Historic Homes | 161 North Main Street
161 North main street
Date of Construction: 1749
A 2-story Georgian style home with fieldstone block foundation and a wood frame, post-and-beam structural system, with a large central chimney.
Elevations
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE
FRONT ELEVATION (EAST facing)
FRONT ELEVATION (EAST facing)
This house was build in 1749 and first owned by Ebenezer Strong, one of the signers of the petition to the General Assembly to incorporate Marlborough, Connecticut as a town, independent of Hebron, Colchester, and Glastonbury.
FRONT ELEVATION (EAST facing)
FRONT ELEVATION (EAST facing)
FRONT ELEVATION (EAST facing)
A five-ranked front façade with a low pitched, side gabled roof. All front windows are simple, two-over-two sash with wood muntins. There is a four-light transom over the front door (possibly original) enclosed within an eared architrave.
NORTH ELEVATION
FRONT ELEVATION (EAST facing)
WEST ELEVATION (REAR)
The windows are simple two-over-two sash with wooden muntins. Both windows are symmetrical to the elevation's vertical symmetry. There is a rounded pediment above the second floor window, indicative of attic space. There is also a wooden bulkhead door.
WEST ELEVATION (REAR)
WEST ELEVATION (REAR)
WEST ELEVATION (REAR)
There is a narrow ell extending out of the west elevation. The main windows are two-over-two sash with wooden muntins. There is a brick chimney on the north elevation of this façade. There is also a small gabled dormer. The typical symmetry of the Georgian style is lost in this elevation.
SOUTH ELEVATION
WEST ELEVATION (REAR)
SOUTH ELEVATION
A three-sided oriel with decorative brackets is an alteration to the typical two-over-two window sash found in its opposing elevation. There are two second floor windows depicting the same two-over-two style as well as the rounded pediment above. An entrance was added with four 8-panel casement windows.
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FRONT AND NORTH ELEVATION
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