Eleazer Williams House

Last updated

Eleazer Williams House
ManchesterCT EleazarWilliamsHouse.jpg
USA Connecticut location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Usa edcp location map.svg
Red pog.svg
LocationStorrs Rd. (Rte. 195), Mansfield Center, Connecticut
Coordinates 41°46′1″N72°11′58″W / 41.76694°N 72.19944°W / 41.76694; -72.19944
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1710, 1750–1775
ArchitectGeorgian
Part of Mansfield Center Historic District (ID72001337)
NRHP reference No. 71000910 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMarch 11, 1971
Designated CPFebruary 23, 1972

The Eleazer Williams House is a historic house in Mansfield Center, Connecticut, United States. It is located on Storrs Road (Connecticut Route 195) near the southeast corner of the junction with Dodd Road. Completed in 1710, it was the home of the town's first minister and has a well-preserved chronology of alteration, illustrating changing building practices over the 18th century. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 [1] and is included within the Mansfield Center Historic District. [2]

Contents

Description and history

The Eleazer Williams House is located in the village of Mansfield Center, on the east side of Storrs Road, south of its junction with Dodd Road. It is a 2+12-story wood-frame structure with a side-gable roof and clapboarded exterior. The clapboards probably date to the late 18th century and are fastened to the framing with hand-cut nails. Its main facade is five bays wide, with a center entrance sheltered by a multi-columned Colonial revival portico. [2]

Construction on the house was begun in 1709 by Samuel Fuller but was completed in 1710 by the town, which purchased the unfinished structure from Fuller in 1710. It was built for the Reverend Eleazer Williams, son of the Deerfield, Massachusetts minister John Williams, and served as the town parsonage for 75 years. The house underwent significant remodeling between 1750 and 1775, giving it a more Georgian appearance with a saltbox shape. Around 1800, the house was again altered, raising the roof in the rear to a full two stories, and in 1853, the c. 1760 chimneys were removed. The house is considered an excellent showpiece of the evolutionary alteration of a colonial-era house over time. [2] :2

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Farwell Barn</span> Archaeological site in Connecticut, United States

The Farwell Barn, also known as Jacobson Barn or Jacobson's Barn, is a historic property on Horsebarn Hill Road in Storrs, Connecticut, on the campus of the University of Connecticut. The property is also the site of the archaeological remains of the Farwell House. The barn "is a 19th-century post-and-beam framed clapboarded barn that was built as part of a family farm and then in 1911 was acquired by the Connecticut Agricultural College, the institution that became the University of Connecticut at Storrs." The corresponding house was burned in 1976. The barn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Meigs-Bishop House</span> Historic house in Connecticut, United States

The Meigs–Bishop House is a historic house at 45 Wall Street in Madison, Connecticut. With a construction history dating to about 1690, it is one of the town's oldest surviving buildings. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. It is now used for commercial purposes.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nathaniel Backus House</span> Historic house in Connecticut, United States

The Nathaniel Backus House is a two-story Greek Revival clapboarded house with a gable roof in Norwich, Connecticut. The house was built around 1750 by Nathaniel Backus and served as his home, it was later moved to its current location in 1952. The house originally began as a Colonial, but was greatly modified to Greek Revival around 1825, reconfiguring the central door to the left of the facade and adding two chimneys. The house is a historic house museum operated by the Faith Trumbull Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sandown Old Meetinghouse</span> Historic church in New Hampshire, United States

The Sandown Old Meetinghouse is a historic meeting house on Fremont Road in Sandown, New Hampshire. Built in 1773, this two-story timber-frame structure is a virtually unaltered late-Colonial civic and religious structure. It is believed to be unique in the state for its level of preservation, both internal and external. The building, now maintained by a nonprofit organization, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978, and the New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places in 2011.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Old Brick Church (Athens, Vermont)</span> Historic church in Vermont, United States

The Old Brick Church is a historic church building off Vermont Route 35 in Athens, Vermont. Built in 1817, it is a modest Federal style brick structure that served as a church and civic center into the 20th century. Architecturally it represents a transitional period, built with the furnishings of a typical 18th-century New England colonial meeting house, arranged on the long axis as was typical of 19th-century churches. It is now owned by the town, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">David Lambert House</span> Historic house in Connecticut, United States

The David Lambert House is a historic house museum at 150 Danbury Road in Wilton, Connecticut. Built about 1726 by one of the town's early settlers, it is a well-preserved colonial-era house with later Federal and Colonial Revival alterations. It is now owned by the local historical society. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">House at 847 Main Street, North</span> Historic house in Connecticut, United States

