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Lyman Allyn Art Museum

The Lyman Allyn Art Museum was founded in 1926 by Harriet Upson Allyn. It houses the most significant art collection in Southeastern Connecticut, including European and non-Western art as well as American fine and decorative art. Key strengths include 17th-century European works on paper, 19th-century American paintings, and contemporary art. The museum also includes educational programs for audiences ranging from pre-preschoolers to senior citizens. The museum is located in New London, Connecticut. Also on the museums campus is the stone Deshon-Allyn House, a Federal style home built in 1829 by Daniel Deshon, sold to Lyman Allyn, and occupied by various members of the Allyn family, including Harriet. The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

New London Customhouse

New London Custom House is a historic custom house at 150 Bank Street in New London, Connecticut. It was built in 1833-35 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. The New London Maritime Society operates the site as the Custom House Maritime Museum, with exhibits including New Londons maritime history, ship models, the Amistad Affair, the history of the Robert Mills building and regional lighthouses. The Frank L. McGuire Maritime Library consists of more than 2,300 books, charts, maps and prints. The Society also owns the New London Harbor Light, and operates tours of the lighthouse.

Joshua Hempsted House

The Joshua Hempsted House is a historic house at 11 Hempstead Street in New London, Connecticut. It is 2-1/2 story wood frame structure, with a side gable roof that has two front-facing gables. The left gable, in an unusual departure for houses of its age, projects forward of the main block, providing an enclosed vestibule on the first floor. Probably built c. 1678 by Joshua Hempsted, it is one of Connecticuts oldest surviving buildings, and has long been recognized for its architectural and historical significance. The house was acquired by Connecticut Landmarks in 1937, which operates it and the adjacent 1759 Nathaniel Hempstead House as a historic house museum known as the Hempsted Houses. The houses have been restored to reflect a late 17th to mid 18th-century appearance. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

Shaw Mansion

The Shaw Mansion is a historic mansion and historic house museum at 11 Blinman Street in New London, Connecticut. It is a large three story granite structure, whose main block is six bays wide, with a single-story porch extending across its width. A three-story granite wing extends the main block to the right at a recess. In addition to being a well-preserved example of a wealthy merchants home, it is historically significant as the location of the states naval offices during the American Revolutionary War. Built in 1756, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. The headquarters and museum of the New London Historical Society has been located in the Shaw Mansion since 1907.

Old Thames Shipyard

The Old Thames Shipyard is a historic shipyard on the Thames River at the end of Farnsworth Street in New London, Connecticut. Established in 1900, the shipyard included, at the time of its listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975, a complete working steam-powered marine railway system, one of the few such in the nation. It was built by Thomas Chappell, who operated a fleet of tugs and barges for hauling coal, to service his ships. During World War I and World War II the yard was used for shipbuilding, producing military and commercial ships. John Wronowski took over the business from the Chappells in 1967. The shipyard property was taken by the United States Coast Guard in 1972, with plans to tear down the shipyard and expand its adjacent facilities. These plans were stalled by the National Register designation, and abandoned in 1976, amid disagreements with the city over the plans. Wronowski had fought the acquisition of the property, and was later given a waterfront area on Ferry Street in compensation, from which the Thames Shipyard operates. Wronowski, who had continued to lease this property from the Coast Guard, successfully acquired it in 1981. It now serves as the Thames Shipyards North Yard, including its two main drydocks.

Ohev Sholem Synagogue

The Ohev Sholem Synagogue is a historic synagogue building at 109 Blinman Street in New London, Connecticut. Built in 1920, it is a two story brick building with Classical Revival and Colonial Revival features. Its entry has double doors separated by an engaged column, set in round-arch openings. A large circular window stands above the doors, within a large brick archway that encompasses it and the doors. Four small windows flank this arch, two on each side. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995 for its architectural significance.

United States Post Office–New London Main

The U.S. Post Office-New London Main is located at 27 Masonic Street in New London, Connecticut. It is a three story steel-framed structure, finished in limestone on the ground floor, and in brick with limestone trim on the upper levels. Its main entrance is highlighted by bronze Art Deco panels of eagles, and eagles carved in limestone. The main lobby is decorated with Greek-themed Art Deco work, with multicolored marble floors. Murals depicting whaling activities line the walls. The building was designed by the local firm of Payne & Keefe, and built in 1933-34. The murals were funded by a Public Works of Art Project grant, executed by Thomas Sergeant LaFarge, and installed in 1938. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.

