Gustavus and Sarah T. Pike House

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Gustavus and Sarah T. Pike House
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Location164 Fairfield Ave., Stamford, Connecticut
Coordinates 41°2′46″N73°33′47″W / 41.04611°N 73.56306°W / 41.04611; -73.56306
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1880
ArchitectFuller, Waldo
Architectural styleStick/Eastlake, Queen Anne
NRHP reference No. 90000759 [1]
Added to NRHPMay 24, 1990

The Gustavus and Sarah T. Pike House is a historic house at 164 Fairfield Avenue, in the southwestern section of the city of Stamford, Connecticut is a Queen Anne style house built in 1880. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. [1] It is architecturally significant as a good example of a Queen Anne style house in Stamford, and also an excellent example of pattern book application. The building follows a pattern book design by H. H. Holly. It includes machine-made spindle and other detailing that only then became cost-effective with then-modern manufacturing. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Jan Cunningham (December 14, 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Gustavus and Sarah T. Pike House". National Park Service. and Accompanying nine photos, exterior and interior, from 1989 (see photo captions and map pages 8-9 of text document)