Golden Hill Historic District (Bridgeport, Connecticut)

The Golden Hill Historic District encompasses a well-preserved formerly residential area on the northwest fringe of downtown Bridgeport, Connecticut.

It also includes Bridgeport City Hall (a 1916 high school building which has been repurposed), and the Golden Hill United Methodist Church.

The historic district, an area of about 10 acres (4.0 ha), is visually separated from the rest of downtown by parking lots to the east and southeast.

[2] Occupying the entire west side of Lyon Terrace is Bridgeport's city hall, which was built in 1914-16 as a high school to a design by James Gamble Rogers, and was repurposed to its present use in the 1930s.

[2] The Golden Hill area was owned in the late 19th century by the Lyon family, which oversaw its eventual subdivision for development.