Stephen Grannis House

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Stephen Grannis House
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Location1193 West St., Southington, Connecticut
Coordinates 41°37′14″N72°53′58″W / 41.62056°N 72.89944°W / 41.62056; -72.89944 Coordinates: 41°37′14″N72°53′58″W / 41.62056°N 72.89944°W / 41.62056; -72.89944
Area1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Built1812 (1812)
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NRHP reference No. 88003119 [1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 19, 1989

The Stephen Grannis House was a historic house at 1193 West Street in Southington, Connecticut. Built about 1812, it was a good local example of Federal period architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989, [1] and was demolished sometime thereafter.

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Description and history

The Stephen Grannis House stood on the east side of West Street (Connecticut Route 229), a busy through street in northwestern Southington, between Curtiss and Churchill Streets. It was a 1+12-story wood-frame structure, with a side-gable roof, central chimney, and exterior finished in clapboard-like asbestos siding. Its front facade was five bays wide, with symmetrically placed one-over-one sash windows on either side of a center entrance. The entrance was topped by a patterned rectangular glass transom window, and a flat projecting cap with dentil moulding. The windows were topped by similar caps without moulding. [2]

The house was built in 1812 for Stephen Grannis, and is a good vernacular expression of Federal period architecture. Family tradition states that this house, and a similar one at 1137 West Street, were both built by Grannis' father for his two sons on the occasion of their marriages. It remained in the hands of Grannis' descendants, part of the locally significant interrelated Grannis, Andrews, and Tolles families, until the late 20th century. [2] The house has been demolished since its listing on the National Register in 1988; the vacant land is still within the Tolles family.

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 "National Register nomination for Stephen Grannis House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-05-17.