Boston Post Road Historic District

The Boston Post Road Historic District encompasses a cross-section of residential architectural styles representative of much of the history of Darien, Connecticut.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Darien station and Rowayton station.

Darien station

Railway station

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Darien station is a commuter rail station on the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line, located in Darien, Connecticut. Located in downtown Darien, the station has two accessible side platforms serving the outer tracks of the four-track New Haven Line.

Rowayton station

Railway station

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Rowayton station is a commuter rail station on the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line, located in the Rowayton neighborhood of Norwalk, Connecticut. Nineteenth-century artist and humanitarian Vincent Colyer helped to get the original station built.

Tokeneke Elementary School

School

Darien Public Schools is a school district headquartered in Darien, Connecticut, United States. The district has seven schools. The many members of the Board of Education in Darien are part of the Darien town government, and the total school budget must…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Darien and Rowayton.

Darien

Photo: Noroton, Public domain.

Darien is a coastal town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is the smallest town on Connecticut's Gold Coast. Situated on the Long Island Sound between the cities of Stamford and Norwalk, Darien is a commuter town for New York City.

Rowayton

Village

Photo: Noroton, Public domain.

Rowayton is a coastal neighborhood in the city of Norwalk, Connecticut, roughly 40 miles from New York City. The community is governed by the Sixth Taxing District of Norwalk and has a number of active local associations, including the Civic Association, the Historical Society, the Rowayton Library, a Gardeners Club, and a Parents Exchange. Rowayton is situated 1½ miles southeast of Boston Post Road Historic District.

West Norwalk

Hamlet

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West Norwalk is a residential neighborhood in the city of Norwalk, Connecticut in the Connecticut Panhandle region of Fairfield County. It lies in the western central part of the city. West Norwalk is situated 2 miles north of Boston Post Road Historic District.

Boston Post Road Historic District

Type: Neighborhood
Description: listed on the NRHP in Fairfield County, Connecticut
Categories: historic district, historic site, and locality
Location: Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.08204° or 41° 4′ 55″ north

Longitude

-73.4654° or 73° 27′ 55″ west

Elevation

59 feet (18 metres)

Open location code

87H83GJM+RR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 359285322

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=district

OpenStreetMap feature

place=neighbourhood

GeoNames ID

5282646

Wikidata ID

Q4948032

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