The house at 401 Noble Avenue in Bridgeport was built in 1887 for Moses Redshaw, a toolmaker. According to his obituary in The Iron Age, Vol. 100, No. 9 (August 30, 1917):
Moses W. Redshaw, Bridgeport, Conn., general superintendent of the Bridgeport works of the Singer Sewing Machine Co., was killed Aug. 22 by a a fall through a hole in the floor of the factory, where repairs were being made. Mr. Redshaw was 65 years old and had been connected with the business for 45 years.
The George Gould House, built in 1896 for an oyster dealer, is located at 110 Ellsworth Street in Black Rock in Bridgeport. It is similar in some respects to the neighboring Arthur Smith House, another Queen Anne structure, although the Gould House’s tower is not on the side, but off-center along the main facade gable.
The son of house builder David Smith, Arthur Smith was born in the Black Rock section of Bridgeport in 1847. After going to sea in his youth, he went into the coal business and later founded Smith’s Express Company. In 1893, he built a house in Black Rock at 118 Ellsworth Street (he had had an earlier house at 260 Brewster Street). The house was constructed by the Gould Brothers, local builders who lived nearby in Black Rock.
The Everett Bevins House is an 1880 Victorian Gothic house at 6 Riverton Road in Barkhamsted. It is currently home to Sweet Pea’s Restaurant.
After Sabin Smith laid out Prospect Street in New London in 1837, he began selling off lots, one of which was acquired by William Holt. The Greek Revival house Holt built for himself, around 1840-1845, is at No. 19 Prospect Street. It has a later Colonial Revival entry porch.
The house at 404 Main Street in Old Saybrook has been dated back to 1697 or even 1687. By the mid-eighteenth century, the house was owned by John Shipman. This Cape-style house has been altered over the years, but still has four fireplaces and a beehive oven in the kitchen.
At 228 Ellsworth Street, in the Black Rock section of Bridgeport, is an Italianate house with an ornate veranda and wide projecting eaves. It was built in 1853 by carpenter and housewright Oliver Burr as his own residence. After 1860, the house was home to two generations of the Burroughs family.
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