Coit Street Historic District

The Coit Street Historic District in New London, Connecticut is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. It includes 33 contributing buildings over a 4 acres area, located just southwest of the city's central business district. The area included in the district was formerly known as Bream Cove, which was filled in and developed in the 19th century. The area includes four out of twelve surviving 18th-century buildings in the city. It includes all of the properties on Coit and Brewer Streets, as well as those on Blinman Street between those two streets.

Deshon-Allyn House

The Deshon-Allyn House is a historic house at 613 Williams Street in New London, Connecticut. It is a large 2 1⁄2-story structure, built out of random-laid stone, with corner quoins and openings framed by ashlar granite. The recessed entry is flanked inside the opening by Ionic columns and sidelights, with a transom window across the top. The house is now on the campus of the Lyman Allyn Art Museum, which has used it for a variety of purposes. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 28, 1970.

House at 130 Mohegan Avenue

The House at 130 Mohegan Avenue, also known as the House of Steel or Steel House, is a prefabricated, modular, International Style house in New London, Connecticut, United States. The House was designed by Howard T. Fisher, who founded General Houses, Inc. in 1932. Winslow Ames, a professor of art history at Connecticut College and the art director of the Lyman Allyn Museum, had the home built after attending the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago. The House is a single story 21 feet by 37 feet rectangular steel prefabricated home that rests upon a concrete slab. It originally had a flat roof and included an attached garage. Throughout the years, the house has undergone significant alteration, including the addition of a gable roof. The house was used by Ames, and later by Connecticut College, as a rental property, until the structure was slated for demolition in 2004. The push to restore the house is credited to Doug Royalty, who worked with the college's Abigail Van Slyck. Completed in 2013, restoration cost $500,000 and involved several phases, including the dismantling, transportation, and reassembly of the house. The house was added to the Connecticut Historic Register in July 2007 and it was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 28, 2009.

Post Hill Historic District

The Post Hill Historic District encompasses the oldest settled area of New London, Connecticut. Located just west of its commercial and civic center, the district is on high ground with a commanding view of the Thames River to the east. The roadways tnat run through the district include Channing, Vauxhall, and Granite Streets. Most of the districts more than 200 buildings were built much later, between about 1840 and 1925, even though it is home to the Antientest Burial Ground, the city's first cemetery . Williams Park, the southernmost point in the district was laid out in 1858, and was a significant spur to the area's growth. The houses in the district are in a wide variety of styles, but tend to be of similar scale and setting. The district includes the Nathan A. Woodworth House, previously listed on the National Register. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 5, 1993.

Civic Institutions Historic District

The Civic Institutions Historic District in New London, Connecticut is a historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. It includes six contributing buildings over a 7 acres area. The district includes properties that were historically developed between 1867 and 1917 to provide for the city's indigent population, and to provide medical services to the community. Two of the buildings are almshouses, built in 1867 and 1917, and the others were historically associated with the delivery of medical services, and date to the turn of the 20th century. The district properties are 179 Colman Street, 32 Walden Avenue, and 156, 158, 171, and 173-5 Garfield Avenue.

Lighthouse Inn

The Lighthouse Inn, originally known as Meadow Court, is a Colonial Revival hotel building at 6 Guthrie Place in New London, Connecticut. The Mission style main house was designed by William Ralph Emerson and built in 1902 as a country home for steel industry magnate Charles S. Guthrie. Guthrie's widow began selling off the estate in 1925, and the main house was converted into an inn in 1927. The original grounds were landscaped by the noted Olmsted Brothers landscape design firm. The inn was popular with Hollywood stars in the 1940s. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996. It was listed for sale by the city in February 2014.

United States Housing Corporation Historic District

The United States Housing Corporation Historic District is a residential historic district located on the west side of New London, Connecticut. It contains a relatively uniform collection of Colonial Revival houses, most of them built in 1919 and 1920 by the United States Housing Corporation, a United States federal government agency founded to provide housing for workers in strategically significant war-related industries. The development of this district was overseen by the noted landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. The district is bounded on the west by Colman Avenue, the south by West Pleasant Street, the east by Jefferson Street, and on the north by Fuller Street. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 16, 1990.

Prospect Street Historic District

The Prospect Street Historic District encompasses a residential area northeast located in New London, Connecticut. The district consists of 24 buildings, most of which are Greek Revival houses built between 1838 and 1859. The district consists of two city blocks, bisected by Prospect Street and bounded by Federal, Huntington, and Hempstead Streets, and Bulkeley Place. The area was developed in response to local demand for increased middle-class housing, and the dense development and modest scale of the buildings is reflective of this objective. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 31, 1986.

