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99001568 National Register reference number

Twenty-one acres, on the register.

The Greenwood Avenue Historic District was listed on December 17, 1999. The nomination describes it as the commercial area of the town center, between P.T. Barnum Square and Depot Place, and then lists every building on it.

A 1909 postcard looking down Greenwood Avenue, awnings out over the shopfronts
A 1909 postcard looking down Greenwood Avenue, awnings out over the shopfrontsUnknown author · Public domain

32 Addresses in the federal inventory

The record, building by building.

Reproduced from the National Park Service registration form. A contributing building is one the listing counts toward the district's significance.

National Register of Historic Places registration form, reference 99001568. Public domain.
AddressBuiltStyleMaterialContributing
6 P.T. Barnum Square c.1870 False-fronted siding Yes
8 P.T. Barnum Square c.1980 No stylistic reference brick No
9 P.T. Barnum Square c.1845 Greek Revival clapboards Yes
15 P.T. Barnum Square c.1900 False-fronted siding Yes
19 P.T. Barnum Square c.1900 False-fronted siding Yes
23 P.T. Barnum Square c.1900 Italianate siding Yes
5 Depot Place
Railroad Passenger Station		 c.1880 Stick style clapboards Yes
12 Depot Place
Putnam House		 c.1860 Second Empire clapboards Yes
116-18 Greenwood Avenue c.1875 Queen Anne siding Yes
122-24 Greenwood Avenue c.1875 Italianate siding Yes
123 Greenwood Avenue 1948 Colonial Revival siding Yes
126-28 Greenwood Avenue c.1960 No stylistic reference shingles No
129 Greenwood Avenue c.1860 No stylistic reference shingles Yes
130-34 Greenwood Avenue c.1875 Italianate siding Yes
137 Greenwood Avenue 1948 Art Deco brick Yes
138 Greenwood Avenue c.1845 No stylistic reference siding Yes
140 Greenwood Avenue c.1980 No stylistic reference brick No
141 Greenwood Avenue
United Methodist Church		 1861 Greek/Gothic Revival clapboards Yes
145 Greenwood Avenue c.1845 Queen Anne siding Yes
146 Greenwood Avenue 1980 No stylistic reference brick No
152 Greenwood Avenue 1845 Greek Revival clapboards Yes
153 Greenwood Avenue 1845 Greek Revival siding Yes
154 Greenwood Avenue 1927 English Cottage brick Yes
155 Greenwood Avenue 1845 Greek Revival clapboards Yes
158 Greenwood Avenue c.1845 Greek Revival shingles Yes
159 Greenwood Avenue 1970 No stylistic reference brick No
162-74 Greenwood Avenue 1875 No stylistic reference siding Yes
178-82 Greenwood Avenue c.1860 Italianate clapboards Yes
184-88 Greenwood Avenue
Bethel Opera House		 1848 Italianate brick Yes
189 Greenwood Avenue
Seth Seelye House		 1842 Greek Revival clapboards Yes
190-98 Greenwood Avenue c.1845 Greek Revival siding Yes
77 South Street c.1920 Factory concrete Yes

4 Dated views of the same street

The avenue, earlier.

Published views of Bethel from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Every one is out of copyright and shows a street you can still walk.

A circa-1910 postcard showing Bethel from above
A circa-1910 postcard showing Bethel from aboveUnknown author · Public domain
A circa-1910 postcard of South Street, Bethel
A circa-1910 postcard of South Street, BethelUnknown author · Public domain
A 1914 postcard of the fountain at what is now P.T. Barnum Square
A 1914 postcard of the fountain at what is now P.T. Barnum SquareUnknown author · Public domain
An engraved bird's-eye view of Bethel published in the nineteenth century
An engraved bird's-eye view of Bethel published in the nineteenth centuryO.H. Bailey & Co. · Public domain