Located in Middletown, Connecticut, the Middletown South Green Historic District was created to preserved the historic character of the city's South Green and the historic buildings that surround it. It is a historic district that includes a concentration of predominantly residential high-quality architecture from the late 19th century. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

Description and history The historic district is centered on Union Park, an open green area marking the southernmost extent of Middletown's commercial business district. It includes properties set on three sides (north, south, and west) of the green, as well as properties on Crescent Street and a short stretch of South Main Street. Most of these are houses that were built in the latter third of the 19th century, although the area also includes two of the city's oldest surviving residences. and One property, the Caleb Fuller House at the corner of Main and Church streets, is also included in the Metro South Historic District and

The most common architectural styles seen in the district are the Italianate and Second Empire styles, reflective of the city's growth between the 1860s and 1880s. Both of the district's two churches, the Methodist and South Congregational, are Gothic Revival in style, although the former was built in the 1920s and the latter in the 1860s. Crescent Street includes a number of fine Queen Anne Victorians. One of the older houses, the Mather-Johnson House, is a fine example of Federal period architecture, which has been owned and occupied by two of Middletown's mayors.

South Green Historic District inventory Based on the NRHP nomination inventory except as explicitly noted: 14 Church Street (now 14 Old Church Street(Home page), Doolittle Funeral Service, Inc. Accessed 14 May 2012.), Doolittle's Funeral Home, Queen Anne with hexagonal turret, 1890s, critical contributing property (unnumbered) Church Street (now 24 Old Church StreetSources such as Churches and Places of Worship on the official cityofmiddletown.com (accessed 14 May 2012) indicates that this is now "Old Church Street". :File:Middletown, CT - First United Methodist Church pano 01.jpg clearly shows that the number "24" is on the parish house, not the church itself.), Methodist Parish House, Second Empire, 1880s (or 1868-1869Greater Middletown Preservation Trust's Inventory of Historical and Architectural Resources, City of Middletown Department of Planning Preservation and Development, middletownplanning.com (accessed 14 May 2012), gives this date.), critical contributing property First United Methodist Church (no address, on Church Street, now Old Church Street), 1936 (or 1930-1931While the NRHP nomination says :File:Middletown, CT - First United Methodist Church pano 01.jpg clearly shows the date 1930 on the cornerstone. Greater Middletown Preservation Trust's Inventory of Historical and Architectural Resources, City of Middletown Department of Planning Preservation and Development, middletownplanning.com (accessed 14 May 2012), gives 1931.), critical contributing property (unnumbered) Church Street (now 8 Broad Street, corner of Church Contact Us, Congregation Adath Israel. Accessed 14 May 2012.), Synagogue (Congregation Adath Israel), brick blocklike structure with low dome, non-essential contributing property 38 South Main Street (now 11 South Main StreetList of sites, "Escape on the Underground Railroad", ctfreedomtrail.org. Accessed 14 May 2012.), 1811–1813, Federal style with Greek Revival embellishments, Mather-Douglas House (or Mather-Douglas-Santangelo House, as cited above, p. 6 of PDF.), critical contributing property 29 South Main Street, 1880–1890, Italianate, critical contributing property 27 South Main Street, 1880–1890, Italianate with belvedere, contributing property 65 South Main Street, 1880–1890, Italianate, critical contributing property 63 South Main Street, 1880–1890, Italianate with wrought iron porch, critical contributing property 61 South Main Street, 1880–1890, Italianate, contributing property 40 South Main Street, 1880–1890, plain, multi-gabled rambling house, contributing property 36 South Main Street, 1790–1800, Michael's Beauty Salon, 3-bay, 5 course brick band, box cornice, gable roof, contributing property 34 & 32 South Main Street, 1880–1890, double bay projections, pediment dormers, large porch, contributing property 22 South Main Street,First digit illegible in [online copy of NRHP nomination] accessed 14 May 2012, but address is also given in Greater Middletown Preservation Trust's Inventory of Historical and Architectural Resources. D'Angelo's Funeral Home, early 1900s (1902), 5-bay, gambrel roof house with Georgian symmetry, contributing property 33 Pleasant Street, White-Stoddard House, 1870-1880 (1870), Second Empire, brick, critical contributing property. Now Masonic Temple Building.Lodge Directory Sorted By Location, Connecticut Freemasons (ctfreemasons.net), accessed 14 May 2012; this also confirms the address, which is missing its first digit in the inventory. Also confirmed by : PDF p. 19-20. 