Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company Car Barn

55 Congress St., Bridgeport, Connecticut. County/parish: Fairfield.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 03, 1987. NRIS 87001405.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Bridgeport Public Works Department Garage

From Wikipedia:

Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company Car Barn

The Connecticut Railway and Lighting Company Car Barn was historic streetcar maintenance facility in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Built in 1910 and enlarged in 1920, it served as a maintenance barn first for electric streetcars and then buses for many years, and was one of the few surviving reminders of the city's early public transit system. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 3, 1987. It was demolished in 2008 to make way for construction of the Connecticut Superior Court juvenile facility that now stands on its site.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132352999

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