West Mountain Historic District

Historic district in Connecticut, United States

United States historic place


West Mountain Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

60 Oreneca Road
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Location	Ridgefield, Connecticut
Coordinates	41°17′53″N 73°31′44″W / 41.29806°N 73.52889°W / 41.29806; -73.52889
Area	425 acres (172 ha)
Architect	Rogers, James Gamble
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival
NRHP reference No.	84000828
Added to NRHP	February 23, 1984

The West Mountain Historic District is a 425-acre (172 ha) historic district northwest of the center of Ridgefield, Connecticut in Fairfield County, Connecticut that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. It includes 12 contributing buildings. It is roughly centered on the junction of West Mountain Road and Oreneca Road, between Ridgefield center and the state line. It includes five large country estates developed in the early 20th century. Its "grandest" house is "Orenica", described as "a 1932 Georgian Revival style stone structure of considerable pretension" that was home of Philip Dakin Wagoner (1876-1972), chairman of the board of the Underwood Typewriter Company.

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