The William Towers House is a shingled, gambrel-roofed Colonial Revival-style house at 30 Lester Avenue in Pawcatuck. It was built in 1928.
William Towers House (1928)
Edgar W. Hurlock House (1909)
The Colonial Revival-style house at 2333 North Avenue in Bridgeport was built in 1909 for Edgar W. Hurlock, an employee of the Prudential Insurance Company. According to The Spectator, Vol. LXXXIII, No. 10 (Thursday, September 9, 1909):
The Bridgeport staff of the Prudential held a celebration on August 21 for Superintendent Edgar W. Hurlock, who has been with the company for twenty-five years.
Charles E. Beach House (1900)
On Brightwood Lane in West Hartford is a Shingle-style house, built in 1900-1901. It was once part of the extensive agricultural estate of the Beach family, known as Vine Hill Farm. The farm was begun by Charles Mason Beach, who had earlier established with his two brothers the Hartford firm of Beach & Co., dealers in paints, aniline dyes and other chemicals. Beach settled in the area of South Main Street in West Hartford in 1859, purchasing a farm house. He began buying land for a dairy farm, which soon gained a reputation in the area for its high-quality milk, cream and butter. Beach’s son, Charles Edward Beach, managed Vine Hill Farm for many years and became a prominent citizen of West Hartford, serving on the town Board of Selectmen and being elected to the Connecticut General Assembly in 1907. In the 1860s, Charles E. Beach’s father had hired a German immigrant named Louis Stadtmueller, who planted the vines on the property which gave Vine Hill Farm its name. His son, Frank Stadtmueller, developed the farm’s process of producing infant milk formula that would keep for two to three weeks. Stadtmueller was later appointed Connecticut’s State Dairy Commissioner.
The house that Charles E. Beach built on Vine Hill Farm has an asymmetrical exterior covered with wood shingles, while the interior has rich architectural details. Parcels of Vine Hill Farm land began to be sold to developers in the 1920s, with the last piece of farmland being sold in 1948 by Charles Frederick Beach, grandson of Charles M. Beach. Smaller houses, built on the subdivided land, now surround the Beach House. The home’s original cobblestone port-cochere is now to the rear of the house, because the laying out of Brightwood Lane led to the entrance being shifted from South Main Street to the newer road.
Ensworth Carriage House (1888)
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.
Rev. Edward A. George House (1896)
The 1896 home of Rev. Edward A. George, a pastor of Willimantic’s Congregational Church, at 90 Windham Street in Willimantic, displays elements of the Shingle Style, such as the distinctive curving in the front gable. (more…)
Briggs House (1891)
The Briggs House is an 1891 Shingle-style home on Broadway in Norwich. In 1915, it was purchased from the widow of Adam Reid by Mary Brewer Briggs and her husband, Lucius Briggs, a manager of the coal department of the Edward Chappell Company.
Charles Leonard House (1886)
The Charles Leonard House, an 1886 Queen Anne style home on Walnut Street in Willimantic, features elements of the Stick style.