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  1. Winchester Shot Tower 1
    Winchester Shot Tower
    United StatesNew Haven
    55 m 10 fl
  2. William T. Rowe Apartments 2
    William T. Rowe Apartments
    United StatesNew Haven
    16 fl 1974
  3. Powell Building 3
    Powell Building
    United StatesNew Haven
    12 fl 1921
  4. Tradesmens National Bank Building 4
    Tradesmens National Bank Building
    United StatesNew Haven
    11 fl 1912
  5. Elm Haven Tower I 5
    Elm Haven Tower I
    United StatesNew Haven
    10 fl 1955
  6. Elm Haven Tower II 6
    Elm Haven Tower II
    United StatesNew Haven
    10 fl 1955
  7. Elm Haven Tower IV 7
    Elm Haven Tower IV
    United StatesNew Haven
    10 fl 1955
  8. Elm Haven Tower III 8
    Elm Haven Tower III
    United StatesNew Haven
    10 fl 1955
  9. First National Bank and Trust Company Building 9
    First National Bank and Trust Company Building
    United StatesNew Haven
    9 fl 1894
  10. Malley's Department Store 10
    Malley's Department Store
    United StatesNew Haven
    9 fl 1900
  11. ▢
    11
    Century Building
    United StatesNew Haven
    9 fl 1927
  12. Elm Haven Tower V 12
    Elm Haven Tower V
    United StatesNew Haven
    8 fl 1955
  13. ▢
    13
    Kilfeather Building
    United StatesNew Haven
    8 fl 1920
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    14
    New Haven Cold Storage Warehouse
    United StatesNew Haven
    8 fl
  15. ▢
    15
    Sterling Dormitory
    United StatesNew Haven
    8 fl
  16. 430 State Street 16
    430 State Street
    United StatesNew Haven
    7 fl
  17. Hotel Adams 17
    Hotel Adams
    United StatesNew Haven
    6 fl
  18. Hoggson and Pettis Manufacturing Company 18
    Hoggson and Pettis Manufacturing Company
    United StatesNew Haven
    6 fl
  19. Gamble-Desmond Company Department Store 19
    Gamble-Desmond Company Department Store
    United StatesNew Haven
    6 fl
  20. Shartenberg's Department Store 20
    Shartenberg's Department Store
    United StatesNew Haven
    6 fl
  21. ▢
    21
    Grace Building
    United StatesNew Haven
    6 fl
  22. ▢
    22
    Forty Wall Apartments
    United StatesNew Haven
    6 fl 1925
  23. First Telephone Exchange Building 23
    First Telephone Exchange Building
    United StatesNew Haven
    6 fl
  24. Hotel Garde 24
    Hotel Garde
    United StatesNew Haven
    5 fl
  25. Loew's Poli Theatre 25
    Loew's Poli Theatre
    United StatesNew Haven
    5 fl 1905
  26. ▢
    26
    Webster Bank Building
    United StatesNew Haven
    2 fl 1948
  27. ▢
    27
    New Haven Gas Company Storage Tank
    United StatesNew Haven
  28. New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum 28
    New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum
    United StatesNew Haven
    1972
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