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Branford

Colonial is the label the register puts on more Branford buildings than any other, 11 of them. Houses make up the largest group by what the buildings were for. 7 of the listings are historic districts rather than single buildings.

The earliest listing here is Stick Style House at Stony Creek, added Dec 27, 1972.

Map

Coordinates come from the National Park Service National Register spatial data, or from Wikidata where the spatial data has no point. A point marks the record location and does not mean the place is open to visitors. Data refreshed November 02, 2026.

Listings

Historic districts

1972

First listing

Oldest on the register

First listed	Stick Style House at Stony Creek · Dec 27, 1972
Oldest construction date	Norton House · built 1715

Listing dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet of listed properties. Construction years come from Wikidata, matched on reference number, and are on record for 13 of the 32 listings here. Data refreshed November 02, 2026.

Building · New Haven County

Baldwin, Timothy, House

BuildingListed 1988

Building · New Haven County

Baldwin, Zaccheus, House

BuildingListed 1988

Building · New Haven County

Beach, Samuel, House

BuildingListed 1988

Building · New Haven County

Blackstone House

BuildingListed 1988

Historic districts

Styles that appear most

Colonial 11Georgian 3Federal 2Queen Anne style 1

Style labels come from Wikidata and are on record for 17 of the 32 listings here. The count is the number of listings carrying each label. Data refreshed November 02, 2026.

Every listing

Timothy Baldwin House▾BranfordBuilding1988

Address: 186 Damascus Rd., Branford
Listed: Dec 1, 1988
Listed for: Exploration and settlement, Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 88002633
Built: 1819
Style: colonial architecture
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Zaccheus Baldwin House▾BranfordBuilding1988

Address: 154 Damascus Rd., Branford
Listed: Dec 1, 1988
Listed for: Exploration and settlement, Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 88002631
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Samuel Beach House▾BranfordBuilding1988

Address: 94 E. Main St., Branford
Listed: Dec 1, 1988
Listed for: Exploration and settlement, Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 88002634
Style: colonial architecture
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Blackstone House▾BranfordBuilding1988

Address: 37 First Ave., Branford
Listed: Dec 1, 1988
Listed for: Exploration and settlement, Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 88002639
Built: 1735
Style: colonial architecture
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Timothy Bradley House▾BranfordBuilding1988

Address: 12 Bradley St., Branford
Listed: Dec 1, 1988
Listed for: Exploration and settlement, Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 88002630
Built: 1730
Style: colonial architecture
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Branford Center Historic District▾BranfordHistoric district1987

Address: Roughly bounded by US I, Branford River on the East and South, Monroe, and Kirkham Sts., Branford
Listed: May 6, 1987
Listed for: Agriculture, Architecture, Maritime history
Significance: State
Reference: 87000636
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Directions ↗

Branford Electric Railway Historic District▾BranfordHistoric district1983

Address: 17 River St. to Court St., Branford
Listed: Jun 3, 1983
Listed for: Transportation
Significance: State
Also known as: Branford Trolley Museum
Reference: 83001278
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Branford Point Historic District▾BranfordHistoric district1988

Address: Roughly along Harbor St. N from Curve St. to Branford Point, also Maple St. E. from Reynolds St. to Harbor St., Branford
Listed: Sep 15, 1988
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 88001583
Style: Georgian architecture
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Canoe Brook Historic District▾BranfordHistoric district2002

Address: Roughly along Bradley St., Cherry Hill Rd., Home Place, Lincoln Ave., Main and N. Harbor Sts., Branford
Listed: Apr 11, 2002
Listed for: Social history
Significance: Local
Reference: 02000335
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Edward Frisbie Homestead▾BranfordBuilding1985

Address: 240 Stony Creek Rd., Branford
Listed: May 16, 1985
Listed for: Commerce, Agriculture, Architecture
Significance: Local
Also known as: Captain Joseph Frisbie Homestead
Reference: 85001058
Built: 1790
Style: Federal architecture
Contributing: 2 buildings
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Edward Frisbie House▾BranfordBuilding1988

Address: 699 E. Main St., Branford
Listed: Dec 1, 1988
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: Local
Reference: 88002638
Style: colonial architecture
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Thomas Harrison House▾BranfordBuilding1988

Address: 23 N. Harbor St., Branford
Listed: Dec 1, 1988
Listed for: Exploration and settlement, Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 88002644
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Isaac Hoadley House▾BranfordBuilding1988

Address: 9 Totoket Rd., Branford
Listed: Dec 1, 1988
Listed for: Exploration and settlement, Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 88002647
Built: 1757
Style: Georgian architecture
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

John Hoadley House▾BranfordBuilding1988

Address: 213 Leete's Island Rd., Branford
Listed: Dec 1, 1988
Listed for: Exploration and settlement, Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 88002674
Built: 1810
Style: colonial architecture
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Orrin Hoadley House▾BranfordBuilding1988

