United States Housing Corporation Historic District

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…

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Nathaniel Hempstead House and Joshua Hempsted 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.

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.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Civic Institutions Historic District and Hempstead Historic District.

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.

Hempstead Historic District

Neighborhood

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The Hempstead Historic District of New London, Connecticut encompasses a residential area north of the city's harbor and central business district, extending mainly along three roughly parallel streets: Franklin and Hempstead Streets, and Mountain Avenue.