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The Mount Carmel Congregational Church complex is located in northern Hamden, on the west side of Whitney Avenue (Connecticut Route 10) at its junction with Sherman Avenue. The church occupies the south end of the property, facing east toward Whitney Avenue. It is a single-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior.
Whitney Avenue is a principal arterial connecting Downtown New Haven with the town center of Hamden in the U.S. state of Connecticut.Most of the road within the city of New Haven is included in the Whitney Avenue Historic District, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
It was originally housed at the former site of Larson College (now Quinnipiac University) at 1450 Whitney Avenue in Hamden (now a privately owned elder care facility called Atria Larson Place). In 1988, Hamden left the project, and the Co-op moved to the former St. John the Baptist School at 800 Dixwell Avenue in New Haven.
Whitney Avenue extends north and south through the neighborhood, connected by the Mount Carmel Connector (Route 40) to I-91, by Mount Carmel Avenue to North Haven, and Tuttle Avenue to Wallingford. CT Transit bus route 229, running between the downtowns of New Haven and Waterbury, operates along Whitney Avenue. [10]
Eli Whitney Technical High School, or Whitney Tech, is a technical high school located in Hamden, Connecticut, which receives students from many nearby towns. [1] Eli Whitney Tech is part of the Connecticut Technical Education and Career System .
The Eli Whitney Museum, in Hamden, Connecticut, is an experimental learning workshop for students, teachers, and families.The museum's main building is located on a portion of the Eli Whitney Gun Factory site, a gun factory erected by Eli Whitney in 1798.
The Town of Hamden provides all municipal services for the neighborhood. It is located in Connecticut's 3rd congressional district.Most of the neighborhood is in the 11th state senate district, with a small western portion in the 17th, and most of it is in the 91st state house district, with a small western portion in the 94th.
Hamden Memorial Town Hall is located in central eastern Hamden, near the center of a commercial district at the junction of Dixwell and Whitney Avenues, major arteries passing through the town. It is a two-story masonry structure, built out of load-bearing brick, cast stone, and concrete, with some steel reinforcement.