Address: 15 Sunset Hill Rd., Branford
Listed: Dec 1, 1988
Listed for: Exploration and settlement, Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 88002646
Built: 1785
Style: colonial architecture
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

House at 161 Damascus Road▾BranfordBuilding1988

Address: 161 Damascus Rd., Branford
Listed: Dec 1, 1988
Listed for: Exploration and settlement, Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 88002632
Built: 1750
Style: colonial architecture
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

House at 29 Flat Rock Road▾BranfordBuilding1988

Address: 29 Flat Rock Rd., Branford
Listed: Dec 1, 1988
Listed for: Exploration and settlement, Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 88002640
Built: 1790
Style: colonial architecture
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Eliphalet Howd House▾BranfordBuilding1988

Address: 675 E. Main St., Branford
Listed: Dec 1, 1988
Listed for: Exploration and settlement, Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 88002637
Style: Georgian architecture
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Isaac C. Lewis Cottage▾BranfordBuilding1997

Address: 255 Thimble Islands Rd., Branford
Listed: Jul 25, 1997
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 97000811
Contributing: 2 buildings
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Norcross Brothers Granite Quarry▾BranfordSite2003

Address: Quarry Rd., Branford
Listed: Jun 6, 2003
Listed for: Industry
Significance: Local
Also known as: Castellucci Quarry
Reference: 03000315
Built: 1887
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Norton House▾BranfordBuilding1988

Address: 200 Pine Orchard Rd., Branford
Listed: Dec 1, 1988
Listed for: Exploration and settlement, Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 88002645
Built: 1715
Style: colonial architecture
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Hezekiah Palmer House▾BranfordBuilding1988

Address: 340--408 Leete's Island Rd., Branford
Listed: Dec 1, 1988
Listed for: Exploration and settlement, Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 88002641
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Isaac Palmer House▾BranfordBuilding1988

Address: 736--756 Main St., Branford
Listed: Dec 1, 1988
Listed for: Exploration and settlement, Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 88002643
Built: 1810
Style: Federal architecture
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Pine Orchard Union Chapel▾BranfordBuilding2000

Address: 25 Chapel Dr., Branford
Listed: Jul 19, 2000
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: State
Also known as: Union Chapel; Pine Orchard Chapel
Reference: 00000815
Style: Queen Anne style architecture in the United States
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

John Rogers House▾BranfordBuilding1988

Address: 690 Leete's Island Rd., Branford
Listed: Dec 1, 1988
Listed for: Exploration and settlement, Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 88002642
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Route 146 Historic District▾BranfordHistoric district1990

Address: Rt. 146 between Flat Rock Rd. and West River bridge, Branford
Listed: Apr 5, 1990
Listed for: Transportation, Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 90000569
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Short Beach Historic District▾BranfordHistoric district·

Address: Roughly bounded by Shore Dr., Beckett & Clarke Aves., Bungalow & Little Bay Lns, Court, Pentecost & Bristol Sts., Branford
Listed for: Entertainment and recreation
Significance: Local
Reference: 100004544
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗

Stick Style House at Stony Creek▾BranfordBuilding1972

Address: 34 Prospect Hill, Branford
Listed: Dec 27, 1972
Listed for: Architecture
Significance: Local
Reference: 72001322
Contributing: 3 buildings
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Stony Creek-Thimble Islands Historic District▾BranfordHistoric district1988

Address: Roughly Thimble Islands Rd. between Rt. 146 and Long Island Sound and the Thimble Islands, Branford
Listed: Dec 16, 1988
Listed for: Industry, Entertainment and recreation, Architecture
Significance: State
Also known as: See Also:Stick Style House at Stony Creek
Reference: 88002844
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Swain-Harrison House▾BranfordBuilding1975

Address: 124 W. Main St., Branford
Listed: Oct 10, 1975
Listed for: Politics and government, Architecture
Significance: Local
Reference: 75001924
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

John Tyler House▾BranfordBuilding1988

Address: 242--250 E. Main St., Branford
Listed: Dec 1, 1988
Listed for: Exploration and settlement, Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 88002635
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Solomon Tyler House▾BranfordBuilding1988

Address: 260--268 E. Main St., Branford
Listed: Dec 1, 1988
Listed for: Exploration and settlement, Architecture
Significance: State
Reference: 88002636
Built: 1770
Style: colonial architecture
Contributing: 1 building
Links: The nomination form is the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service and is often the best description of the place.Nomination form and photographs ↗National Archives copy ↗Wikipedia ↗Directions ↗

Every listing here also appears on its county page for New Haven County.

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Local history books for Branford

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North Branford and Northford, 1950-1981
Janet S. Gregan and Janet S. Gregan and, 2003
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North Branford & Northford 1850-1950
Janet S. Gregan, 1998
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Guidebooks to historic places and travel in Connecticut

A guide to historic Hartford, Connecticut
Daniel Sterner, 2012
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Connecticut off the Beaten Path®
Cindi Pietrzyk, 2019
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Connecticut Icons
Charles Monagan, 2017
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