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Oyster Point Historic District
  
 An
exceptionally cohesive, well-preserved urban residential
neighborhood, the Oyster Point Historic District is historically
significant for its maritime associations, specifically the
oystering industry that flourished there between 1840 and 1925.
The district contains representative examples of vernacular
domestic architecture of exceptional quality and variety
constructed by carpenter builders. Of particular importance are
the oystermen’s houses, a distinctive 19th century
building type, first influenced by the Greek Revival style, and
the many fine Queen Anne-style houses of the later nineteenth
century. The district also contains the Boulevard Sewage Treatment
Plant, which is notable as New Haven’s first facility of this
type, and significant for the quality of its architecture.
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