Branchville Railroad Tenement, Ridgefield

Name: Branchville Railroad Tenement
Address: Ridgefield, United States

#8 among attractions in Ridgefield

Sightseeing

Gallery (1)

Map

Branchville Railroad Tenement location map

Map

Facts and practical information

The Branchville Railroad Tenement is a historic commercial and residential building at the junction of Portland Avenue and West Branchville Road in Ridgefield, Connecticut. Built in stages between about 1853 and 1905, it is a distinctive reminder of the area's railroad-related history, serving as tenement housing for railroad workers before being converted to other residential and commercial uses. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 12, 1982. It continues to be used for commercial and residential purposes. ()

Built: 1853 (171 years ago)Coordinates: 41°15'56"N, 73°26'23"W

Address

Ridgefield United States

ContactAdd

Social media

Add

Ridgefield

Day trips

Branchville Railroad Tenement – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Keeler Tavern, Weir Farm National Historical Park, Ives Trail, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum.

3 miW
Specialty museum, Museum, Historical place
Keeler Tavern, Ridgefield
76 min walk • The Keeler Tavern is an 18th-century historical building at 132 Main Street in the center of Ridgefield, Connecticut, United States. The property served as summer home to architect Cass Gilbert, who purchased it in 1907 and designed additions to the building as well as a garden.
0.9 miSW
Museum, Historical place, National park
Weir Farm National Historical Park, Wilton
24 min walk • Weir Farm National Historical Park is located in Ridgefield and Wilton, Connecticut. It commemorates the life and work of American impressionist painter J.
4.9 miNW
Hiking, Hiking trail
Ives Trail, Wooster Mountain State Park
124 min walk • The Ives Trail and Greenway is a 20-mile hiking trail in the Housatonic Valley Region. Its route connects Ridgefield, Danbury, Bethel and Redding. The Ives Trail is named after Charles Ives, a Danbury-born American modernist composer.
3.1 miW
Museum, Modern art museum, Art museum
The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield
79 min walk • The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum is located in Ridgefield, Connecticut. The Aldrich has no permanent collection and is the only museum in Connecticut that is dedicated solely to the exhibition of contemporary art.
3 miW
Concerts and shows, Music venue, Concert hall
Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield
77 min walk • The Ridgefield Playhouse is a theater located in Ridgefield, Connecticut with a capacity of 500. It hosts a variety of entertainment events such as the showing of films, plays or musical performances.
4.7 miS
Museum
Hurlbutt Street School, Wilton
121 min walk • The Hurlbutt Street School is a historic one-room schoolhouse at 157 Hurlbutt Street in Wilton, Connecticut. Built in 1834, it served the town as a school for nearly a century, and was then converted to a local history museum.
6.1 miSW
Church
Grace Farms, New Canaan
155 min walk • Grace Farms is an 80-acre public space in New Canaan, Connecticut. Grace Farms is owned and operated by Grace Farms Foundation, which supports initiatives in the areas of nature, arts, justice, community, and faith, and encourages participation locally and globally.
5.9 miNE
Park
Putnam Memorial State Park
152 min walk • Putnam Memorial State Park is a history-oriented public recreation area in the town of Redding, Connecticut. The state park preserves the site that Major General Israel Putnam chose as the winter encampment for his men in the winter of 1778/1779 during the American Revolutionary War.
2.9 miW
Neighbourhood
Ridgefield Center Historic District, Ridgefield
75 min walk • The Ridgefield Center Historic District is part of the town of Ridgefield, Connecticut. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
5.4 miS
Museum, History museum
Sloan-Raymond-Fitch House, Wilton
138 min walk • The Sloan-Raymond-Fitch House is a historic house at 224 Danbury Road in Wilton, Connecticut. It is a 2 ¹⁄₂-story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a side-gable roof and a large central chimney. A smaller two-story ell extends to the rear.
1.7 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Protected area
Bennett's Pond State Park
45 min walk • Bennett's Pond State Park is a public recreation area located in the town of Ridgefield, Connecticut. The state park occupies a portion of the estate once owned by industrialist Louis D. Conley.