Enfield Historic District
- Address: 1106 - 1492 Enfield St
Enfield Street has been a main thoroughfare in the town of Enfield since the 1680s. An 18th century meeting house turned town hall and a 19th century church are located here. Many fine residences spanning a period of 300 years have been built along the street, displaying a variety of architectural styles, and summarizing in their history the town's development. In terms of the established criteria for evaluation for the National Register, the district has "the quality of significance in American history (and) architecture" because it possesses "integrity of location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association." Moreover, the district is "associated with the lives of persons significant in (the local) past," and "represent(s) a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction." The "distinguishable entity" that is the district has greater significance than its buildings considered individually. While several of the buildings do have outstanding merit, it is their collective presence that gives significance to the district. The church, town hall, and Thompson mansion are outstanding architecture and are important in the history of Enfield. But it is the range of more than 100 houses up and down the street that demonstrates the development of domestic building and living arrangements in New England over a period of three centuries. A Greek Revival house with an added two-car garage is typical of Enfield. - Connecticut Historic District and Historic Properties Commissions and the NRHP