Woodbury Historic District No. 1

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Woodbury Historic District No. 1 is the linear town center of Woodbury, Connecticut. It runs along about two miles of Main Street (U.S. Route 6) from Flanders Road in the north to Old Sherman Hill Road in the south, with some branching side streets. The district covers about 200 acres and includes 161 historically significant buildings. The oldest structures date to the 1680s, and about half were built before 1830, including 13 built before 1740. The Glebe House, built in 1740, is notable as the site of an early Episcopal Church meeting. There are nine churches in the district, including three Federal-style buildings erected before 1820; the Roman Catholic church, built in 1902, is the most visually prominent.

Woodbury was settled by colonists in 1673 on land purchased from the Potatuck people, along a Native American trail that Main Street roughly follows. It was incorporated in 1674 and became the mother town for nearby communities, reaching its present municipal bounds by 1807. It was a prosperous agricultural community in the 18th and early 19th centuries, which is reflected in much of the town center’s architecture.

The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 11, 1971. Its architecture includes Mid 19th Century Revival, Early Republic, and Colonial styles.