Built c. 1891, the house at 87 Main Street in Manchester is a great example of the Queen Anne style.
87 Main Street, Manchester (1891)
Frankenstein-Hemphill House (1887)
In 2013, local Pawcatuck teen Connor Beverly wrote a book entitled On the Corner of William and West Broad: A True Example of Aristocracy in Pawcatuck. It details the history of the house at 140 West Broad Street, which was built in 1887 and was in the Eastlake style. Beverly was inspired to write the book by a package of letters and photo negatives he purchased on eBay. They were formerly the property of Sally Frankenstein, a young girl who lived in the house. Later owned by the Hemphill family, who sold it in the early 1970s, the house was restored in the 1980s and was for some years the Sage House Bed and Breakfast.
Update: As noted in the comment below, the house was built based on a mail order design by Michigan architect D. S. Hopkins. It is very similar to the house by Hopkins in the illustration below:
Retta Buell House (1886)
The Queen Anne Victorian house at 187 South Main Street in Colchester was built c. 1886. It is listed in the Colchester Village Historic District as the Retta Buell House. Could this be I. Loretta Tew, who in 1877 married Harley P. Buell, the druggist?
Danbury News Building (1893)
The building at 288 Main Street in Danbury, facing Wooster Square, was once the home of the Danbury News and its famed publisher and editor, James Montgomery Bailey. Known as the “Danbury News Man,” Bailey gained national renown as a humorist and chronicler of local life. He was the author of such books as Life in Danbury: Being a Brief But Comprehensive Record of the Doings of a Remarkable People, Under More Remarkable Circumstances, and Chronicled in a Most Remarkable Manner (1873), The Danbury News Man’s Almanac, and Other Tales (1874), They All Do it: Or, Mr. Miggs of Danbury and His Neighbors (1877), The Danbury Boom!: With a Full Account of Mrs. Cobleigh’s Action Therein! Together with Many Other Interesting Phases in the Social and Domestic History of that Remarkable Village (1880), and the posthumously published History of Danbury, Conn., 1684-1896 (1896), compiled with additions by Susan Benedict Hill.
The building was originally a two-story Italianate Block, erected in 1873. Baily had it remodeled and enlarged in 1893, the year displayed on the structure‘s front facade. As redesigned by architect Philip Sunderland with a new front facade, third floor and tower, the Danbury News Building became a prominent landmark, widely identified with the city. It was once featured on the cover of the New Yorker. The Danbury News merged with the Danbury Times in 1933 and to form The News-Times.
Francis Manning House (1882)
Today is the Eleventh Anniversary of Historic Buildings of Connecticut! Pictured above is the house at 2 Jackson Avenue in Mystic. Built in 1882, its design was influenced by the popular Eastlake style. It was the home of of Francis Manning, a banker, and his wife Ann.
Henry S. Gavitt House (1905)
The house at 35 Moss Street in the Pawcatuck section of Stonington is listed in the Mechanic Street Historic District as the Henry S. Gavitt House. There was a Henry S. Gavitt (1861-1928), who was an iron molder in Stonington and is buried in Maine. Another Henry S. Gavitt lived in New London. The house was built in 1905.
Norwich Town School (1895)
The Administrative Offices of the Norwich Public Schools are located at 90 Town Street in a building that was originally the Norwich Town School. According to the city assessor’s record, it was built in 1895. 90 Town Street was also the home lot of Major John Mason. With his son-in-law, Rev. James Fitch, Mason led a group of settlers from Saybrook to found Norwich in 1659. (more…)
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