On The National Register of Historic Places
- Boston Post Road Historic District – 567–728 Boston Post Rd., 1–25 Brookside Rd., and 45–70 Old Kingshighway N. (added 1982)
- Meadowlands – 274 Middlesex Road; the Darien Community Association headquarters. (added November 6, 1987)
- Pond-Weed House — 2591 Post Road (corner of Post Road and Hollow Tree Ridge Road), a Saltbox style home and the oldest house in town. (added November 11, 1978)
- Stephen Tyng Mather House — 19 Stephen Mather Rd. (added November 15, 1966)
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