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Downtown Waterbury Historic District

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drove the brass mills into round-the-clock production again. This time it did not continue after the war, as plastics began to displace brass in manufacturing. Downtown also suffered as returning veterans, who were honored with a new, star-shaped monument on the Green, sought to live in more suburban
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By the turn of the century Waterbury was producing 48 percent of all American brass. The strength of the city's industries, many of whom were building newer and larger facilities anyway, left it in a good position to recover from the 1902 fire which destroyed 42 buildings on three acres (1.2 ha)
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Waterbury Green continued to develop, surrounded by a mix of public and private buildings, including City Hall, the library, and some private houses. The first monument, a flagpole, was added in 1851, joined by rectilinear dirt pathways later in the decade (themselves replaces with the current curved
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Few buildings remain anywhere in Waterbury from the city's early years, due to the extensive rebuilding that followed. The dearth, in a region where many communities have 18th- and sometimes 17th-century buildings extant, is such that the local historical society has printed a brochure explaining the
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of the district. To its east are more commercial blocks, with buildings packed densely, covering most of their lots, centered on Exchange Place, the blocks between East Main, Leavenworth, Bank and Grand. West, the buildings are primarily institutional, dominated by the row of buildings forming part
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on West Main across from the Green the next year and the Masonic Temple further down the street in 1912. Such large-scale buildings ensured downtown remained the city's economic center, at the cost of driving all remaining residential use out. Residential buildings that remained were converted to
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Most of its buildings, large commercial blocks, date to the peak years of the city's industrial prosperity, the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A few earlier buildings survived a devastating 1902 fire. Among them works by locally and nationally prominent architects, the latter group including
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Downtown Waterbury's history has four distinct eras, the same as the city as a whole: the period from settlement in the late 17th century to the beginning of industrialization, the industrial era of the rest of the century, the planned development after the 1902 fire, and the years of industrial
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From there it follows a diagonal course along property lines, crossing Scovill and South Main streets to the junction of Bank and Grand streets. There it follows Grand westward, including the properties on the south side west of Cottage Place. It detours down Field Street in order to include the
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Private businesses, landowners, residents and city officials have also joined to create Main Street Waterbury. Its goal is "to increase the political, physical, and economic value of Downtown Waterbury ." It promotes the cultural and business opportunities available downtown for residents and
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neighborhoods, with a single-family house and a yard, a living option that no longer existed in the center of the city. This created a demand for newer and bigger roads to accommodate the automobile traffic that came to the city from those suburbs, and buildings were demolished to build them.
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contributed the Citizen's and Manufacturer's Bank on Leavenworth Street in that style, in 1921, and the following year a third one, the Palace Theater on West Main, gave the city what was to be its premier theater for many years. The later years of the decade brought in newer styles like the
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and including Immaculate Conception Church and other properties on the north side of West Main. At North Main Street it turns south again, then east along East Main to the eastern corner of the district, the open square at the junction of that street and North and South Elm streets.
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The Green was the city's first center, with the buildings around it representing all types of uses, from residences to churches to public buildings. Many early buildings were cleared as the city grew and industrialized. Nearby Exchange Place, the junction of the city's
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began in the early 1820s, with makers of carriages, buttons and clocks attracted to the water power offered by the many streams draining into the Naugatuck in the area, the feature which had given the town its name. To serve them, some local businessmen went into the
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From the time of its settlement in the 1670s, Waterbury had been a lightly populated agricultural community. Its growth was hampered in the early years by flood and plague, and later the difficulty of farming the land. Several decades after the
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as a city in 1853. By 1860 its population had doubled to over 10,000. During this period Exchange Place, at the junction of the main east–west and north–south routes of the city, established itself as the central business hub of the city. The
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Newer construction continued in the district, with the new UConn campus taking up much of the cleared land in the east, obliterating Spring and School streets in the process. A new Bronson Library was built in 1963, followed by a new
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style, such as the surviving 1854 Reynolds Block on North Main. After the flames were extinguished, the city set about restoring itself, giving the future district many of its distinctive buildings. The first, the
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The two-acre (8,000 m) park between North, East and West Main and Leavenworth streets, the symbolic center of the city, links Waterbury to its early years, as a renovated fragment of the original
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The northwestern corner is the intersection of State and West Main streets. The district boundary follows the middle of West Main for two blocks to Park Place, where it turns north, excluding the
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put a halt to most new private construction. The most prominent examples of these styles in the district are the 1930 Brown Building at the corner of East and South Main, and the 1931 Art Deco
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At the time the district was listed on the Register, there were three properties within it that had previously been listed. Another one has been added since. In addition, there are many other
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Industry, at first located in that core, began moving to larger spaces further away from it as the city expanded and grew with them. Merchants moved into bigger buildings, such as the 1888
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Church, ten years later, followed them. In 1894 the Silas Bronson library moved from the Green to its current location on Grand Street, the first such move of a major public building.
