page_title: Whitney Avenue Historic District
hierarchical_section_title: Whitney Avenue Historic District
caption_attribution_description: English: This city map image could be recreated using vector graphics as an SVG file. This has several advantages; see&#160;Commons:Media for cleanup for more information. If&#160;an&#160;SVG&#160;form&#160;of&#160;this&#160;image is available, please upload it and afterwards replace this template with {{vector version available&#124;new image name}}. It is recommended to name the SVG file "Whitney Avenue Historic District map.svg" - then the template Vector version available (or Vva) does not need the new image name parameter. Map of approximate boundaries of Whitney Avenue Historic District based on City of New Haven planning maps and using imagery from OpenStreetMap. See also NRHP application for the district (William E. Devlin and Bruce Clouette (June 9, 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Whitney Avenue Historic District". National Park Service. http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/88003209.pdf. ) The actual district lines will vary slightly, such as along irregular rear lines of properties. This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 88003209
context_page_description: 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.
  It is bordered by Edgerton Park and East Rock Park on the north. It abuts the Prospect Hill Historic District to the west and the Orange Street Historic District on the east. Yale University facilities border on the southwest and south. The district is named after Whitney Avenue, the principal thoroughfare in the district, which is lined with mansions or other larger houses, while the smaller streets included in the district have mostly smaller homes.
  Per its NRHP nomination, the district
  is significant as a well-preserved middle and upper-class residential neighborhood which reflects the process of suburbanization in New Haven during the late 19th and early 20th centuries...and which has retained its integrity with few intrusions or alterations....
context_section_description: The Whitney Avenue Historic District is a historic district in the East Rock neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut.  It is a 203-acre (82 ha) district which included 1,084 contributing buildings when it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
  It is bordered by Edgerton Park and East Rock Park on the north.  It abuts the Prospect Hill Historic District to the west and the Orange Street Historic District on the east.  Yale University facilities border on the southwest and south. The district is named after Whitney Avenue, the principal thoroughfare in the district, which is lined with mansions or other larger houses, while the smaller streets included in the district have mostly smaller homes.
  Per its NRHP nomination, the district
  is significant as a well-preserved middle and upper-class residential neighborhood which reflects the process of suburbanization in New Haven during the late 19th and early 20th centuries...and which has retained its integrity with few intrusions or alterations.... The houses in the district embody the distinctive characteristics of several periods and types of domestic architecture, including locally outstanding examples of Queen Anne, Shingle, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, and other styles....
  The district includes 749 "major" buildings: mostly houses but also schools, small commercial buildings, and a firehouse.  Including smaller outbuildings such as garages and carriage houses, there were a total of 1,113 buildings in 1989.  Besides the 1,084 contributing buildings, the district then included 29 non-contributing buildings.  Since that time, some of the contributing buildings have been demolished, such as some garages behind houses, but the character of the district is generally preserved.
caption: Map of district
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