Bridgeport Downtown South Historic District

The Bridgeport Downtown South Historic District encompasses the historic elements of the southern part of downtown . It is 27 acres in size, roughly bordered on the east by Main and Middle Streets, on the north by Elm Street, the west by Broad Street, and the south by Cesar Batalla Way.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include P T Barnum Museum and Housatonic Museum of Art.

Museum
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The Barnum Museum is a museum at 820 Main Street in , United States. It has an extensive collection related to P. T. Barnum and the history of Bridgeport.

Museum
The is a museum at Housatonic Community College in Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States. The museum's collection is displayed throughout the college campus and in the Burt Chernow Galleries, which also hosts visiting exhibitions.

Railway station
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is a shared Amtrak and Metro-North Railroad train station along the Northeast Corridor serving and nearby towns.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bridgeport and Golden Hill Historic District.

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is a city in . has beaches and parks, but the biggest attraction is the Klein Memorial Auditorium, a performing arts theater.

Neighborhood
The encompasses a well-preserved formerly residential area on the northwest fringe of Downtown . Located mainly on Lyon Terrace, Gold Hill Street, and Congress Street, the district includes 11 formerly residential buildings now mainly in commercial use, which were built between about 1890 and 1930.

Neighborhood
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The encompasses one of the best-preserved 19th-century Neighborhoods of . Bounded by Arctic Street, East Main Street, the Railroad Tracks, and the , this area was a planned development of Bridgeport promoter P.T.

Bridgeport Downtown South Historic District

Latitude
41.17682° or 41° 10′ 37″ north
Longitude
-73.18985° or 73° 11′ 24″ west
Elevation
46 feet (14 metres)
Open location code
87H85RG6+P3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 359285348
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­district
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
5282810
Wiki­data ID
Q4966588
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