Main Street Historic District (Durham, Connecticut)
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The Main Street Historic District in Durham, Connecticut
is a historic district
that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1986. The district is primarily linear and runs along Main Street (Route 17
) from between Higganum Road and Town House Road in the south to Talcott Lane in the north. The district also includes properties on the parallel road known as Maple Avenue. It contains 112 contributing and 23 non-contributing properties over an area of 160 acre (0.6474976 km²). The area is also known as Durham Center and is where several state highways converge.
Durham, Connecticut
Durham is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. Durham is a former farming village on the Coginchaug River in central Connecticut. The population was 6,627 at the 2000 census. Every autumn, the town hosts the Durham Fair, the largest volunteer agricultural fair in New...
is a historic district
Historic district
A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries, historic districts receive legal protection from development....
that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1986. The district is primarily linear and runs along Main Street (Route 17
Route 17 (Connecticut)
Route 17 is a primary north–south state route beginning in New Haven, through Middletown, and ending in Glastonbury, with a length of .-Route description:...
) from between Higganum Road and Town House Road in the south to Talcott Lane in the north. The district also includes properties on the parallel road known as Maple Avenue. It contains 112 contributing and 23 non-contributing properties over an area of 160 acre (0.6474976 km²). The area is also known as Durham Center and is where several state highways converge.