Bounded by Sachem, Temple, Trumbull, and Prospect Sts., Whitney and Hillhouse Aves. & RR tracks, New Haven, Connecticut. County/parish: New Haven.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 13, 1985. NRIS 85002507.
22 contributing buildings.Also known as:
Hillhouse Avenue is a street in New Haven, Connecticut, famous for its many nineteenth century mansions, including the president's house at Yale University. Both Charles Dickens and Mark Twain described it as "the most beautiful street in America." Much of the avenue is included in the Hillhouse Avenue Historic District, which extends to include houses on adjacent streets.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132355363