Editing Fenwick, Connecticut (section)

==Fenwick Historic District==
The Fenwick Historic District covers an area of approximately {{convert|195|acre}} and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.  It includes 60 buildings in the center of Fenwick, as well as the Fenwick Golf Course.<ref name=nris/>

Architecturally, the Fenwick Historic District is composed largely of [[Shingle style|Shingle-style]] residences from early in the century.  The Historic District comprises the bulk of the community, however some residences were built in the 1950s in a more modern style. Of the district's 60 main buildings, 17 represent examples of the Shingle style, with some others in [[Queen Anne style architecture in the United States|Queen Anne]] or [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] styles. Frequent features include gable-on-hip roofs that encompass side porches with minimalist wood bracing, creating a sense of heaviness characteristic of the Shingle style. Other frequently observed common architectural features include flares at the eaves of roofs, upper stories that overhang lower stories, and pent roofs over windows and doors.<ref name="nrhpinv3">{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=95000437}} |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Fenwick Historic District |date=April 19, 1994 |author=Bruce Clouette and Maura Cronin |publisher=National Park Service}} and {{NRHP url|id=95000437|title=''Accompanying 12 photos, from 1994 (''|photos=y}}</ref>{{rp|13}} All of the three are typified in St. Mary's-By-the-Sea, a 1 and 1/2 story church building at 30 Agawam Avenue, designed by Francis Goodwin and built in 1883.<ref name=nrhpinv3/>{{rp|7,13}}

In the late 1800s The Fenwick Golf Course was created from several empty lots in the center of the district and is the site of the [[Stephen Potter]] Cup.  The 9-hole golf course has changed layouts on several occasions, with the most recent re-design in the 1930s following acquisition of the course by the British manufacturer [[Armitage Shanks]].