West Hill Historic District (West Hartford, Connecticut)

	West Hill Historic District
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. Historic district
Location	West Hill Dr. bounded by Farmington Ave., West Hartford, Connecticut
Architect	multiple
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival
NRHP reference No.	96001366
Added to NRHP	November 29, 1996

The West Hill Historic District is a prestigious residential subdivision of the town of West Hartford, Connecticut. Also known as Vanderbilt Estate, it was first established as a local historic district in 1988 and later listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.^[1]

West Hill Drive is the site of the original estate of Cornelius Jeremiah Vanderbilt, Jr., grandson of Cornelius "Commodore" Vanderbilt and son of Cornelius Jeremiah Vanderbilt. (Not to be confused with Cornelius Vanderbilt II, grandson of Cornelius "Commodore" Vanderbilt and son of William Henry Vanderbilt.) Only the brownstone wall and piers remain of the original estate. The current area was laid out in 1919 by Stanley Dimock and Horace Grant, utilizing brick and stucco in the Tudor and Colonial Revival styles. The subdivision features a narrow roadway and hidden utilities. Most houses date back from the 1920s.^[2]

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ "NRHP nomination for West Hill Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-12-06.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[NRHP-2] "NRHP nomination for West Hill Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-12-06.

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