Enfield Shaker Village: South Family Residence (1852)
Saturday, March 30th, 2013 Posted in Enfield, Organizations, Outbuildings, Vernacular | No Comments »
The Shaker community in Enfield (not to be confused with the Shakers of Enfield, New Hampshire) was established in 1792 and survived until 1917. 100 buildings were once a part of the Enfield Shaker Village, of which only 15 survive today. Living communally, the Shakers in Enfield grew to include five family complexes. The residence building of the South Family, on Cybulski Road, survives today. It is a three and a half story brick building with a wooden belfry. It has been converted into a private residence. There are other adjacent surviving Shaker buildings. Read the rest of this entry »
Smedley and Sturges Storehouse (1772)
Thursday, February 14th, 2013 Posted in Bridgeport, Commercial Buildings, Organizations, Outbuildings, Vernacular | No Comments »
In the post-Revolutionary War era, the Upper Wharves at Brewster Street were the commercial center of the trading port of Black Rock in Bridgeport. The oldest surviving storehouse from that period is at 51 Brewster Street. Built in 1772, it has been greatly altered since then. It was built by the partners Samuel Smedley and Samuel Sturges. Both men were patriots during the Revolutionary War, Smedley being a prominent privateer. Later used as a residence, the old storehouse was purchased by the Fayerweather Yacht Club in 1937 to become their clubhouse.
John C. Anderson Carriage House (1888)
Saturday, January 12th, 2013 Posted in New Haven, Outbuildings, Second Empire | 1 Comment »
John C. Anderson built his grand Second Empire house on Orange Street in New Haven in 1882. Six years later, a matching mansard-roofed carriage house was built on Lincoln Street, directly behind the main house. The building features ornately carved brownstone window trim.
Hotchkiss-Fyler Carriage House (1895)
Friday, September 30th, 2011 Posted in Colonial Revival, Outbuildings, Queen Anne, Torrington | No Comments »
Adjacent to the rear of the Hotchkiss-Fyler House in Torrington is an L-shaped two-story Queen Anne and Colonial Revival-style carriage house built in 1895. It is now part of the Hotchkiss-Fyler House Museum.
Colton-Hayes Tobacco Barn (1914)
Monday, February 14th, 2011 Posted in Granby, Outbuildings, Vernacular | No Comments »
The Colton-Hayes Tobacco Barn in Granby was built in 1914 by Fred M. Colton and was given to the Salmon Brook Historical Society by his daughters in 1976. It is now a museum, located with the Society’s other buildings on Salmon Brook Street. The barn contains a diverse collection representing many aspects of Granby’s past. Adjacent to the barn is the Bushy Hill Mail Hut, which once stood where Barndoor Hills Road meets Bushy Hill Road in the Granby community of Bushy Hill.
Gores Pavillion (1959)
Thursday, September 23rd, 2010 Posted in Modern, New Canaan, Outbuildings | No Comments »
In 1959, Landis Gores designed a pool house (referred to as a cabana) in New Canaan for Jane Irwin, daughter of IBM founder Thomas J. Watson, and her husband, John Nichol Irwin II, a lawyer and ambassador to France. Completed in 1960, the Irwin Pool House is a Modernist structure with a symmetrical cruciform-shaped plan. In 2005, the Irwin family sold their estate, including the Pool House, to the town for use as a park. The pool was removed and the Pool House, now known as the Gores Pavillion, is being restored. It will be used as a center for the arts, to be called The Gores Pavilion for the Arts at Irwin Park.
Ensworth Carriage House (1888)
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010 Posted in Hartford, Outbuildings, Queen Anne | No Comments »
Lester L. Ensworth owned a business that produced iron and steel hardware and carriage parts. He was a partner with George H. Clark in Clark and Company, located at the corner of Front and Ferry Streets in Hartford. Ensworth became sole owner in 1892 and the company was renamed L. L. Ensworth & Son in 1901. In 1888, Ensworth moved his family into a large house on the corner of Farmington and Girard Avenues, in Hartford’s West End. The house is no longer standing, but the carriage house survives. Built in grand Queen Anne style to match the no longer extant house, the Ensworth Carriage House has a variety of Victorian features, unified by its exterior covering of shingle siding. Today, the building is home to a ballet company.
