Norwalk Green Historic District

{{short description|Historic district in Connecticut, United States}}

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Norwalk Green Historic District

| nrhp_type = hd

| nocat = yes

| image = Norwalk Green 012.JPG

| caption = The gazebo and the First Congregational Church, May 10, 2012

| location = Roughly bounded by Smith & Park Sts., Boston Post Rd., East, & Morgan Aves., Norwalk, Connecticut

| coordinates = {{coord|41|7|7|N|73|24|31|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Connecticut#USA

| architecture = Greek Revival, Late Victorian, Federal

| added = December 14, 1987

| area = {{convert|35|acre}}

| refnum = 87002122{{NRISref|2009a}}

}}

The Norwalk Green Historic District is a historic district in the Central Norwalk section of Norwalk, Connecticut. The district is centered on the Norwalk Green, a common area until 1851 that is now a park owned by Norwalk's First Taxing District.{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstdistrictwater.org/the-first-taxing-district|title=The First Taxing District}} It includes St. Paul's Episcopal Church and the First Congregational Church, both of which face the green. The district contains 54 contributing buildings, 3 contributing sites (the Green, Mill Hill Historic Park, and St. Paul's Place), and 1 other contributing object (World War I memorial on the Green), most of which were designed in the 18th and 19th centuries.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=87002122}} |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Norwalk Green Historic District |date=April 15, 1987 |author=Jan Cunningham |publisher=National Park Service}} and {{NRHP url|id=87002122|title=Accompanying 18 photos, from 1986|photos=y}}{{rp|11}} The district is irregular in shape, drawn to include historic properties in the vicinity of the Norwalk Green, but to exclude non-historic properties.{{rp|17}}

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.

St. Paul's on the Green

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