Eliphalet Howd House | |
![]() House in deteriorated condition in 2016 | |
Location | 675 E. Main St., Branford, Connecticut |
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Coordinates | 41°18′10″N 72°45′28″W / 41.30278°N 72.75778°W |
Area | 1.2 acres (0.49 ha) |
Built | 1730 |
Architectural style | Colonial, New England Colonial |
MPS | Colonial Houses of Branford TR |
NRHP reference No. | 88002637 [1] |
Added to NRHP | December 1, 1988 |
The Eliphalet Howd House is a historic house at 675 East Main Street in Branford, Connecticut. Probably built about 1730, it is one of the town's few surviving 18th-century houses, and a good example of a two-story Georgian colonial house. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [1]
The Eliphalet Dowd House is located in eastern Branford, on the south side of East Main Street ( United States Route 1) at Sycamore Lane. It is set near the road, on a property shared by a local private school. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a side-gable roof and clapboarded exterior. The front facade is five bays wide, with sash windows arranged symmetrically about the center entrance. The entrance has a transom window, and is flanked by pilasters which rise to a frieze and cornice. The second story has a slight overhang above the first floor, and the gable ends on the sides have a similar overhang as well. The main roof cornice has a line of dentil moulding. The house had a stone chimney at its center, [2] which is no longer visible above the roof line.
The house has traditionally been ascribed a construction date of 1754, but land record analysis suggests it is older, and may have been built as early as 1730. Its architectural features suggest a date no later than the third quarter of the 18th century. The house is one of a small number of two-story 18th-century houses in Branford. [2]
Eliphalet Howd House | |
![]() House in deteriorated condition in 2016 | |
Location | 675 E. Main St., Branford, Connecticut |
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Coordinates | 41°18′10″N 72°45′28″W / 41.30278°N 72.75778°W |
Area | 1.2 acres (0.49 ha) |
Built | 1730 |
Architectural style | Colonial, New England Colonial |
MPS | Colonial Houses of Branford TR |
NRHP reference No. | 88002637 [1] |
Added to NRHP | December 1, 1988 |
The Eliphalet Howd House is a historic house at 675 East Main Street in Branford, Connecticut. Probably built about 1730, it is one of the town's few surviving 18th-century houses, and a good example of a two-story Georgian colonial house. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [1]
The Eliphalet Dowd House is located in eastern Branford, on the south side of East Main Street ( United States Route 1) at Sycamore Lane. It is set near the road, on a property shared by a local private school. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a side-gable roof and clapboarded exterior. The front facade is five bays wide, with sash windows arranged symmetrically about the center entrance. The entrance has a transom window, and is flanked by pilasters which rise to a frieze and cornice. The second story has a slight overhang above the first floor, and the gable ends on the sides have a similar overhang as well. The main roof cornice has a line of dentil moulding. The house had a stone chimney at its center, [2] which is no longer visible above the roof line.
The house has traditionally been ascribed a construction date of 1754, but land record analysis suggests it is older, and may have been built as early as 1730. Its architectural features suggest a date no later than the third quarter of the 18th century. The house is one of a small number of two-story 18th-century houses in Branford. [2]