Hillhouse Avenue

Hillhouse Avenue Historic District
Skinner House, Town and Davis, 1832.
Hillhouse Avenue is located in Connecticut
Hillhouse Avenue
Hillhouse Avenue is located in the United States
Hillhouse Avenue
LocationBounded by Sachem, Temple, Trumbull, and Prospect Sts., Whitney and Hillhouse Aves. & RR tracks, New Haven, Connecticut
Coordinates41°18′52.2″N 72°55′23.6″W / 41.314500°N 72.923222°W / 41.314500; -72.923222
Area18 acres (7.3 ha)
Built1792
ArchitectTown and Davis, Henry Austin, et al.
Architectural styleVictorian
NRHP reference No.85002507[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 13, 1985

Hillhouse Avenue is a street in New Haven, Connecticut, famous for its many nineteenth century mansions, including the president's house at Yale University. Both Charles Dickens and Mark Twain have described it as "the most beautiful street in America."[2] Much of the avenue is included in the Hillhouse Avenue Historic District, which extends to include houses on adjacent streets.[3]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Hillhouse Avenue, City of New Haven". Archived from the original on September 1, 2012. Retrieved April 27, 2008.
  3. ^ Mary McCahon; J. Paul Loether; John Herzan (December 17, 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Hillhouse Avenue Historic District". National Park Service. and Accompanying 22 photos, from 1979 and 1985