West_Mountain_Historic_District

West Mountain Historic District

West Mountain Historic District

Historic district in Connecticut, United States

The West Mountain Historic District is a 425-acre (172 ha) historic district northwest of the center of Ridgefield, Connecticut in Fairfield County, Connecticut that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. It includes 12 contributing buildings.[1] It is roughly centered on the junction of West Mountain Road and Oreneca Road, between Ridgefield center and the state line.[2] It includes five large country estates developed in the early 20th century. Its "grandest" house is "Orenica", described as "a 1932 Georgian Revival style stone structure of considerable pretension" that was home of Philip Dakin Wagoner (1876-1972), chairman of the board of the Underwood Typewriter Company.[2]: 2, 13 

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  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. [2]
    David F. Ransom and John Herzan. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: West Mountain Historic District". National Park Service. and Accompanying 19 photos, exteriors and interiors, from 1982 and 1983 (see photo key pages 20-21 of text document)


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