 The National Register listing was proposed in 2005 to help preserve the historic ferry.The historic district also encompasses farmscapes of the Great Meadows in South Glastonbury that preserve 17th-century land use patterns and Colonial and Greek Revival farmhouses, as well as the homes of shipbuilders and merchant traders near the two landings, including several examples of Colonial and Italianate architecture.The ferry was to be closed by the state on August 25, 2011 because of budget cuts.