Monroe Center Historic District

The Monroe Center Historic District is a 120-acre (49 ha) historic district in Monroe, Connecticut with significance dating to 1762. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.[1]

Monroe Center Historic District
View across the town green to houses and a church, 2016
LocationCT 110 and CT 111, Monroe, Connecticut
Coordinates41°19′57″N 73°12′26″W
Area120 acres (49 ha)
Built1762
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Georgian, Federal
NRHP reference No.77001392[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 19, 1977

It includes about 60 significant buildings, including Federal style St. Peters Church at the south end of the Monroe Center green. On June 30, 1781, a dance was held on the green for about 600 of French general Rochambeau's troops that were camped nearby, during their march towards Yorktown, Virginia which led to American-French victory in the American Revolutionary War.[2]

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