Edgewood Park Historic District

Edgewood Park Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Chapel Street Bridge in Edgewood Park
Location	Roughly bounded by Whalley Ave. and Elm St., Sherman Ave. and Boulevard, Edgewood and Derby, and Yale Aves., New Haven, Connecticut
Coordinates
Area	240 acres (97 ha)
Architect	Mitchell,Donald Grant; Et al.
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Queen Anne
NRHP Reference #	86001991
Added to NRHP	September 9, 1986

Edgewood Park Historic District is a historic district in New Haven, Connecticut. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. A predominantly residential area roughly bisected by Edgewood Avenue, it includes 232 contributing buildings, 4 other contributing structures, and 1 contributing object. Most of these were built between about 1888 and 1900, and represent the city's first neighborhood planned under the tenets of the City Beautiful movement. They are generally either Queen Anne or Colonial Revival in style, and are set (especially on the boulevard-like Edgewood Avenue) on larger lots.

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Map showing the official Edgewood neighborhood planning area in red and the Edgewood Park Historic District in blue.

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Edgewood Ave. widened near Edgewood Park.

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Edgewood Ave. descending to downtown New Haven.

The district borders the Dwight Street Historic District on the east. It also includes Edgewood Park, including memorials for the Spanish-American War and the Holocaust. The park's current layout was designed in 1910 by Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr., son of Frederick Law Olmsted. The district also includes the central portion of the Edgewood neighborhood, which is generally the area bounded by Whalley Avenue, Sherman Avenue, Chapel Street, and Edgewood Park.

Edgewood Avenue and is served by the Q route of Connecticut Transit New Haven. The main north-south road is Ella Grasso Boulevard (Route 10).

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in New Haven, Connecticut

External links

• Edgewood Park Historic District, New Haven Preservation Trust website (text adapted from NRHP nomination)