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The Norfolk Historic District encompasses the historic civic and commercial center of Norfolk, Connecticut.Centered around a triangular green at the junction of United States Route 44 and Connecticut Route 272, it is a well-preserved late 19th to early 20th-century town center, with a number of architecturally distinctive buildings and structures.
Norfolk (NOR-f Ōk) is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 1,588 at the 2020 census. [1] The town is part of the Northwest Hills Planning Region. The urban center of the town is the Norfolk census-designated place, with a population of 553 at the 2010 census. [2]
The Upper Main Street Historic District encompasses a collection of mainly late-19th-century commercial buildings on Main Street in downtown Ansonia, Connecticut. Extending south from Maple Street, the district exemplifies the rapid commercial growth of the city at that time. Its most prominent feature is the Ansonia Opera House, built 1870.
The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [3]
Connecticut Route 272 joins US 44 through the center of Norfolk but leads south 15 miles (24 km) to Torrington and north 4 miles (6 km) to the Massachusetts border. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Norfolk CDP has a total area of 0.93 square miles (2.4 km 2), all land. [1]
City County Planning region Population (2020) Date chartered as city Date consolidated with town Ansonia: New Haven: Naugatuck Valley: 18,918 1893 1893
Under Connecticut's Home Rule Act, any town is permitted to adopt its own local charter and choose its own structure of government. The three basic structures of municipal government used in the state, with variations from place to place, are the selectman –town meeting, mayor – council , and manager –council.
Town green and surrounding structures including the First Congregational Church (1838), Memorial Hall (1896), a community meeting building (c. 1884), Academy Elementary School (1884), and Lee Academy (1821), as well as historic houses, notably the Deacon John Grave House. 108: Maltby-Stevens Factory Site: Maltby-Stevens Factory Site: January 27 ...