Alphonso Johnson House, Hamden

Name: Alphonso Johnson House
Address: Hamden, United States

#11 among attractions in Hamden

Italianate architecture, Greek Revival architecture

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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. ()

Coordinates: 41°21'26"N, 72°56'15"W

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Alphonso Johnson House – 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.

1.7 miE
Golf
New Haven Country Club, New Haven
43 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.
2 miSE
Historical place, History museum, Museum
Eli Whitney Museum, Hamden
52 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.
2.1 miSE
Church
St. Thomas's Episcopal Church, New Haven
55 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.
1.5 miSE
Church, Greek Revival architecture
Whitneyville Congregational Church, Hamden
39 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.
1.5 miNW
Park
West Rock Ridge State Park, New Haven
38 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 miS
41°19'42"N • 72°56'20"W
Friends of Beaver Pond Park, New Haven
52 min walk • Park
1.7 miS
Park
Edgerton, New Haven
43 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.
2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Regicides Trail, New Haven
51 min walk • Regicides Trail is a Blue-Blazed hiking trail, about 7 miles long, roughly following the edge of a diabase, or traprock, cliff northwest of New Haven, Connecticut.
1.3 miSE
Greek Revival architecture
Pistol Factory Dwelling, Hamden
34 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.
0.8 miS
Neoclassical architecture
Hamden Bank & Trust Building, New Haven
20 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.
2.3 miS
Neighbourhood, Italianate architecture, Colonial revival architecture
Winchester Repeating Arms Company Historic District, New Haven
60 min walk • The Winchester Repeating Arms Company Historic District is a historic district in New Haven, Connecticut that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.