West Mountain Historic District Explained

West Mountain Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Location:Ridgefield, Connecticut
Coordinates:41.2981°N -73.5289°W
Architect:Rogers, James Gamble
Architecture:Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival
Added:February 23, 1984
Refnum:84000828

The West Mountain Historic District is a 425acres 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. It is roughly centered on the junction of West Mountain Road and Oreneca Road, between Ridgefield center and the state line. 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.[1]

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  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=84000828}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: West Mountain Historic District ]. David F. Ransom and John Herzan . National Park Service. and