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Join HNP Executive Director, Wes Haynes, for A VIRTUAL WALKING TOUR OF THE SOUTH END HISTORIC DISTRICT Thursday, November 6, 6:30 pmFerguson Library Main BranchAdmission is free

Stamford has been known as a developer’s town for about 150 years. So it was no surprise last week when Bedford Hall, a neoclassical building with four tall columns and wide front steps, which stood at 545 Bedford St. for 110 years, was demolished....

June 10, 2014 — May has been deemed preservation month by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and for the past 25 years across the country, the notion of preservation and a collective spirit of valuing and preserving our...

Historic Neighborhood Preservation invites you to a talk about the Historic Turn of River Bridge with HNP Executive Director, Wes Haynes and Founder, Renee Kahn. Sunday, May 18 at 3:00-4:00 North Stamford Congregational Church 31 Cascade Road,...

One of Stamford’s greatest landmarks, 545 Bedford Street has graced downtown with its welcoming portico for a century, serving generations of Stamford residents as Bedford Hall (a fashionable inn), Brockton Manor (a...

Before he became FDR’s fiercest defender of the New Deal, Attorney General Homer Cummings was best known as the Mayor of Stamford responsible for acquiring the land to be called Halloween Park and as a Fairfield County Prosecutor with a...

Stamford lost an invaluable historic treasure last Monday after the City issued a permit to demolish the 243 year old house of Revolutionary War veteran Andrew Doherty (1721-1809) at 808 High Ridge Road.  In doing so, the City of Stamford...