Pistol Factory Dwelling, Hamden

Name: Pistol Factory Dwelling
Address: Hamden, United States

#12 among attractions in Hamden

Greek Revival architecture

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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. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. ()

Coordinates: 41°20'57"N, 72°54'51"W

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Pistol Factory Dwelling – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: New Haven Country Club, Eli Whitney Museum, St. Thomas's Episcopal Church, Whitneyville Congregational Church.

~1960 ftE
Golf
New Haven Country Club, New Haven
10 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.
0.9 miS
Historical place, History museum, Museum
Eli Whitney Museum, Hamden
24 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.
1.2 miS
Church
St. Thomas's Episcopal Church, New Haven
30 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.
~1030 ftSE
Church, Greek Revival architecture
Whitneyville Congregational Church, Hamden
5 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.
1.2 miSW
Park
Edgerton, New Haven
32 min walk • Edgerton Park, also known as the Frederick F. Brewster Estate, is a 20-acre public park on Whitney Avenue, straddling the New Haven–Hamden town line in Connecticut. It is site of the demolished Victorian home of Eli Whitney II, known as "Ivy Nook". In 1909, it became the estate of industrialist Frederick F.
1.3 miNW
Italianate architecture, Greek Revival architecture
Alphonso Johnson House, Hamden
34 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.
1.1 miW
Neoclassical architecture
Hamden Bank & Trust Building, New Haven
28 min walk • The Hamden Bank & Trust Building is a historic commercial building at 1 Circular Drive in Hamden, Connecticut. Built in 1927, it is a fine local example of Classical Revival architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. Used as a bank for many years, it now houses professional offices.
1.4 miSE
Colonial architecture, Gothic Revival architecture
Atwater-Linton House, Hamden
37 min walk • The Atwater-Linton House, also known historically as Appledore, is a historic house at 1804 State Street in Hamden, Connecticut. Built about 1781 by a descendant of one of the area's first settlers, it was the home of engraver and political activist William James Linton in the late 19th century.
0.8 miNE
Synagogue
Congregation Mishkan Israel, Hamden
22 min walk • Congregation Mishkan Israel, in Hamden, Connecticut, is the oldest Jewish congregation in Connecticut, the 14th oldest continuous operating synagogue in America as well as the oldest continuing synagogue in New England.
1 miN
Neighbourhood
Spring Glen, Hamden
27 min walk • Spring Glen is a neighborhood in the southeastern portion of the town of Hamden, Connecticut. It is primarily residential, mostly single-family homes with a few two-family. Commercial development is entirely on its principal street, Whitney Avenue.
1.1 miW
Education, Beer garden, Universities and schools
Paier College, Hamden
28 min walk • Paier College is a private for-profit art college in Hamden, Connecticut. Paier is the only independent art college in Connecticut.