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27-521: The Hall-Benedict Drug Company Building is a historic commercial building at 763-767 Orange Street in the East Rock neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut . Built in 1909 to house a pharmacy , it is a little-altered and well-preserved example of an early 20th-century mixed residential-commercial neighborhood building. The building was listed on the National Register in 1986. It is also

54-595: A contributing property in the Whitney Avenue Historic District . The Hall-Benedict Drug Company Building is located northeast of downtown New Haven, on the south corner of Orange and Linden Streets in the East Rock neighborhood. It is a 2-1/2 story brick structure, built with load-bearing brick walls and a roof that has a steep mansard facade in front and a slightly sloping shed roof to the rear. The front roof face has modillion blocks at

81-493: A "yuppie enclave", which is "increasingly composed of wealthy professionals and graduate students, most of whom are affiliated with Yale University, whose lavish campus lies just over a mile away" East Rock is also a popular destination for cyclists, as a city bike lane runs along Orange Street, the neighborhood's spine. East Rock is the safest neighborhood in New Haven County . East Rock is home to East Rock Park, which

108-476: A combination of microclimates unusual in New England . Dry, hot upper ridges support oak savannas , often dominated by chestnut oak and a variety of understory grasses and ferns. Eastern red cedar , a dry-loving species, clings to the barren edges of cliffs. Cooler north facing backslopes tend to support extensive stands of eastern hemlock interspersed with the oak-hickory forest species more common in

135-402: A seasonal automobile road that climbs to the summit of the ridge, a network of trails, an environmental center, and a rose garden. A number of recreation facilities are located at the southwest base of the ridge; these are also managed by the city. The ridge is completely surrounded by the urban neighborhoods of New Haven and its metropolitan extension into south Hamden. East Rock lends its name to

162-415: Is 1.4 miles (2.3 km) long by 0.5 miles (800 m) wide at its widest point, although steepness of the terrain make the actual land area much larger. Beside the high point, East Rock has three other distinct peaks: Whitney Peak, 300 feet (91 m), a sharp-sided pinnacle on the north side of the ridge; Indian Head, 310 feet (94 m), just south of the high point; and Snake Rock, 205 feet (62 m),

189-506: Is diabase. Diabase is a dark colored rock, but the iron within it weathers to a rusty brown when exposed to the air, lending the ledges a distinct reddish appearance. Diabase frequently breaks into octagonal and pentagonal columns, creating a unique "postpile" appearance. Huge slopes made of fractured diabase scree are visible beneath many of the ledges of East Rock. These diabase cliffs are the product of lava intrusions hundreds of feet deep that welled up through faults creating sills during

216-405: Is frequently visited by families and tourists. The current East Rock neighborhood remained unsettled farmland into the 1800s, when its largest landowner was Abraham Bishop, a prominent New Haven lawyer and businessman. The southernmost streets were developed first, between the late 1830s and 1860, as these were nearest to the industrializing city center. Following Bishop's death in 1844, the rest of

243-428: Is open Thursdays and Fridays from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, and at least one Saturday a month for public programs; it offers displays and information about the geology and ecosystem of East Rock. The Pardee Rose Garden and Greenhouse features roses and other flowering plants from spring to fall, and is a popular place to shoot wedding pictures. The naturalist landscaping and other aspects of the park led to its being listed on

270-439: The rifting apart of North America from Eurasia and Africa over a period of 20 million years. Erosion and glacial abrasion over the subsequent 200 million years wore away the weaker sedimentary layers, under which the sill had intruded, at a faster rate than the diabase, leaving the abruptly tilted edges of the diabase sheets exposed, creating the distinct linear ridge and dramatic cliff faces visible today. East Rock hosts

297-618: The Mill River thence to New Haven Harbor and Long Island Sound; the east side into the Quinnipiac River , thence to New Haven Harbor and Long Island Sound. Both rivers abut the base of the mountain. East Rock is a fault-block ridge formed 200 million years ago during the Triassic and Jurassic periods and is composed of trap rock , known as basalt , if extrusive , or diabase , if intrusive . East Rock, being intrusive,

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324-566: The Mill River), bird watching , and dog walking . Rock climbing , swimming , and alcoholic beverages are prohibited. A number of hiking trails traverse the ridge, most notably the Giant Steps Trail which ascends to the summit at a near-vertical pitch from the south. At the foot of the mountain are located football, baseball, and soccer fields, tennis courts, basketball courts, and playgrounds. The Trowbridge Environmental Center

351-532: The addition of an ell to its rear in 1929. This is in contrast to most similar buildings of the period in the city, which have been substantially altered. The building was designed by Frank Elwood Brown, a local architect who produced a significant number of designs for modest residences and commercial buildings in the neighborhood. East Rock (neighborhood) Writing in the Times Literary Supplement, Hirsh Sawhney describes East Rock as

378-674: The city below, East Rock is part of the narrow, linear Metacomet Ridge that extends from Long Island Sound near New Haven, north through the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts to the Vermont border. East Rock is the central feature of East Rock Park , a municipal park owned by the city of New Haven along the New Haven-Hamden town line. East Rock, located in New Haven and Hamden, Connecticut ,

