southeast of Greenfield Hill Historic District.
Oaklawn Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: LM2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Oak Lawn Cemetery is a cemetery in Fairfield, Connecticut.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Greenfield Hill and Southport.
Greenfield Hill
Hamlet
Greenfield Hill is an affluent historic neighborhood in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, roughly bounded by Easton to the north, southern Burr Street/northern Black Rock Turnpike to the east, and Southport and Westport to the south and west respectively.
Southport
Village
Photo: RGloucester, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Southport is a census-designated place in the town of Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. It is located along Long Island Sound between Mill River and Sasco Brook, where it borders Westport. Southport is situated 3 miles south of Greenfield Hill Historic District.
Fairfield
Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fairfield is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It borders the city of Bridgeport and towns of Trumbull, Easton, Weston, and Westport along the Gold Coast of Connecticut.
Greenfield Hill Historic District
- Type: Park
- Description: historic district in Connecticut, United States
- Categories: historic district, recreation area, and historic site
- Location: Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.1766° or 41° 10′ 36″ northLongitude
-73.29217° or 73° 17′ 32″ westElevation
243 feet (74 metres)Open location code
87H85PG5+J4OpenStreetMap ID
node 359285979OpenStreetMap feature
historic=districtOpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
4835375Wikidata ID
Q5603969
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Greenfield Hill Congregational Church and Greenfield Hill Village Green.
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