140 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport, Connecticut. County/parish: Fairfield.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 14, 1978. NRIS 78002839.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
The Hotel Beach, also known historically as the Hotel Barnum, is a historic hotel building at 140 Fairfield Ave. in Bridgeport, Connecticut. It is a thirteen-story Art Deco tower built in 1927 and designed by Thomas, Martin & Kirkpatrick. It is one of the city's outstanding Art Deco buildings, built when the city was at its peak. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. It is a contributing building in the Bridgeport Downtown North Historic District, NRHP-listed in 1987. It is currently a residential apartment building called Barnum House.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132353884