847 North Main Street in West Hartford, Connecticut, is one of the town's few surviving 18th-century houses. Dating to the mid-18th century, it is a well-preserved example of vernacular Georgian architecture, with a modest entrance surround. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 10, 1986.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Barnes-Frost House</span> Historic house in Connecticut, United States

The Barnes-Frost House is a historic house at 1177 Marion Avenue in the Marion section of Southington, Connecticut. Built about 1795, it is a high quality local example of late Colonial architecture, with a history of ownership by members of prominent local families. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brigham's Tavern</span> Historic tavern in Connecticut, United States

Brigham's Tavern is a historic house and traveller's accommodation at 12 Boston Turnpike in Coventry, Connecticut. With a construction history dating to the early 18th century, it is one of the town's oldest buildings, and is historically associated with George Washington, who stopped here for a meal in 1789. Now a private residence, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mansfield Center Historic District</span> Historic district in Connecticut, United States

The Mansfield Center Historic District encompasses the historic early village center of Mansfield, Connecticut. First settled about 1692, it is one of the oldest settlements in Tolland County, and retains a strong sense of 18th century colonial layout. It extends along Storrs Street extending from Chaffeeville Road in the north to Centre Street in the south, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Elisha Bushnell House</span> Historic house in Connecticut, United States

The Elisha Bushnell House is a historic house at 1445 Boston Post Road in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. With a construction history dating to 1678, it is one of Connecticut's oldest surviving buildings, exhibiting an evolutionary construction history. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">James Hazelton House</span> Historic house in Connecticut, United States

The James Hazelton House, also known as the Hazelton-Hayden House, is a historic house at 23 Hayden Hill Road in Haddam, Connecticut. With a construction history dating to about 1720, it is one of the town's oldest buildings, with a long history of ownership by a single prominent local family. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988, and is a contributing property in the Haddam Center Historic District.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Pelatiah Leete House</span> Historic house in Connecticut, United States

The Pelatiah Leete House is a historic house at 575 Leete's Island Road in Guilford, Connecticut, United States. Built in 1710 by Pelatiah Leete, it is the oldest surviving house associated with the locally prominent Leete family, who were among the founders of the New Haven Colony. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Corban C. Farwell Homestead</span> Historic house in New Hampshire, United States

The Corban C. Farwell Homestead is a historic house at the junction of Breed and Cricket Hill roads in Harrisville, New Hampshire, United States. Built in 1901 by a local farmer, it is an architecturally eclectic mix of Greek Revival, Colonial Revival and Queen Anne styling. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">House at 590 West Street</span> Historic house in Connecticut, United States

590 West Street is a historic house in Southington, Connecticut. Built about 1790, it is one of the town's small number of surviving 18th-century houses, and a well-preserved example of Georgian colonial architecture. It was listed on the National Register in 1989.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dr. J. Porter House</span> Historic house in Connecticut, United States

The Dr. J. Porter House is a historic house at 391 Belleview Avenue in Southington, Connecticut. Estimated to have been built about 1728, it is one of the town's few surviving 18th-century houses. It was home from 1754 home to one of the town's largest landowners. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Evarts-McWilliams House</span> Historic house in Vermont, United States

The Evarts-McWilliams House is a historic house on Georgia Shore Road in Georgia, Vermont. Built about 1799, it is a prominent example of Federal period architecture in northwestern Vermont. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Whitfield Cowles House</span> Historic house in Connecticut, United States

The Whitfield Cowles House is a historic house at 118 Spoonville Road in East Granby, Connecticut. Built about 1785, it was home to one of the early innovators in the development of silver plating, and was still owned by Cowles descendants. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Reuben Curtiss House</span> Historic house in Connecticut, United States

The Reuben Curtiss House is a historic house at 1770 Bucks Hill Road in Southbury, Connecticut, United States. With a construction and alteration history dating from the late 18th to 20th centuries, the house is one of Southbury's finest examples of residential Greek Revival architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">House at 161 Damascus Road</span> Historic house in Connecticut, United States

161 Damascus Road is a historic house in Branford, Connecticut. Built about 1750, it is a well-preserved example of mid-18th century colonial residential architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 Constance Luyster (October 27, 1970). "NRHP Inventory-Nomination: Williams (Rev. Eleazer) House". National Park Service. and Accompanying three photos, exterior, from 1970