Historic Districts & Properties

These districts and properties are locally designated and enjoy a high degree of protection.

Once a district or property is designated Historic, no alterations can be made to the exterior without first applying for a Certificate of Appropriateness from the Historic District Commission. There are three Local Historic Districts in Greenwich, Strickland Road and Mill Pond Court district in Cos Cob, the Round Hill Road/John Street district, and the Stanwich district, and two local historic properties, 29 Taconic Road and 640 Round Hill Road.

Strickland Road

The Strickland Road Historic District encompasses the area known historically as the Lower Landing, a former maritime center and later home...

Putnam Hill

The Putnam Hill Historic District joined the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. Once the center of the town of...

Glenville

The Glenville Historic District joined the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. The name “Glenville” (for the area’s valley or...

River Road-Mead Avenue

The land between two centers of maritime commerce at the lower and upper landings on the Mianus River was once part...

Fourth Ward

In 1836 this neighborhood began as one of only two centrally-located urban subdivisions in Greenwich that pre-date the coming of the...

Greenwich Municipal Center

Greenwich’s scattered settlement pattern did not produce an acknowledged municipal focus until it entered into its most rapid period of growth...

Local Historic Districts

A Local Historic District is a geographic area within a community singled out for its architectural, historic, cultural or archaeological importance. Property in a historic district is protected from unsuitable change. A lot and the buildings on it are part of the historic landscape and remain essentially the same from the time the district is established. The State of Connecticut enacted legislation in 1961 to protect and preserve such areas by proclaiming them legal entities.