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Whale Oil Row is a row of four similar Greek Revival houses on Huntington Street in New London. They each have a portico with Ionic columns supporting a triangular Greek pediment with a semicircular window. The houses were built between 1835 and 1845 on speculation by Ezra Chappel. The original owners included two whaling ship owners, a merchant and a physician. Because the wealth of three of these owners derived from the whaling industry, the houses became known as “Whale Oil Row.”

See below for images of each of the four houses.

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Whale Oil Row (1835)

One thought on “Whale Oil Row (1835)

  • December 4, 2009 at 12:43 pm
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    Those are such impressive buildings.
    Although I have seen them many times, I didn’t know much about them.
    Good job!

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