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is a four-story stone Second Renaissance Revival structure finished in 1912. It consists of two distinct sections joined at right angles along the corner of West Main and Park Place.
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In the early 2000s neglect of City Hall led to the city's own building department citing it as unsafe. In 2006 a $ 48 million bond issue for renovations was rejected by voters in a
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lack of such structure in Waterbury to visitors, and the city's daily newspaper once ran a contest to find its oldest house. Within the district, the oldest structure is an 1835
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designed one of these two 1910 Jacobethan apartment buildings. The five-story brick structures, with yellow brick and limestone detailing, are joined by a common elevator tower.
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business. They established mills of their own which drew on British expertise in the area to make the alloy in sheets, beginning the industry the city was to become known for.
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from the street and each other. There are some commercial buildings among them, and one major institutional building, the post office, is located in the eastern half.
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building on Bank Street, was opened the following year, the first such enterprise in Waterbury; and architect Wilfred E. Griggs followed it with the similarly styled
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building on West Main, Gilbert's 1921 Waterbury Savings Bank next to the municipal complex, and the Second Renaissance Revival Waterbury Savings Bank on North Main.
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Buckingham Block at the corner of Bank and Grand and the neighboring Democrat Building. At West Main and Bank, Baubee's Corner, a brick building inspired by
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on Grand Street. Further down the street the same year's Telephone Building, by Douglas Orr, uses modernistic brick detailing on a Georgian Revival design.
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building at 67–73 South Main Street. Its layout and dimensions remain intact; its exterior has been so extensively altered that it is not considered a
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commercial structure that is one of the few intact buildings from that era remaining. Originally built as a house, with modern storefronts attached.
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Hitchcock and Northrop, two buildings next to the Masonic temple that shared a common elevator tower, were also built on the periphery of downtown.
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styles respectively, date to the 1860s. They are among the few single-family residences remaining downtown, both since converted to commercial use.
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notable within the context of the district. Some have been nominated to the Register in the past, and may be listed themselves in the future.
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program was undertaken to create the new Library Park at the intersection of Grand and Meadow streets. Old commercial buildings and
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The effect on the district was mixed. While the bus routes that replaced the trolley lines continued to meet at Exchange Place,
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letters spelling out "Rose" on the facade dates to approximately 1950, making it the district's youngest contributing property.
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in 1825, the townspeople gathered to blast some stubborn boulders from the swampy, neglected two-acre (8,000 m) remnant of the
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in the area were demolished, and the streets realigned and straightened to create an appropriate neighborhood for the new
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within a year of the 1902 fire. Today it is home to The Connecticut Store, which sells only items made in the state.
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Immaculate Conception Church, a 1928 edifice reflecting the progress of Waterbury's Catholic immigrant communities.
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nine years later, in 1974. Downtown has remained the economic center of the city and its surrounding region of the
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and later the federal government when the United States joined them. Afterward, the prosperity continued into the
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Howland Hughes building rear facade. Unlike the front of the building, the back had not been restored as of 2011.
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headquarters. After following Meadow Street back to Grand, it follows State Street back to the northwest corner.
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and completed in 1917, five years after the original building at Leavenworth and West Main was destroyed by an
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around which many of the original settlers had built their homes. In the following years the town drained and
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mode, went up in 1893. It was the first of two buildings he would design for local chapters of international
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The industrialists began to change the city. Their first suggestion to the community was the creation of a
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Among the buildings are large parking lots, and two small parks, Waterbury Green and Library Park, provide
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and financing for eligible businesses, those which use modern technology to conduct their business.
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headquarters in 1913 at the Grand and Meadow corner, facing the station. It was complemented by the
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church is complemented with an 1890 Romanesque center by local architect R.W. Hill and 1922
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trim, it was one of the first large commercial buildings in the district when built in 1888.
