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Norwich (/ ˈ n ɔːr w ɪ tʃ / NOR-wich) (also called "The Rose of New England") is a city in New London County, Connecticut, United States.The Yantic, Shetucket, and Quinebaug Rivers flow into the city and form its harbor, from which the Thames River flows south to Long Island Sound.
The Downtown Norwich Historic District is a historic district representing the core of the downtown area of the city of Norwich, Connecticut in the United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. It includes 115 contributing buildings and one other contributing structure over a 64-acre (26 ha) area. [1]
The Jail Hill Historic District encompasses a 19th-century working-class residential district in Norwich, Connecticut.Located on a steep hill overlooking downtown Norwich, it was populated first by African Americans, and then by Irish immigrants.
The Greeneville section of Norwich Connecticut was named by William Greene. In 1826, Greene purchased land on both sides of the Shetucket River to develop. In 1828, he transferred the land to the Norwich Water Power Company, in which he was the largest shareholder. Norwich Water Power Company began construction on a dam in 1829.
Continuing down Washington Street toward Norwich town is the most famous of historic homes in Norwich, the Leffingwell Inn. Stephen Backus built the original house in 1675. [ 7 ] In 1700, Thomas Leffingwell 2nd, the son of Norwich co-founder Thomas Leffingwell, [ 8 ] bought the house and converted the original two-room house into an inn.
The Yantic Falls Historic District encompasses a historic mill and associated worker housing on Yantic Street in Norwich, Connecticut. The 10-acre (4.0 ha) area includes a complex of mill buildings, mainly built in brick, and mill worker housing, also out of brick. The area's industrial history dates to the early 19th century.
Its history dates to 1865 (before the city and town of Norwich were consolidated), when the town of Norwich petitioned the state for permission to construct a single building to house town offices, city offices and Norwich's county court, the latter having been housed in a building recently destroyed by fire. The state authorized the work in 1869.
This is a list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut. There are more than 1,500 listed sites in Connecticut. There are more than 1,500 listed sites in Connecticut.