Jordan Village, Connecticut

Jordan Village Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
The 1838 Beebe Phillips house (left) and the 1740 Jordan Schoolhouse on Jordan Green
Location	Junction of North Rd. and Avery Ln. with Rope Ferry Rd., Waterford, Connecticut
Coordinates	41°20′23″N 72°8′33″W / 41.33972°N 72.14250°WCoordinates: 41°20′23″N 72°8′33″W / 41.33972°N 72.14250°W
Area	57 acres (23 ha)
Built	1848
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Queen Anne
NRHP Reference #	90001289[1]
Added to NRHP	August 23, 1990

Jordan is a village in the town of Waterford, Connecticut, and the historic center of the town. It was named from the Jordan River.^[2] The village was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as Jordan Village Historic District in 1990. The district includes 58 contributing buildings and one other contributing site over an area of 57 acres (23 ha). It includes examples of Greek Revival and Queen Anne architectural styles.^[1]

Location

Jordan Village is located on land known historically as Jordan Plain, a flat land area at the head of Jordan Cove, an estuary off Long Island Sound. The historic district surrounds the intersection of Rope Ferry Road and North Road.^[3]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in New London County, Connecticut

References

1. National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. p. 171.
3. "Jordan Village Historic District". Adapted from Mary E. McCahon, Architectural Historian, Jordan Village Historic District Comm., and John Herzan, Connecticut Historical Commission, Jordan Village Historic District, Waterford, CT, nomination document, 1990, National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places, Washington, D.C. The Gombach Group. 2010.