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The district extends along Main Street from St. John's Square (junction with Spring Street) in the north, for five blocks on the west side (to College Street) and 4-1/2 blocks on the right (midway between Washington and Court Streets), abutting the Metro South Historic District on the west side, and modern buildings on the right.
Roughly Main St. between College and Hartford Ave. 41°33′45″N 72°38′56″W / 41.5625°N 72.648889°W / 41.5625; -72.648889 ( Main Street Historic District (Middletown Middletown
The southern part of Middletown's Main Street was predominantly residential into the 19th century, and still includes a few houses from the colonial and Federal periods. In the late 19th century, the commercial portion of the downtown began to extend southward, as exemplified by the construction of the opera house 1892 and the armoury in 1921.
Main Street, looking north from City Hall, about 1912. Middletown also briefly was the home of a major-league baseball team, the Middletown Mansfields of the National Association. In the late 19th and early 20th century, the city underwent a demographic transformation, after having been settled primarily by Protestant people from the British Isles.
The Old Middletown Post Office, in Middletown, Connecticut, also known as the U.S. Post Office, was built in 1916. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1982. [ 1 ] The building is also on the NRHP as a contributing property of the Main Street Historic District .
The diner was established in 1941 by John O'Rourke, who later brought the 1946 Mountain View diner car that anchored the diner's distinctive appearance into Middletown. [3] John's nephews, John and Brian bought the diner in 1976.
The Broad Street Historic District encompasses a well-preserved 19th-century residential area in Middletown, Connecticut, USA.Centered on Broad and Pearl Streets west of Main Street, the area was developed residential in response to local economic development intended to revitalize the city, whose port was in decline.
The Sanseer Mill is a historic 19th-century mill at 282 Main Street Extension in Middletown, Connecticut. It was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1986. Relationship to surroundings