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===On the National Register of Historic Places=== [[File:Glasshouse-philip-johnson.jpg|thumb|The [[Glass House]]]] * [[Hampton Inn (New Canaan, Connecticut)|Hampton Inn]] β 179 Oenoke Ridge; also known as The Maples Inn, which was built by the Elwood brothers in Queen Anne, [[Colonial Revival]] style. (added November 27, 2004) * [[Hanford Davenport House]] β 353 Oenoke Ridge (added September 3, 1989) * [[John Rogers Studio]] β 33 Oenoke Ridge; built in 1878 by John Rogers, who was called "the people's sculptor" in the late 19th century. The studio houses a collection of the artist's famous groups of statuary, many sculpted on site (added November 15, 1966).<ref name=socy>{{Cite web| url=http://nchistory.org/ | title=Welcome to the New Canaan Historical Society, Founded 1889, New Canaan, Connecticut, US | access-date=August 2, 2006 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060728071211/http://www.nchistory.org/ | archive-date=July 28, 2006 | url-status=dead}}</ref> "He used this studio from 1876 to the end of his life. The John Rogers studio houses one of the finest collections of Rogers Groups in the nation."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=668&ResourceType=Building|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070405115947/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=668&ResourceType=Building|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 5, 2007|title=National Historic Landmarks Program (NHL)|date=April 5, 2007|access-date=December 3, 2018}}</ref> * [[Landis Gores House]] β 192 Cross Ridge Rd. "With its flat-roofed single-story form, full-height glass walls, and emphasis on horizontal planes, the house he designed for himself in New Canaan is an outstanding example" of modernist architecture.<ref>http://www.past-inc.org/register-right.htm {{dead link|date=December 2018}}</ref> (added April 21, 2002) * [[Maxwell Perkins|Maxwell E. Perkins]] House β 63 Park St. (added June 6, 2004) * [[Glass House|Philip Johnson Glass House]] β 798β856 Ponus Ridge Rd. (added March 18, 1997) * [[Richard and Geraldine Hodgson House]] β 881 Ponus Ridge Rd. (added February 28, 2005)
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