Significant contributing properties Downtown Waterbury Historic District

1 significant contributing properties

1.1 national register of historic places
1.2 other notable contributing properties
1.3 waterbury green

significant contributing properties

at time district listed on register, there 3 properties within had been listed. 1 has been added since. in addition, there many other contributing properties notable within context of district. have been nominated register in past, , may listed in future.

elton hotel


national register of historic places

elton hotel, 16–30 west main street. six-story second renaissance revival brick structure limestone trim, designed wilfred e. griggs, has dominated green ever since construction in 1904. today senior living facility.
enoch hubbard , george granniss houses, 33 , 41 church street. these 2 wood frame houses, in italianate , stick styles respectively, date 1860s. among few single-family residences remaining downtown, both since converted commercial use.
john kendrick house, 119 west main street. mattatuck museum operates brick italianate house on green, built in 1860s.
waterbury municipal center complex, grand , field streets. waterbury s city hall surrounded other large buildings in city beautiful monumental style, not of them public in function. cass gilbert s designs built between 1914 , 1922.

other notable contributing properties

american brass company building, 414–436 meadow street. brick second renaissance revival headquarters of largest company in city s important industry opened in 1913.
apothecaries hall, 63 bank street. built in 1894 second renaissance revival design local architect theodore peck, seven-story flatiron-shaped building has long been focal point of exchange place. remodeled luxury apartments.
brown building, 20 east main street. 1 of last large commercial buildings erected during district s period of significance, three-story corner modernist structure 1930 has intricate art deco detailing.
catholic family services, 56 church street. dating 1856, wood frame italianate house fluted tower of winds-style columns 1 of oldest residential buildings in district. many of other houses, has been adapted institutional use.
citizens national bank, 18 leavenworth street. stone 1922 second renaissance revival structure designed lincoln memorial architect henry bacon. interior has since been modernized.
benjamin franklin statue, library park. 1918 bronze rendering of seated franklin paul wayland bartlett contributing object in district outside of waterbury green.
the grand apartments, 180–182 grand street. 2 1910 joined four-story brick structures beaux-arts buildings in district.
hanlon block, 181–187 east main street. four-story brick structure, built around 1890, 1 of rare commercial uses of queen anne style.
the hitchcock , northrop, 164–184 west main street. griggs designed 1 of these 2 1910 jacobethan apartment buildings. five-story brick structures, yellow brick , limestone detailing, joined common elevator tower.
howland-hughes company building, 114–138 bank street. griggs & hunt built five-story second renaissance revival home waterbury s first true department store within year of 1902 fire. today home connecticut store, sells items made in state.
immaculate conception church, west main street. 1928 limestone baroque revival roman catholic church based on 17th-century roman basilica.
johnson building, 111–115 bank street. 4-story concrete structure 1925, late gothic revival building in district. has been remodeled modern storefront.
masonic temple, 160 west main street. later of griggs 2 buildings local chapter of international fraternal organization four-story stone second renaissance revival structure finished in 1912. consists of 2 distinct sections joined @ right angles along corner of west main , park place.
new haven county courthouse building, 15–17 kendrick street. stone second renaissance revival courthouse of monumental public buildings envisioned grand street corridor. has since been replaced newer building nearby, reflecting connecticut s abolition of county government.
odd fellows hall, 36 north main street. 1893 building fraternal organization marked growing importance within city. local architect wilfred griggs made rare use of venetian gothic mode in 1 of earliest buildings.
palace theatre, 86–110 east main street. years after 1922 opening, second renaissance revival building city s premier theater. hotel rooms included.
palomba building, 150 bank street. 1845 italianate commercial structure 1 of few intact buildings era remaining. built house, modern storefronts attached.
platt block, 43 east main street. four-story stone brick building limestone trim, 1 of first large commercial buildings in district when built in 1888.
reynolds block, 26–28 north main street. half of otherwise intact 1854 italianate building facing welton fountain, typical of buildings characterized downtown waterbury before 1902 fire.
rose building, 77–85 south main street. modernist brick commercial building art deco letters spelling out rose on facade dates 1950, making district s youngest contributing property.
st. john s episcopal church complex, 16 church street. henry dudley s 1873 granite gothic revival church complemented 1890 romanesque center local architect r.w. hill , 1922 richard henry dana stone jacobethan parish house.
st. patrick s hall, 112–118 east main street. joseph jacskon, son of irish immigrant builder, designed 1889 brick romanesque structure brownstone front facade. credit architect, , building s use, marked social arrival of waterbury s irish american community.
telephone building, 348 grand street. on 1930 brick georgian revival facade art deco detailing , brickwork.
trinity episcopal church, 21 prospect street. smallest church in district henry congden s 1883 stone structure in english gothic revival style. parish house added rear in 1900.
u.s. post office, grand street. significant modern public building in district 1931 white marble art deco edifice. george totten, under treasury department supervising architect james wetmore, credited design.
waterbury armory, field street. use of romanesque style in 1922 1 of last in district. complements adjacent public , private structures in gilbert municipal complex.
waterbury ymca, 122–130 west main street. 1 of last large georgian revival buildings in city when erected in 1924.

waterbury green

the two-acre (8,000 m²) park between north, east , west main , leavenworth streets, symbolic center of city, links waterbury years, renovated fragment of original town common. on course of 19th century assumed current configuration curved concrete walkways. since creation has been venue many public events such troop musters during wartime, demonstrations against wars , economic hardship during panic of 1893 , great depression, , speeches john, robert , ted kennedy.

it has 4 monuments, 1 of contributing objects district:

the soldiers monument, @ west end. george edwin bissell sculpted bronze winged victory atop 48-foot (15 m) granite base smaller figures in niches. installed in 1884 honor , memorialize local veterans of civil war.
veterans monument, near east end. city commissioned modernist 1958 monument local veterans. non-contributing.
the waterbury clock, center. head of local chamber of commerce fought have tall granite seth thomas clock tower, commemorating important local business, placed on green in 1915. still referred colley clock, after him.
welton fountain, east end. 1888 karl gerhardt statue of donor caroline welton s favorite horse, knight , atop fountain.




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