Allyn Steele House | |
Location | 114 N. Main St., West Hartford, Connecticut |
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Coordinates | 41°46′11″N72°44′37″W / 41.76972°N 72.74361°W Coordinates: 41°46′11″N72°44′37″W / 41.76972°N 72.74361°W |
Area | 0.2 acres (0.081 ha) |
Built | 1775 |
Architect | Steele, Allyn |
Architectural style | Colonial, Center Chimney Colonial |
MPS | Eighteenth-Century Houses of West Hartford TR |
NRHP reference No. | 86002022 [1] |
Added to NRHP | September 10, 1986 |
The Allyn Steele House is a historic house at 114 North Main Street in West Hartford, Connecticut. Built in 1775, it is one of West Hartford's few surviving 18th-century buildings. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [1]
The Allyn Steele House is located north of the center of West Hartford, on the east side of North Main Street, north of its junction with Fern Street. It is set on a lot fringed at the front by a low brownstone retaining wall. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a side-gable roof, large central chimney and clapboarded exterior. Its main facade is five bays wide, symmetrical in appearance, with the main entrance at the center. The entry is flanked by pilasters and topped by an entablature. A two-story polygonal window bay, probably a 19th-century addition, projects from the right side. The interior retains a number of period features, including the winding staircase at the front, and raised paneling in the front parlor. [2]
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