Hazardville Historic District
The Hazardville Historic District is a historic district in the Hazardville section of Enfield, Connecticut, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Description
The district consists of what was essentially a company village associated with the manufacture of gunpowder between 1835 and 1913. It is an irregularly shaped area of historic resources that surround two interior areas that are not historical.The historic district encompasses a section of Hazard Avenue can still be found near the Scantic River within Scantic River State Park.
The Hazardville Institute building, at the corner of Hazard and Maple avenues, was used for many years as a public hall and community center. It was abandoned in the 1970s and was saved from demolition when it was leased to the Hazardville Institute Conservancy. The building is currently undergoing renovation. When renovation is complete, there are plans for the building to include an exhibit about the history of the Hazard Powder Company.
The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
Partial building listing
Other significant contributing properties in the district include:- 7 Cooper Street, from 1850
- 9 Cooper Street, from 1850
- 269-271 Hazard Street, Greek Revival from 1840, with additional Greek Revival wing added later
- 273-275 Hazard Street, vernacular with Greek Revival elements, from 1845
- 325 Hazard Street, 1850, Greek Revival and Italianate
- 329 Hazard Street, 1865, Italianate and Second Empire
- 353-355 Hazard Street, 1850, Greek Revival
- Town Hall, 359 Hazard Avenue, Renaissance Revival
- Old Methodist Church, 292-294-296-298 Hazard Avenue, c. 1830-1850, was prior Methodist church
- 358 Hazard Avenue, 1850, Greek Revival
- Cedar Street Cemetery
- St. Mary's Episcopal Church
- Superintendent's House
- Queen Anne house on School Street
- Worker's house on Cedar Street
- Cottage with wave molding on South Maple Street