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Detail of grillework at the east entrance of the Citizen's and Manufacturer's Bank entrance
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An ornate window on the south façade of Immaculate Conception church at the Waterbury Green
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the city's brass mills were in constant operation for military contracts, first from the
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buildings. There are 130 in total, with six objects and one structure counted among the
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It has four monuments, all but one of which are contributing objects to the district:
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programs later in the 20th century eliminated some major properties, most notably the
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Local architects who would make their mark on the district began to do at this time.
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Within the future district, American Brass, the city's largest employer, built its
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The district is a 75-acre (30 ha) area between the railroad tracks along the
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built this five-story Second Renaissance Revival home to Waterbury's first true
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area including the historic district. The state spent $ 2.2 million installing
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statue of donor Caroline Welton's favorite horse, "Knight", is atop a fountain.
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Hanlon Block on East Main Street. The 1894 Apothecaries' Hall, a seven-story
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is the only contributing object in the district outside of Waterbury Green.
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Leavenworth Street, in the middle of the district, divides the two major
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In 1998 the city established an Information Technology Zone over a 42-
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of at least 15 feet (4.6 m). There are no special provisions for
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View down West Main Street to Waterbury Green from Meadow Street, 2009
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Wealthier residents built grand homes on West Main Street, like the
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monumental style, not all of them originally public in function.
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concrete paths in 1873). In 1884, to honor local veterans of the
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in addition to Gilbert. They include a variety of contemporary
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builder, designed this 1889 brick Romanesque structure with a
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Waterbury's growth continued to be steady but slow until it
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buildings, came at the end of this period, just before the
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off the land. In 1842 it was fenced off, ending its use as
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institutional use; large apartment blocks like the 1910
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Waterbury branch campus of the University of Connecticut
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The last significant architectural style downtown, the
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Detail of one of the side spouts of the Welton Fountain
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Hall on North Main, with its rare American use of the
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against those wars and economic hardship during the
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the area, realigned streets around it and moved the
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559:St. Patrick's Hall on East Main marked the rise of 2233:Buildings and structures in Waterbury, Connecticut 1552:"For Waterbury City Hall, A Breathtaking Recovery" 1543: 632:As it had when creating Waterbury Green, an early 567:, himself the son of an Irish immigrant builder. 1323: 2214: 1431:Clouette, Bruce; Roth, Matthew (March 9, 1983). 961:. Its interior has since mostly been modernized. 416: 384:armory, then all of Library Park and the former 2253:Central business districts in the United States 1579: 479: 16:Historic district in Connecticut, United States 1497: 1495: 1493: 1491: 1489: 1487: 1485: 1483: 1481: 1479: 1458:"The City's History and its Historic Downtown" 2007: 1824:Enoch Hibbard House and George Granniss House 1685: 1531:. Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation 1509:. Connecticut Trust for Historic Preservation 1602:; June 30, 2009; retrieved January 18, 2011. 1450: 889:'s designs were built between 1914 and 1922. 