Chelsea Parade Historic District

Chelsea Parade Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
John Fox Slater Memorial Museum in 1958
Location	Roughly bounded by Crescent, Broad, Grove, McKinley, Perkins, Slater, Buckingham, Maple Grove, Washington, and Lincoln, Norwich, Connecticut
Coordinates	41°32′1″N 72°4′55″W / 41.53361°N 72.08194°WCoordinates: 41°32′1″N 72°4′55″W / 41.53361°N 72.08194°W
Area	205 acres (83 ha)
Built	1850
Architect	Potter,Wilson; Et al.
Architectural style	Mid 19th Century Revival, late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, late Victorian
NRHP Reference #	88003215[1]
Added to NRHP	May 12, 1989

The Chelsea Parade Historic District is a predominantly residential historic district that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. The district is located north of downtown Norwich and includes the Chelsea Parade Green and its monuments.

It includes 565 contributing buildings, two other contributing sites, and six contributing objects over an 205 acres (83 ha) area.

It includes the Nathaniel Backus House, the Broad Street School, and the Converse House and Barn which are separately NRHP-listed. Other notable buildings include the Norwich Free Academy, Christ Episcopal Church, St. Patrick Cathedral, and the Slater Memorial Museum.

The J. F. Slater Memorial Museum, aka Slater Memorial Museum, is a contributing property at 108 Crescent Street, now 285 Broadway.^[2]:44,48

See also

• Neighborhoods of Norwich, Connecticut
• National Register of Historic Places listings in New London County, Connecticut

References

1. National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. William Devlin and Bruce Clouette (June 25, 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Chelsea Parade" (PDF). National Park Service. and Accompanying 25 photos, undated but seemingly from 1988