Julius Deming was a prominent merchant whose house is on North Street in Litchfield. Erected from 1790 to 1793, the Deming house was designed and built by the important builder William Sprats, whose other work includes the house in Farmington called Oldgate, built around the same time as the Deming House. In the later nineteenth century, the house was used by Deming’s daughter Lucretia Deming as a summer home. She planted linden trees in front of the house, which became known as “The Lindens.” The house remained in the Deming family until 1910. There have been many Colonial Revival-style alterations made over the years, including the addition of a mansard roof with flared eaves in 1936. The house is still considered one of Connecticut’s best examples of the Federal style.
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Thanks so much again Daniel for posting all the information that you have on these amazing homes!! It seems every home I have photographed you have a description for, so I have added links on some of my photos to your site for people to get more information on the homes.
Btw Daniel, I added the screen print that I did of the website that stole my photo, Castle Largo if you are interested, it is here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/40361995@N02/3913531381/
(Note: I may not keep the screen print up on my site for long. Its there for now in the event you see this post and want to review it).
this house is very nice i wish ican have it
William Sprats also designed the Henry Champion House in Colchester, CT, 1790. See NRHP listing for that house: http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/72001323.pdf