Nathan A. Woodworth House

The Nathan A. Woodworth House is a historic house at 28 Channing Street in New London, Connecticut. It is a 2-1/2 story wood frame structure, with asymmetrical massing and a busy roof line characteristic of the Queen Anne style. It has a number of different types of projections and roof gables, decorative chimney caps, and a front porch with turned posts and balustrade. The house was built in 1890 for Nathan Woodworth, who was in the paper milling business in nearby Waterford; its design appears to be an adaptation from an architectural pattern book. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 1, 1982.

Huntington Street Baptist Church

The Huntington Street Baptist Church is a historic Baptist Church meeting house at 29 Huntington Street in New London, Connecticut. The Greek Revival-style church building was constructed in 1843 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. The building was originally built as a Universalist Meeting House, but was purchased by The New London Baptist Society in 1849. The Baptists called Elder Jabez Swan as the founding pastor. The account of Rev. Swan's ministry in New England is recorded in his biography. The church is still in use today as a Baptist house of worship.

Nathaniel Hempstead House

The Nathaniel Hempstead House, also known as the Old Huguenot House, is a historic house on Hempstead Street in New London, Connecticut. It is a 1-1/2 story stone structure with a gambrel roof. Although the house was built in 1759 by Nathaniel Hempstead, the English grandson of Joshua Hempstead (whose 1678 home stands adjacent), its form and building material are unusual for southern New England in that period, leading to local lore attributing its construction to French Huguenot immigrants. It is possible that laborers who built the house were Acadians resettled to New London after the Expulsion of the Acadians from Nova Scotia in the 1750s. The house is owned by Connecticut Landmarks, along with the 1678 house, operating the pair as the Hempstead Houses museum. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 2, 1970.

New London County Courthouse

The New London County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at 70 Huntington Street at the top of State Street in New London, Connecticut. It was built in 1784-86, and its design is attributed to Isaac Fitch. An addition constructed in 1909 was designed by Dudley St. Clair Donnelly. According to a plaque on the building, the New London County Courthouse is oldest courthouse in Connecticut. The State of Connecticut Superior Court sits there. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

Ye Antientist Burial Ground

Ye Antientist Burial Ground in New London, Connecticut is one of the earliest graveyards in New England, and the oldest colonial cemetery in New London County. The hillside lot of 1.5 acres adjoins the original site of the settlement's first meeting-house. From here the visitor has a broad view to the east of the Thames River, and on the far shore, the heights of Groton. Reservation of the lot for its purpose had been recorded in the summer of 1645. The first decedent "of mature age" was duly interred there in 1652. But it is the ordinance of June 6, 1653 that legally sets the place apart and declares, "It shall ever bee for a Common Buriall place, and never be impropriated by any." A later record notes the appointment of the sexton — Whose work is to order youth in the meeting-house, sweep the meeting-house, and beat out dogs, for which he is to have 40s. a year : he is also to make all graves ; for a man or woman he is to have 4s., for children, 2s. a grave, to be paid by survivors . 17th century New London was yet a rough and isolated corner of early colonial Connecticut. Private interments were not customary, and this was the only common burial place. The dead were brought in from a distance of six or seven miles , either carried in hurdles, or borne on a bier upon men's shoulders; large companies assembling, and relieving each other at convenient distances (Prentis & Caulkins 1899, p. 7). Few of the early graves ever had inscribed markers. The New London of that time possessed no skilled stonecutters, and those early planters simply had not the means. A few surviving families did, however, seek to address the deficiency in later years. At least four stones dated in the 17th century have been found that could not have been placed before 1720 (Slater 1987, p. 221). Otherwise — If the best man in the community was struck down, his companions could do no more to testify their regret, than to lay him reverently in the grave, and seal it with a rude granite ... broken with ponderous mallets from some neighboring ledge and wearily dragged with ropes to the place and laid over the remains to secure them from disturbance, and mark the spot where a brother was buried (Prentis & Caulkins 1899, p. 6). As time wore away the unadorned burial hillocks, the older were, "covered over with fresh deposits of the dead, so that the numbers here cannot be estimated by the evidences that now remain ... Yet here undoubtably [sic] were deposited nearly the whole generation of our first settlers" (Prentis & Caulkins 1899, pp. 5,7).

