Bridgeport Downtown South Historic District

Bridgeport Downtown South Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
The former Mechanics & Farmers Savings Bank building
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Location	Roughly bounded by Elm, Cannon, Main, Gilbert, and Broad Sts., Bridgeport, Connecticut
Coordinates	41°10′37″N 73°11′30″W / 41.17694°N 73.19167°W / 41.17694; -73.19167
Area	27 acres (11 ha)
Architect	Cass Gilbert and others
Architectural style	Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian, Moderne
MPS	Downtown Bridgeport MRA
NRHP reference No.	87001402[1]
Added to NRHP	September 3, 1987

The Bridgeport Downtown South Historic District encompasses the historic elements of the southern part of downtown Bridgeport, Connecticut. It is 27 acres (11 ha) in size, roughly bordered on the east by Main and Middle Streets, on the north by Elm Street, the west by Broad Street, and the south by Cesar Batalla Way. This area includes the highest concentration of buildings developed in the commercial downtown between about 1840 and the 1930s, the period of the city's major growth as a manufacturing center, and includes a diversity of architectural styles representative of that time period. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.^[1]