405-417: The eave, and is pierced by three dormers; the outer two have gabled roofs, while that at the center has a shed roof. The front facade faces Orange Street, and is asymmetrical, with a glassed storefront at the corner that has a recessed entrance. The main building entrance is near the center of the facade, under a continuation of the cornice that extends across the storefront's top. A round-arch window occupies

432-514: The fifteenth ward; the area was the subject of William Lee Miller 's book The Fifteenth Ward and the Great Society . The western half of the neighborhood (west of Orange Street) is within the Whitney Avenue Historic District . The southerly parts of the neighborhood are also listed as historic districts: Upper State Street Historic District along State Street, and Orange Street Historic District along Orange Street. The northern portion of

459-545: The greater New Haven region. Views from the clifftops span metropolitan New Haven, Long Island Sound, and Long Island . East Rock Park is open year-round to hikers and walkers. The automobile road is open April 1 to November 1, 8 a.m. to sunset and November 1 to March 31, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and holidays, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., weather permitting. Activities permitted in the park include hiking , snowshoeing , cross-country skiing , picnicking , bicycling (on roads and city-designated mountain bike trails only), boating (on

486-401: The late 20th century a series of businesses were developed on primarily residential Orange St, including markets and coffee shops. During the 2010s a large-scale addition of 238 apartments was constructed on the 'Corsair' site, a former airplane propeller factory on Upper State Street. The neighborhood is bordered on the north by the town of Hamden , on the east by Amtrak railroad tracks, on

513-492: The nearby upscale East Rock neighborhood of New Haven, known for its Queen Anne and Victorian architecture . U.S. Route 5 borders the east side of East Rock while Interstate 91 crosses below Snake Rock to the south. The Metacomet Ridge extends west from East Rock as series of smaller, unnoteworthy traprock outcrops to West Rock Ridge ; it extends east over another series of traprock outcrops to Saltonstall Mountain and Peter's Rock . The west side of East Rock drains into

540-448: The neighborhood is occupied by part of East Rock Park . East Rock East Rock of south-central Connecticut , United States , with a high point of 366 feet (112 m), is a 1.4-mile (2 km) long trap rock ridge located primarily in the neighborhood of East Rock on the north side of the city of New Haven . A prominent landscape feature and a popular outdoor recreation area with cliffs that rise 300 feet (91 m) over

567-465: The neighborhood was gradually subdivided and developed. Sub-neighborhoods developed as New Haven continued to industrialize and grow, with immigrants arriving to take newly available jobs. An Irish community developed in Goatville (around Upper State Street) and a Polish population formed around St. Stanislaus Roman Catholic Church. A commercial district developed on Upper State Street. By 1900 most of

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594-440: The neighborhood's land was developed. The final blocks, near East Rock Park, were developed in the first decades of the 1900s. Throughout its history East Rock has contained residences of faculty and alumni from neighboring Yale University. As the university has grown, the East Rock neighborhood has increasingly housed the university's graduate students and researchers while many faculty now live outside New Haven's borders. During

621-476: The rightmost bay of the front. Upper-level windows are sash with fixed diamond-light transom windows above. Despite efforts of local preservationists, the original storefront windows were removed in 2020 and replaced with historically inappropriate modern plate-glass windows. The building was constructed in 1909 for Alonzo B. Hall, a druggist who had just entered partnership with Edward M. Benedict. The only significant alteration to its interior or exterior has been

648-471: The southeast by Interstate 91 (between Exits 3 and 6), on the south by Trumbull Street, and on the west by Whitney Avenue. The northeast corner of the area, separated from the main neighborhood by the Mill River and the East Rock hill, is part of the community known as Cedar Hill . The neighborhood is divided between New Haven's ninth and tenth aldermanic wards . Before redistricting , it lay in

675-401: The southern buttress of the ridge. Whitney Peak and Lake Whitney (located at the western base of the mountain behind the dammed Mill River ) are named after Eli Whitney , the inventor of the cotton gin and a former New Haven resident. The Eli Whitney Museum , a museum and workshop with hands-on projects and exhibits on Eli Whitney and A. C. Gilbert, is located at the base of the dam. On

702-660: The summit of East Rock, clearly visible for miles below, is the 112-foot (34 m) Soldiers and Sailors Monument . The monument honors the residents of New Haven who gave their lives in the American Revolutionary War , the War of 1812 , the Mexican War , and the Civil War . East Rock is located entirely within the 425-acre (172 ha) East Rock Park , managed by the city of New Haven, which maintains

729-447: The surrounding lowlands. Narrow ravines crowded with hemlock block sunlight, creating damp, cooler growing conditions with associated cooler climate plant species. Talus slopes are especially rich in nutrients and support a number of calcium-loving plants uncommon in eastern Connecticut. East Rock is also an important seasonal raptor migration path. East Rock is a popular outdoor recreation destination among residents and visitors of

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