The Division Street Historic District encompasses one of the best-preserved 19th-century residential areas of Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Now separated from downtown Bridgeport by the Connecticut Route 25 highway, the area includes a cross-section of 19th-century architectural styles, as well as a diversity of sophistication, from working-class accommodations to high-style Victorian mansions.

[2] The area from Park Street east was an enclave for some of Bridgeport's most affluent and influential residents.

[2] One of the city's most controversial 19th-century developments took place along Cottage and Lewis Streets, in the heart of the district.

Barnum, the circus showman and city booster, sought to place a residential development on the site of an old cemetery in this area.