Powder House

Powder House is a picnic site in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. Powder House is situated nearby to Bates Woods Park, as well as near the park Mercer Field.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Joshua Hempsted House and Garde Arts Center.

Joshua Hempsted House

Historic house

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The Joshua Hempsted House is a historic house museum at 11 Hempstead Street in New London, Connecticut, built about 1678 and altered several times during the 18th century. Joshua Hempsted House is situated 1 mile east of Powder House.

Garde Arts Center

Arts center

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The Garde Arts Center is a non-profit performing arts center and cinema located at 325 State Street at the corner of Huntington Street in New London, Connecticut. Garde Arts Center is situated 1 mile northeast of Powder House.

Nathaniel Hempstead House

Museum

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The Nathaniel Hempstead House, also known as the Old Huguenot House, is a historic house museum on Hempstead Street in New London, Connecticut. Built about 1759, it is an architecturally unusual stone house with a gambrel roof, a style not otherwise seen in the city. Nathaniel Hempstead House is situated 1 mile northeast of Powder House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include United States Housing Corporation Historic District and Civic Institutions Historic District.

United States Housing Corporation Historic District

Neighborhood

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The United States Housing Corporation Historic District is a residential historic district located on the west side of New London, Connecticut. It contains a relatively uniform collection of Colonial Revival houses, most of them built in 1919 and 1920 by the…

Civic Institutions Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Civic Institutions Historic District in New London, Connecticut, is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.