Whitney Avenue Historic District, New Haven

Name: Whitney Avenue Historic District
Address: New Haven, United States

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The Whitney Avenue Historic District is a historic district in the East Rock neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut. It is a 203-acre district which included 1,084 contributing buildings when it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. ()

Coordinates: 41°19'22"N, 72°54'53"W

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North New Haven (East Rock)New Haven United States

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Whitney Avenue Historic District – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University Art Gallery, East Rock Park, Yale Center for British Art.

0.6 miSW
Museum, Natural history museum, History museum
Peabody Museum of Natural History, New Haven
15 min walk • Nestled in the heart of New Haven, Connecticut, the Peabody Museum of Natural History offers a captivating journey through the Earth's past for visitors and locals alike. This renowned institution is a part of Yale University and stands as an educational landmark...
1.3 miSW
Museum, Art gallery, Art museum
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven
34 min walk • The Yale University Art Gallery is the oldest university art museum in the Western Hemisphere. It houses a major encyclopedic collection of art in several interconnected buildings on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
0.7 miNE
Park, Queen Anne architecture, Shingle style architecture
East Rock Park, New Haven
18 min walk • East Rock Park is a park in the city of New Haven and the town of Hamden, Connecticut that is operated as a New Haven city park. The park surrounds and includes the mountainous ridge named East Rock and was developed with naturalistic landscaping. The entire 427-acre park is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
1.3 miSW
Collection of 16th- to 19th-century art
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
34 min walk • The Yale Center for British Art at Yale University in downtown New Haven, Connecticut, houses the largest and most comprehensive collection of British art outside the United Kingdom.
1.2 miSW
Museum, Universities and schools, Art gallery
Yale School of Art, New Haven
32 min walk • The Yale School of Art is the art school of Yale University. Founded in 1869 as the first professional fine arts school in the United States, it grants Masters of Fine Arts degrees to students completing a two-year course in graphic design, painting/printmaking, photography, or sculpture.
0.7 miSW
Game and entertainment center, Hockey, Sport venue
Ingalls Rink, New Haven
18 min walk • David S. Ingalls Rink is a hockey rink in New Haven, Connecticut, designed by architect Eero Saarinen and built between 1953 and 1958 for Yale University. It is commonly referred to as The Whale, due to its shape. The building was constructed for $1.5 million, which was double its original cost estimate.
0.6 miNE
Historical place, Memorial
Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, New Haven
16 min walk • The Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument is a war memorial located on the 366-foot summit of East Rock in New Haven, Connecticut. It is visible for miles from the surrounding area and Long Island Sound.
0.6 miNE
Natural attraction, Park, Trail
East Rock, New Haven
16 min walk • East Rock of south-central Connecticut, United States, with a high point of 366 feet, is a 1.4-mile long trap rock ridge located primarily in the neighborhood of East Rock on the north side of the city of New Haven.
0.8 miSW
Hiking trail, Hiking
Farmington Canal Heritage Trail, New Haven
22 min walk • The Farmington Canal Heritage Trail is an 81.2-mile multi-use rail trail located in Connecticut and Massachusetts. The trail was built on former New Haven and Northampton Company railbed, which was constructed along the route of the Farmington Canal in Connecticut and the Hampshire and Hampden Canal in Massachusetts, respectively.
0.6 miN
Church
St. Thomas's Episcopal Church, New Haven
17 min walk • St. Thomas's Episcopal Church is a parish church of the Episcopal Church located in New Haven, Connecticut. Founded in 1848, the original English Gothic church was completed in 1855 on Elm Street, on the site of a temporary chapel the parish built in 1849.
1 miSW
Music venue, Nightlife, Concerts and shows
Woolsey Hall, New Haven
26 min walk • Woolsey Hall is the primary auditorium at Yale University, located on the campus' Hewitt Quadrangle in New Haven, Connecticut. It was built as part of the Bicentennial Buildings complex that includes the Memorial Rotunda and the University Commons, designed by the firm Carrère and Hastings for the Yale bicentennial celebration in 1901.

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Which popular attractions are close to Whitney Avenue Historic District?

Nearby attractions include Hall-Benedict Drug Company Building, New Haven (5 min walk), East Rock, New Haven (6 min walk), Atwater–Ciampolini House, New Haven (9 min walk), Betts House, New Haven (10 min walk).

How to get to Whitney Avenue Historic District by public transport?

The nearest stations to Whitney Avenue Historic District:

Bus

Whitney/Linden • Lines: Orange Line (Day) (4 min walk)
Canner/Whitney • Lines: Blue Line (Day), Blue Line (Weekend), Orange Line (Day) (5 min walk)