John Osborne House | |
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Location | 909 King's Hwy. W, Fairfield, Connecticut |
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Coordinates | 41°08′14″N73°17′43″W / 41.13722°N 73.29525°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1734 |
Architect | Osborne, John |
NRHP reference No. | 87000118 [1] |
Added to NRHP | February 12, 1987 |
The John Osborne House is a historic house at 909 King's Highway West in Fairfield, Connecticut. It was built in 1734, according to the tax records. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. [1] The house is architecturally significant as an early colonial era house whose intact framing is somewhat unusual in its non-conformance to supposed patterns. Exact age of the house is unclear. There are suggestions the house may have been built as early as 1673. [3]
It is located adjacent to what was the Pequot Swamp, site of the last battle of the Pequot War of 1637. The house may be located on an 80-acre grant of land to Richard Osborne, father of John Osborne, for his services in that war. [3] : 8