Mystic River Historic District

The Mystic River Historic District encompasses the part of the village of Mystic, Connecticut that is on the Groton side of the Mystic River. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 24, 1979, approximately 235-acre which includes much of the village of West Mystic and many buildings from the 19th century.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Mystic Museum of Art and Mystic River Bascule Bridge.

Mystic Museum of Art

Museum

Mystic Museum of Art is a museum of American art at 9 Water Street in Mystic, Connecticut. The Mystic Art Association, an organization of artists who painted in the seacoast town, was founded by Charles Harold Davis in 1913.

Mystic River Bascule Bridge

Bridge

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The Mystic River Bascule Bridge is a bascule bridge spanning the Mystic River in Mystic, Connecticut in the United States. It carries vehicle and foot traffic directly into the tourist district of town via 33 ft-wide Main Street.

Mystic Seaport Marine Museum

Theme park

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Mystic Seaport Museum is a maritime museum in Mystic, Connecticut, and the largest in the United States. Its 19-acre site holds a collection of ships and boats and a re-creation of a 19th-century seaport village consisting of more than 60 historic buildings, including many rare commercial structures that were moved to the site and meticulously restored.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mystic Bridge Historic District and Mystic.

Mystic Bridge Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Mystic Bridge Historic District is a historic district in the village of Mystic, Connecticut on the Stonington side of the Mystic River. It includes the Mystic Seaport Museum, whose grounds and floating vessels represent the area's history, and the 1924 Mystic River Bascule Bridge.

Mystic

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Mystic is a village that is partly in Groton and partly in Stonington in Connecticut. It is a major tourist destination.

Rossie Velvet Mill Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Rossie Velvet Mill Historic District is located in the village of Mystic in Stonington, Connecticut. Its main focus is the former Rossie Velvet Mill, a large brick industrial facility on the east side of Greenmanville Avenue that is now a research center for the nearby Mystic Seaport Museum.

Mystic River Historic District

Type: Neighborhood
Description: historic district in Connecticut, United States
Categories: historic district, historic site, and locality
Location: Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.35417° or 41° 21′ 15″ north

Longitude

-71.975° or 71° 58′ 30″ west

Elevation

151 feet (46 metres)

Open location code

87HC923G+M2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 359280132

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=district

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

GeoNames ID

4839169

Wikidata ID

Q6948967

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