Hamden Memorial Town Hall, Hamden

Name: Hamden Memorial Town Hall
Address: Hamden, United States

#2 among attractions in Hamden

City hall, Neoclassical architecture, Colonial revival architecture

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The Hamden Memorial Town Hall houses the municipal offices of the town of Hamden, Connecticut, and serves as a memorial to its military service people. Located at junction of Dixwell and Whitney Avenues and completed in 1924, it is a prominent local example of Colonial and Classical Revival architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. ()

Coordinates: 41°23'2"N, 72°54'8"W

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Hamden Memorial Town Hall – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: New Haven Country Club, Sleeping Giant, Eli Whitney Museum, Ireland's Great Hunger Museum.

2.4 miS
Golf
New Haven Country Club, New Haven
62 min walk • New Haven Country Club is a private country club located in Hamden, Connecticut. Founded in 1898 NHCC is one of the oldest golf courses in America.
3.3 miN
State park, Park
Sleeping Giant, Hamden
84 min walk • Sleeping Giant, is a rugged traprock mountain with a high point of 739 feet, located eight miles north of New Haven, Connecticut.
3.3 miS
Historical place, History museum, Museum
Eli Whitney Museum, Hamden
86 min walk • The Eli Whitney Museum, in Hamden, Connecticut, is an experimental learning workshop for students, teachers, and families. The museum's main building is located on a portion of the Eli Whitney Gun Factory site, a gun factory erected by Eli Whitney in 1798.
1.5 miN
Specialty museum, History museum, Museum
Ireland's Great Hunger Museum, Hamden
39 min walk • Ireland's Great Hunger Museum was founded in 2012 in Hamden, Connecticut as part of Quinnipiac University to document and educate the public on the Irish Great Famine of 1845–1852, as well as its causes and consequences.
2.6 miS
Church, Greek Revival architecture
Whitneyville Congregational Church, Hamden
67 min walk • The Whitneyville Congregational Church, now the Whitneyville United Church of Christ, is a historic Congregational Church at 1247-1253 Whitney Avenue in the Whitneyville section of Hamden, Connecticut. The congregation is now affiliated with the United Church of Christ.
3.3 miW
Park
West Rock Ridge State Park, New Haven
84 min walk • West Rock Ridge State Park is a public recreation area located in New Haven, Hamden, and Woodbridge, Connecticut. The state park is named for the 400-to-700-foot trap rock West Rock Ridge, which is part of the Metacomet Ridge extending from Long Island Sound to the Vermont border.
2.1 miN
Church
Mount Carmel Congregational Church and Parish House, Hamden
53 min walk • The Mount Carmel Congregational Church and Parish House is a historic church complex at 3280 and 3284 Whitney Avenue and 195 Sherman Avenue in Hamden, Connecticut. It consists of an 1840 Greek Revival church with a tetrastyle temple front portico, a 1911 Colonial Revival parish house, and a 1925 sexton's house.
2.5 miN
Universities and schools
Quinnipiac University, Hamden
63 min walk • Quinnipiac University School of Law is located in North Haven, Connecticut. It is one of Quinnipiac University's graduate schools.
1.4 miN
Colonial architecture
Elam Ives House, Hamden
37 min walk • The Elam Ives House is a historic house at 95 Ives Street in Hamden, Connecticut. Built in 1790, it is one of Hamden's oldest houses, and was home to the economically important Ives family, from whom the Ivesville area takes its name. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.
2.6 miSW
Italianate architecture, Greek Revival architecture
Alphonso Johnson House, Hamden
67 min walk • The Alphonso Johnson House is a historic house at 1 Gilbert Avenue in Hamden, Connecticut. Built in 1859, it is one of the town's few 19th-century brick houses, and a distinctive example of transitional Greek Revival-Italianate architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
2.5 miS
Greek Revival architecture
Pistol Factory Dwelling, Hamden
63 min walk • The Pistol Factory Dwelling is a historic house at 1322 Whitney Avenue in Hamden, Connecticut. Built in 1845 and enlarged before 1860, it is an unusual example of a Greek Revival worker's boarding house, built by Eli Whitney II to house workers at his nearby pistol factory.