James Abraham Hillhouse (1789-1841), a poet and friend of the important architects, Ithiel Town and Alexander Jackson Davis, was instrumental as a wealthy patron in the development of the area around New Haven’s Hillhouse Avenue. The street had been originally laid out during the Federal-era town planning undertaken by James Abraham’s father, James Hillhouse. By the 1830s, the area had become a prestigious neighborhood, with numerous Greek Revival mansions being built under the direction of the younger Hillhouse. Among these was one for the wealthy widow Mary Pritchard, constructed using plans drawn up by Davis. Ira Atwater and Nelson Hotchkiss were contracted to build the Greek Revival home with tall Corinthian columns, which was completed in 1836. Like most of the other buildings around it, the house is now owned by Yale.
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Upper Hillhouse Ave. Houses
Yale Hillhouse Ave. 24 James Dwight Dana House 1849 Henry Austin. HLH24 Statistics Dept.
Yale Hillhouse Ave. 27 Rev. George Park Fisher House 1866 [architect?] Economic Growth Center. 1977. HLH27
Yale Hillhouse Ave. 28 Charles Henry Farnam House 1884 Josiah C. Cady. HLH28 Economics Dept.
Yale Hillhouse Ave. 30 Edwin S. Wheeler House 1884. Cowles Foundation. HLH30
Yale Hillhouse Ave. 31 Abigail Whelpley House 1827. Remodeled Henry Austin 1877. Allwin Hall 1919. ALW
Yale Hillhouse Ave. 33 Carriage House 1860 Provost 1966 HLH33
Yale Hillhouse Ave. 34 Luce Hall 1994 Edward Larabee Barnes LUCE International Studies
Yale Hillhouse Ave. 35 Mary Prichard House 1836 Alexander Jackson Davis. Provost’s House 1954. HLH35
Yale Hillhouse Ave. 37 Daniel Coit Gilman House 1866 [architect unknown] Economics Dept. 1957 HLH37
Yale Hillhouse Ave. 38 Henry F. English House 1892 Bruce Price. HLH38 Undergraduate Admissions
Yale Hillhouse Ave. 43 Henry Farnam House 1871 Russell Sturgis. President’s House 1937 HLH43
Yale Hillhouse Ave. 46 Skinner-Trowbridge House 1839 Town & Davis. SOM 1999 HLH46
Yale Hillhouse Ave. 51 Graves-Dwight House 1862 Anthropology Dept. 1956 HLH51
Yale Hillhouse Ave. 52 John P. Norton House 1848 Henry Austin. Steinbach Hall SOM 1979 STN
Yale Hillhouse Ave. 55 Pelatiah Perit House 1859 Sidney Mason Stone. Horchow Hall 1984 HRCH SOM
Yale Hillhouse Ave. 56 Elizabeth Apthorp House 1837. Evans Hall SOM 1974 EVN