27 Pleasant Street, Hayes-Chaffe House,Greater Middletown Preservation Trust's Inventory of Historical and Architectural Resources, City of Middletown Department of Planning Preservation and Development, middletownplanning.com (accessed 14 May 2012), gives this name. 1870-1880 (1872-1873), Second Empire, critical contributing property 21 Pleasant Street, Joseph Rockwell House, as cited above, p. 2 of PDF. This also confirms the house number, which is missing its first digit in the inventory. or Rockwell-Sumner House, 1750, 5-bay, double overhang, Colonial Georgian, critical contributing property 19Caution on citation: first digit illegible in [online copy of NRHP nomination] accessed 14 May 2012. & 17 Pleasant Street (now 15 Pleasant Street: PDF p. 18-19 shows what seems rather clearly this house at #15, so it may well have been 15 Pleasant Street even in 1975. :File:Middletown, CT - 15 Pleasant St 01.jpg (2012) is the same house, now rooming house Hogan House. Cassandra Day, Deceased Inmate Was Center of High-Profile Murder Case, Middletown Patch, 28 March 2012 ties together "Hogan House" and 15 Pleasant Street. Greater Middletown Preservation Trust's Inventory of Historical and Architectural Resources also gives the address as #15), Smith-Stiles House,Greater Middletown Preservation Trust's Inventory of Historical and Architectural Resources 1870-1880 (1870-1871), Second Empire, double house, critical contributing property (no number) Pleasant Street (or 9 Pleasant StreetGreater Middletown Preservation Trust's Inventory of Historical and Architectural Resources, City of Middletown Department of Planning Preservation and Development, middletownplanning.com (accessed 14 May 2012), gives this address.), South Congregational Church, 1868, Gothic Revival with spire, critical contributing property 57-83 Main Street Extension, 1870–1880, Second Empire Apartment House, critical contributing property 55 Crescent Street, Wilcox-Meech House, 1880-1890 (1871), Italianate, 3-story brick with belvedere, critical contributing property , as cited above, p. 2 of PDF confirms the house number, which is missing its first digit in the inventory. Also confirmed by :File:Middletown, CT - 55 Crescent St 01.jpg 49 Crescent Street, George R. Finley House, 1880-1890 (1872-1873), Italianate with mansard roof, critical contributing property 43 Crescent Street, 1890–1900, 2 story, 3-bay with gable front, side bay projection, contributing propertyThis may be the same property that Greater Middletown Preservation Trust's Inventory of Historical and Architectural Resources, City of Middletown Department of Planning Preservation and Development, middletownplanning.com (accessed 14 May 2012) refers to as 45 Crescent Street and dates as late 19th century. 41 Crescent Street, 1880–1890, gingerbread, stick style Victorian, critical contributing propertyThis may be the same property that Greater Middletown Preservation Trust's Inventory of Historical and Architectural Resources, City of Middletown Department of Planning Preservation and Development, middletownplanning.com (accessed 14 May 2012) refers to as 35-41 Crescent Street and dates as late 19th century. 33 Crescent Street, 1890–1900, very plain Gothic, contributing property 31 & 29 Crescent Street, 1870–1880, large scale, Second Empire, contributing property 15 Crescent Street, 1870-1880 (1877), Queen Anne, stick style with barge board and turret, contributing property 11 Crescent Street, 1900, large rambling multi-gable house, contributing property 4 Crescent Street, 1880–1890, Queen Anne, critical contributing property 8 Crescent Street, 1880–1890, Victorian stick style, critical contributing property

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See also National Register of Historic Places listings in Middletown, Connecticut

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