The Newtown Borough Historic District is a 100-acre (40 ha) historic district in the borough of Newtown within the town of Newtown in Fairfield County, Connecticut. There is a local historic district, and an overlapping district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. The National Register district includes just a small part of the current borough, but about half of the original borough as it was first incorporated in 1824. The local historic district was smaller, but the Ram's Pasture and another property were added in 2009. The district has a governance structure.
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| - Der Newtown Borough Historic District ist ein rund 40 Hektar großes denkmalgeschütztes Gebiet im Borough of Newtown innerhalb der Town of Newtown im Fairfield County, Connecticut. Der Historic District wurde am 20. Dezember 1996 in das National Register of Historic Places aufgenommen. Zum Gebiet des historischen Distriktes gehören Bauwerke, die zum Teil aus den 1780er Jahren stammen. In ihm liegen auch das und die , die beide separat ins NRHP eingetragen sind. Bei der beitragenden Stätte handelt es sich um eine als Ram’s Pasture bekannte Wiese, eine einstige Allmende. (de)
- The Newtown Borough Historic District is a 100-acre (40 ha) historic district in the borough of Newtown within the town of Newtown in Fairfield County, Connecticut. There is a local historic district, and an overlapping district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. The National Register district includes just a small part of the current borough, but about half of the original borough as it was first incorporated in 1824. The local historic district was smaller, but the Ram's Pasture and another property were added in 2009. The district has a governance structure. (en)
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| - Der Newtown Borough Historic District ist ein rund 40 Hektar großes denkmalgeschütztes Gebiet im Borough of Newtown innerhalb der Town of Newtown im Fairfield County, Connecticut. Der Historic District wurde am 20. Dezember 1996 in das National Register of Historic Places aufgenommen. Zum Gebiet des historischen Distriktes gehören Bauwerke, die zum Teil aus den 1780er Jahren stammen. In ihm liegen auch das und die , die beide separat ins NRHP eingetragen sind. 1996 umfasste der Distrikt 225 beitragende Gebäude, zwei weitere beitragende Bauwerke, eine Stätte und zwei beitragende Objekte. Zuletzt wurde der Distrikt durch eine lokale Satzung im Jahr 2009 erweitert. Bei der beitragenden Stätte handelt es sich um eine als Ram’s Pasture bekannte Wiese, eine einstige Allmende. Zu den signifikanten Gebäuden und Bauwerken des Distrikts gehören:
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* : Das Gasthaus liegt an der Marschroute, die 1781 die Truppen des französischen Militärführers Rochambeau auf ihrem Weg zur Schlacht von Yorktown, Virginia und 1782 bei ihrer Rückkehr von dort genommen haben. Das zweieinhalbstöckige Haus wurde um 1763 erbaut. Es ist ein Beispiel für die traditionelle Architektur Neuenglands des 18. Jahrhunderts und hat einige Bau- und Stilelemente aus jener Zeit bewahrt.
* 17 Main Street, Wohnhaus von Arthur J. Smith, dem ursprünglichen Herausgeber der Zeitung Newtown Bee, die seit 1877 erscheint
* Liberty Pole/Flagpole
* Soldiers and Sailors Monument
* Edmond Town Hall
* , 44 Main Street, ein Museum der Newtown Historical Society
* Gen. Daniel Baldwin House, 38 Main Street, ein formell georgianisches Gebäude, das zu den meisten anderen Gebäuden des Distriktes kontrastiert
* Cyrenius H. Booth Library (de)
- The Newtown Borough Historic District is a 100-acre (40 ha) historic district in the borough of Newtown within the town of Newtown in Fairfield County, Connecticut. There is a local historic district, and an overlapping district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. The National Register district includes just a small part of the current borough, but about half of the original borough as it was first incorporated in 1824. The local historic district was smaller, but the Ram's Pasture and another property were added in 2009. The district has a governance structure. The district was designated as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1996. The district area has buildings dating back from 1780. The district includes the separately NRHP-listed Glover House and Caleb Baldwin Tavern. In 1996, the district included 225 contributing buildings, 2 other contributing structures, 1 contributing site, and 2 contributing objects. The one contributing site in the district is the "Ram's Pasture", a meadow that was common land. Significant properties in the district include:
* Glover House
* Caleb Baldwin Tavern: The Baldwin Tavern is along the march route taken by French commander Rochambeau's troops in 1781 en route to Yorktown, Virginia and/or in 1782 during their return. It was built c. 1763 and is a two-and-a-half-story house. It housed some of the army's officers in June 1781, en route to the Siege of Yorktown. It also an example of traditional 18th-century New England architecture, and retains some details from that time period.
* 17 Main Street, home of Arthur J. Smith, publisher of the Newtown Bee newspaper which began in 1877 (see accompanying photo #9)
* Liberty Pole/Flagpole
* Soldiers and Sailors Monument
* Edmond Town Hall
* , 44 Main Street, a museum of the Newtown Historical Society (see photo #1, left)
* Gen. Daniel Baldwin House, 38 Main Street, a formal Georgian style building that contrasts to most of the other architecture (see photo #4)
* Cyrenius H. Booth Library In 2003, citizen protests and a petition of 700 residents led to re-siting of a planned communications tower so that it would not be visible from the historic district. (en)
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