Falls Village, Connecticut

Falls Village District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Location	Canaan, Connecticut
Coordinates	41°57′23″N 73°21′49″W / 41.95639°N 73.36361°W / 41.95639; -73.36361
Area	70 acres (280,000 m2)
Architect	Lambert & Bunnell; Multiple
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Italianate, Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.	79002622[1]
Added to NRHP	June 14, 1979

Falls Village is a village in the town of Canaan, Connecticut.^[2] Because Falls Village is the town center in Canaan, the entire town is often called "Falls Village."^[3]

In 1979 the Falls Village District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as an historic district. The district is about 70 acres (280,000 m²) that were built in the middle of the 19th century. The area was selected as a station stop for the Housatonic Railroad in the early 1830s.^[4] It includes 71 buildings.^[4]

1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
2. ↑ Listing of Cities, Towns, Villages, and Boroughs in Connecticut, Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development
3. ↑ Betty Tyburski. "Early Historical Highlights of the Town of Canaan (commonly known as Falls Village)". Town of Canaan. Archived from the original on 2009-04-05. Retrieved 2010-01-28.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} David F. Ransom (October 6, 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Falls Village District" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 7, 2012. Retrieved October 7, 2012. and Accompanying 20 photos, from 1978 Archived 2012-10-07 at the Wayback Machine