Downtown New London Historic District

The Downtown New London Historic District, also known as the Waterfront Historic District, refers to 78 acres with 223 contributing buildings along the waterfront of New London, Connecticut, an area roughly bounded by State Street (also referred to as "Captain's Walk"), to the northeast, Bank Street to the southeast, Tilley Street to the southwest, and Washington Street to the northwest. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1979, with 190 buildings and 60 acres (240,000 m2). The district was expanded in 1988 to include Huntington, Washington and Jay Streets, the southwest corner of Meridian Street and Governor Winthrop Boulevard, and along Bank Street to Spar Yard Street, which added 18 acres (73,000 m2) and 33 buildings to the historic district.

Hempstead Historic District

The Hempstead Historic District of New London, Connecticut encompasses a residential area north of the city's harbor and central business district, extending mainly along three roughly parallel streets: Franklin and Hempstead Streets, and Mountain Avenue. The area was first settled in the 17th century (the Joshua Hempsted House at 11 Hempstead Street dates to 1678), but significant development did not begin until the 1840s, and took place roughly over the next century. The district has 142 houses, most of which were built within that time period, and have retained their historical integrity. Notable non-residential structures include the 1845 Greek Revival New London County Jail (now the Shiloh Baptist Church), and the Renaissance Revival Saltonstall School, built in 1903. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 31, 1986.

Montauk Avenue Historic District

The Montauk Avenue Historic District encompasses a residential area of New London, Connecticut that was a planned subdivision developed in the early 20th century as a "streetcar suburb". The district consists of 341 buildings and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 18, 1990. The district's main thoroughfares are Montauk Avenue and Ocean Avenue, which roughly define its western and eastern bounds, and it includes small cross streets between Willetts Avenue and Fair Harbour Place. Most of the district's houses were built after 1895, and are wood frame structures in vernacular renditions of architectural revival styles popular in the early 20th century. Transitional forms between Queen Anne and other styles predominate. There are only four non-residential buildings in the district, all of which are masonry : two schools, a church, and a fire station.

Whale Oil Row

Whale Oil Row consists of a row of four nearly identical high quality Greek Revival houses at 105-119 Huntington Street in New London, Connecticut. All four were built between 1835 and 1845 by Charles Henry Beebe, and three were owned by men directly involved in whaling; the fourth was owned by a dry goods merchant. All four are distinguished by their two-story gabled porticos, supported by fluted columns, with a semicircular window in the gable pediment. The first one differs slightly from the others in being slightly wider than the others, extending on either side of the front portico. This assembly of Greek temple front houses may be unique in the United States. The group of houses was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

Williams Memorial Park Historic District

The Williams Memorial Park Historic District is located in New London, Connecticut. The district consists of Williams Memorial Park (whose design is attributed to Frederick Law Olmsted), and 20 buildings that line it to the north and west. The area was developed through the efforts of members of the locally prominent Williams family, whose fortune was made in the whaling industry, and contains some of New London's finest late-19th century architecture. It is the site of New London's former "Second Burial Ground" with the remains and memorials removed to Cedar Grove Cemetery during the latter half of the 19th century. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 3, 1987.

Acors Barns House

The Acors Barns House is located in New London, Connecticut. Built in 1837, the Acors Barns House is a two-and-one half story Greek Revival house with a gable roof and clapboarded exterior. The front facade of the house is five bays wide with a Greek Revival portico leading to the main entrance. Additions to the house include a projecting center dormer, and second-story projection over a partially enclosed veranda. The plain exterior is contrasted by interior's elaborate hall ceilings, detailed woodwork and arched marble fireplaces. In 1862, Barns died and the house was passed to his sons before being transferred to Harriet Barns Vincent. The house was sold to Julia O'Sullivan in 1919 before being sold to Francis McGuire in 1956. The McGuire's operated the house as a law firm and passed the title to James McGuire. In 2013, James McGuire sold the house to the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut. Dave Collins wrote that the Acors Barns house is a "fine and rare example" of architecture that is especially important to New London, Connecticut. The Acors Barns House was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 22, 1976.

Jonathan Newton Harris House

The Jonathan Newton Harris House is at historic house at 130 Broad Street in New London, Connecticut. It is a large brick structure, two stories in height, with Italianate and Renaissance Revival styling. Originally built in 1859-60, the house was extensively modified in 1891 as a classroom building for the Williams Memorial Institute, and again in the 20th century, when it was adapted for use as a church. The house was built for Jonathan Newton Harris, a prominent local businessman who was mayor of New London at the time of its construction. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 27, 1982.

