East Rock Lodge of Elks #141, I.B.P.O.E.of W. (Current)
87 Webster

United House of Prayer for All People
100 Dixwell
Founded by Bishop C.M. Grace (known by his many followers as “Daddy Grace”). The construction of the church at 100 Dixwell along with the 36 units of moderate income housing was made possible by the use of the church private funds.

St. Martin de Porres Catholic Church (current)
136 Dixwell Avenue
Police Station 4 was converted in 1942 to become the home of the Blessed Martin de Porres Center, now St. Martin de Porres Roman Catholic Church.

Winchester School
68 Gregory
The original Winchester School was built in 1884; the school at 209 Dixwell Avenue was constructed in 1952. Both schools were named for Oliver F. Winchester, who founded Winchester Repeating Arms, one of the largest gun manufacturing companies in the world.

Winchester School (part of Wexler-Grant School today)
209 Dixwell Avenue
The original school was built in 1884; the school at 209 Dixwell was constructed in 1952. It was the first Community School in New England and one of the first in the United States, providing extended hours and services.

Varick African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
242 Dixwell Avenue
Organized in 1818, as the earliest African American church in New Haven, the third oldest in the A.M.E.Z. denomination, and one of the oldest African American churches in the nation. It is considered to be an Underground Railroad site.

Florence Virtue Homes
37 Orchard Place
In the 1960’s, the Dixwell Avenue Congregational Church sponsored this integrated mixed income cooperative housing, named for Florence Virtue for her many good works.