501:buildings on those blocks reflect that era. 360:. The terrain is generally flat, the former 1605: 1476: 1426: 1424: 1422: 1420: 1418: 1416: 1414: 1412: 1410: 1408: 368:crosses the city and valley on an elevated 274:, in accordance with the principles of the 2014: 2000: 1699: 1692: 1678: 1406: 1404: 1402: 1400: 1398: 1396: 1394: 1392: 1390: 1388: 593: 60: 2023:U.S. National Register of Historic Places 1332:code recognizes the downtown area as its 1037:church was based on a 17th-century Roman 607:downtown, many newer construction in the 40:U.S. National Register of Historic Places 1030:, West Main Street. This 1928 limestone 850:Enoch Hubbard and George Granniss Houses 821: 780:of the early 19th century, also met the 743: 688: 597: 569: 515: 483: 377:Mattatuck Museum Arts and History Center 347: 2238:Neighborhoods in Waterbury, Connecticut 1666:, with downloadable audio walking tours 1549: 1385: 757:A decade later, prosperity returned as 2215: 1501: 1176:, 348 Grand Street. On its 1930 brick 1084:mode in one of his earliest buildings. 1995: 1934: 1673: 1053:, 160 West Main Street. The later of 894:Other notable contributing properties 853:, 33 and 41 Church Street. These two 309:In 1983 the area was recognized as a 262:lines, later emerged as a center for 1814:Downtown Waterbury Historic District 1725:Downtown Waterbury Historic District 1065:New Haven County Courthouse Building 831:National Register of Historic Places 315:National Register of Historic Places 244:Downtown Waterbury Historic District 32:Downtown Waterbury Historic District 1779: 1550:Langdon, Philip (January 2, 2011). 1130:St. John's Episcopal Church Complex 811:Significant contributing properties 13: 1227: 926:structure from 1930 has intricate 878:Waterbury Municipal Center Complex 748:Exchange Place in mid-20th century 398:Waterbury Municipal Center Complex 364:of the river valley. To the south 14: 2264: 1657: 1302:fought to have this tall granite 1180:facade is Art Deco detailing and 753:1946–present: Decline and renewal 2091: 2084: 1865:Northeast Transportation Company 1298:, center. The head of the local 115: 108: 84: 77: 1504:"Waterbury Green: A Case Study" 1211:, was credited with the design. 1012:Howland-Hughes Company Building 900:American Brass Company Building 1324:Preservation and redevelopment 543:' first building of note, the 221: 199:Late 19th–Early 20th centuries 1: 1867:(Waterbury Local Bus Service) 1794:Bank Street Historic District 1641:. Main Street Waterbury. 2011 1529:"Waterbury: Saving City Hall" 1378: 417:1677–1820: Pre-industrial era 127:Show map of the United States 1914:Waterbury Arts Magnet School 1613:"Frequently Asked Questions" 1204:, under Treasury Department 1154:, 112–118 East Main Street. 1027:Immaculate Conception Church 1004:, 164–184 West Main Street. 480:1825–1902: Industrialization 413:decline since World War II. 324: 270:on Grand Street designed by 21:United States historic place 7: 2169:National Historic Landmarks 1366: 1096:, 150 Bank Street. An 1845 680:Chase Headquarters Building 246:is the core of the city of 215:Various contemporary styles 10: 2269: 1834:Lewis Fulton Memorial Park 1735:Hillside Historic District 984:buildings in the district. 614:Second Renaissance Revival 509:the Soldiers' Monument by 476:despite its advanced age. 407: 296:Second Renaissance Revival 2177: 2156: 2100: 2082: 2033: 1982: 1964: 1886: 1851: 1789:George S. 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This 1888 1278:sculpted this bronze " 1272:The Soldiers' Monument 1059:fraternal organization 947:for institutional use. 827: 749: 694: 603: 575: 521: 489: 386:American Brass Company 353: 343:contributing resources 49:U.S. Historic district 2202:Contributing property 2101:Lists by city or town 1952:Waterbury Catholic HS 1799:Benedict-Miller House 1664:Main Street Waterbury 1437:National Park Service 1342:historic preservation 1206:Supervising Architect 1080:made rare use of the 972:Paul Wayland Bartlett 825: 771:McKim, Mead and White 747: 692: 601: 573: 528:Platt Block and 1890 519: 487: 474:contributing property 351: 319:contributing property 191:75 acres (30 ha) 172:41.55667°N 73.04250°W 1588:"Zoning Regulations" 1276:George Edwin Bissell 1192:Henry Martyn Congdon 1132:, 16 Church Street. 978:The Grand Apartments 511:George Edwin Bissell 292:architectural styles 1973:Republican-American 1600:on January 3, 2011. 1585:City of Waterbury, 1300:Chamber of Commerce 1296:The Waterbury Clock 1274:, at the west end. 912:, this seven-story 870:John Kendrick House 786:Chamber of Commerce 668:Waterbury City Hall 661:Renaissance Revival 580:John Kendrick House 574:John Kendrick House 294:, particularly the 177:41.55667; -73.04250 168: /  1904:John F. 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U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
A view from the middle of an urban street looking toward a square some blocks away where a monument stands on a tall pedestal, in winter. Buildings of several stories in height line the street on either side; on the right is a church with a tall steeple.
A map of Connecticut with a red dot in the west central portion of the state
Connecticut
A map of Connecticut with a red dot in the west central portion of the state
Waterbury
CT
41°33′24″N 73°2′33″W / 41.55667°N 73.04250°W / 41.55667; -73.04250
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Waterbury
New England
streetcar
retailing
a new municipal complex
Cass Gilbert
City Beautiful movement
Henry Bacon
Henry Dudley
architectural styles
Second Renaissance Revival
Georgian Revival
Romanesque Revival
historic district
National Register of Historic Places
contributing property
Naugatuck River
Waterbury branch campus of the University of Connecticut
mixed-use
contributing resources

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