Church
Dixwell Avenue United Church
2 locals recommend
Location
217 Dixwell Ave
New Haven, CT
Dixwell
Tips from locals
Built in 1967 during New Haven’s “Model City” urban renewal era, the Dixwell Avenue Congregational Church is another brutalist architectural gem. Designed by New York-based architect John M. Johansen, the church resembles an artichoke in plan, with cut-stone exterior walls set in patterns of vertical slabs and large windows.