New London Public Library

The Public Library of New London is a historic library, located at 63 Huntington Street at the corner of State Street, in New London, Connecticut. The library, which was given to the city by Henry Philomen Haven, was constructed in 1889-92, and was designed by Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge in the Richardsonian Romanesque style; George Warren Cole was the project supervisor. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

Charles E. Shain Library

Connecticut College is a private liberal arts college located in New London, Connecticut. Founded in 1911, Connecticut College is a primarily residential, four-year undergraduate institution, with nearly all of its approximately 1,900 students living on campus. Students choose courses from 41 majors including an interdisciplinary, self-designed major. The college was founded as "Connecticut College for Women", in response to Wesleyan University closing its doors to women in 1909; the college shortened its name to "Connecticut College" in 1969 when it began admitting men. Forbes ranked Connecticut College 81st in its 2016 overall list, 45th in the Northeast, 68th among private colleges, and 39th among liberal arts schools. Forbes also ranked Connecticut College 58th in "Grateful Grads". U.S. News & World Report ranked the school 45th among the top liberal arts colleges in 2014. The college competes athletically in the New England Small College Athletic Conference .

Connecticut College Arboretum

The Connecticut College Arboretum is a 300 ha arboretum and botanical gardens, founded in 1931, and located on the campus of Connecticut College and in the towns of New London and Waterford, Connecticut, USA. Arboretum collections are: the Native Plant Collection, the Caroline Black Garden, the Connecticut College Campus, and the Greenhouse. The Native Plant Collection of 8 ha was established in 1931, and displays trees and shrubs native to eastern North America and hardy in New London. It contains 288 taxa, including trees, shrubs, and woody vines indigenous to the forested region of Eastern North America, such as shadbush, dogwood, azaleas, mountain laurel, giant rhododendron, sourwood, sweet pepperbush, and evergreens and conifers. Of particular interest are: The Lincoln and Lillian Dauby Gries Conifer Collection, featuring 1.2 ha of conifers: firs, spruces, hemlocks, junipers, pines, etc., and a variety of native shrubs. The Nancy Moss Fine Native Azalea Garden, featuring 15 species and natural hybrid Azaleas . The Josephine Hooker Shain Mountain Laurel Garden, featuring cultivars of mountain laurel, many of which are the work of Dr. Richard Jaynes. The Edgerton and Stengel Wildflower Gardens, featuring 0.8 ha of ferns and wildflowers such as trillium, cardinal flower, and Turtlehead . The Caroline Black Garden contains a mature collection of ornamental trees, shrubs, and grasses from across the world, including 187 different woody taxa such as azaleas, Crimson Queen Japanese maple, sourwood, Japanese Stuartia, fragrant viburnum, weeping cherry, and many other specimens. The Connecticut College Campus currently has 223 taxa of trees and numerous shrubs, including the Franklin tree, Japanese Pagoda Tree, seven-son flower, and Chinese witch-hazel. The 280 m2 Greenhouse includes a tropical house, a cactus collection, and an experimentation area.

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Top Attractions in New London

Lyman Allyn Art Museum

New London Customhouse

Joshua Hempsted House

Shaw Mansion

Old Thames Shipyard

Ohev Sholem Synagogue

United States Post Office–New London Main

Coit Street Historic District

Deshon-Allyn House

House at 130 Mohegan Avenue

Post Hill Historic District

Civic Institutions Historic District

Lighthouse Inn

United States Housing Corporation Historic District

Prospect Street Historic District

Nathan A. Woodworth House

Huntington Street Baptist Church

Nathaniel Hempstead House

New London County Courthouse

Ye Antientist Burial Ground

Downtown New London Historic District

Hempstead Historic District

Montauk Avenue Historic District

Whale Oil Row

Williams Memorial Park Historic District

Acors Barns House

Jonathan Newton Harris House

New London Public Library

Charles E. Shain Library

Connecticut College Arboretum

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It also makes a great souvenir of your trip

Collections

Create a home page for a collection of attractions

Uses

Examples

Walking/Driving Tours

A guided tour where GuRoute will direct you from stop to stop and narrate a description of each attraction you arrive at

Cater tours to your Audience

What you need to do...

Mystery Tour

Create a Mystery Tour

Scavenger Hunt

Create a Scavenger Hunt