New Haven District Campground

Off CT 177, Plainville, Connecticut. County/parish: Hartford.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places May 19, 1980. NRIS 80004065.

90 contributing buildings.

Also known as:

  • Plainville Campground

From Wikipedia:

New Haven District Campground

The New Haven District Campground, also known as the Plainville Campground, is a historic Methodist camp meeting site on Gladding Avenue in Plainville, Connecticut. Opened in 1865, the campground was used by Connecticut Methodists to partake in the 19th-century trend of religious and recreational camp meetings, and is now a secular community of summer homes. The campground was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 19, 1980.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132354521

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