Huntington Street

New London's Huntington Street was home to what was known as Whale Oil Row, a series of Greek revival homes owned by whaling merchants. Glimpses of these houses can be seen in both of the postcards pictured here. (Sources: http://www.newlondonlandmarks.org/histdist.htm; John J. Ruddy, Images of America: New London [Dover, N.H.: Arcadia Publishing, 1998], 83.)