Bishop, William D., Cottage Development Historic District

Cottage Pl. and Atlantic, Broad, Main and Whiting Sts., Bridgeport, Connecticut. County/parish: Fairfield.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 28, 1982. NRIS 82004388.

47 contributing buildings.

Also known as:

  • Cottage Park Historic District

From Wikipedia:

William D. Bishop Cottage Development Historic District

The William D. Bishop Cottage Development Historic District, also known as the Cottage Park Historic District, encompasses a historic planned working-class residential community in the South End of Bridgeport, Connecticut. The district most prominently includes 35 1+12-story wood-frame cottages with Carpenter Gothic styling, developed in 1880 and 1881 by the Bishop Realty Company and probably designed by Palliser, Palliser & Company. It was one of the first such planned developments in the city, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132353740

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