Putnam Hill Historic District

Putnam Hill Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
File:Second Congregational Church, Greenwich, Connecticut.jpg
Location	U.S. 1, Greenwich, Connecticut
Coordinates
Area	36 acres (15 ha)
Built	1830
Architect	Vaux,Calvert; Multiple
Architectural style	Mid 19th Century Revival, Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
NRHP Reference #	79002657
Added to NRHP	August 24, 1979

The Putnam Hill Historic District in Greenwich, Connecticut is a 36-acre (15 ha) historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It encompasses a historic village center that arose within the town in the early 18th century, but is now characterized mostly by late 19th century Victorian architecture. The district has 21 contributing buildings, three contributing sites, and two other contributing structures.

Selected significant buildings in the district include:

• the Putnam Cottage, a former 18th-century tavern
• Second Congregational Church, 1856, designed by architect Leopold Eidlitz, with a 220 foot spire (see accompanying photo #1
• Solomon Meade House, 1858, an Italianate house (photo #2)
• Dr. Hyde House, c. 1906 (photo #3)
• Tomes-Higgins House, 1861, a large Second Empire style building designed by Calvert Vaux, owned by the nearby Episcopal church and used as its rectory.
• YWCA, 1975, the local branch of the Young Women's Christian Association, built in the brutalist style

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Greenwich, Connecticut