The house at 270 West Main Street in Waterbury was built about 1910 for real estate developer George Schlegel. The Colonial Revival house stands out for its distinctive circular “wedding cake” porches, which have Tuscan columns on the first level and Ionic columns on the second level. The house has long been home to Mulville Funeral Home, founded by Joseph Mulvill in 1891.
The P.C. Turner House, at 127 Federal Street in New London, is an interestingly eclectic Italianate house. It was built before 1880, perhaps as early as 1830–in which case some of the architectural elements were likely added later. The most accurate date is 1849. Its most striking feature is the cast-iron veranda on the west and south sides of the house, which include a dramatic hexagonal corner porch. The house was built for Peter C. Turner, who was a merchant involved in the whaling industry. He was a trustee and partner in Albertson and Douglas Co., a foundry which did business with whalers, cashier and later president of the National Whaling Bank in New London and treasurer of the New London County Bible Society.
The house at 247 Main Street South in Woodbury was built circa 1775 and is known as the Roger Sherman Place. This Woodbury Roger Sherman is not the famous Roger Sherman, but probably a relative. The house looks to have been much altered in the Greek Revival style in later years.
Update (8-9-2015): The 1775 portion of the house is actually the ell and the main section was built later, probably c. 1820, when the property was transferred from Matthew Minor, Jr. to Rev. Samuel R. Andrew, pastor of the First Congregational Church from 1817 to 1846.
The Italianate house at 301 Arctic Street in Bridgeport, now a triplex, was built in 1872 for Calvin Lines, a grocer.
The rear section of the Curtiss-Fabrique-Judson House, at 657 Main Street North in Southbury, was built around 1762-1765. The impressive Federal-style front facade was added around 1810. The house is also known as the Stiles House.
The house at 70 Hillside Avenue in Waterbury was built in 1902 for James H. Gross, superintendent of the Scovill Manufacturing Company. His Tudor house has two Dutch gable ends on the front facade and a Colonial Revival entryway.
At 261 Salmon Brook Street in Granby Center is an Italianate house built around 1858 by J. N. Loomis. The house makes an impression with its total length being 145 feet. James Newton Loomis, born in Southwick, Mass., was the senior partner in the firm of Loomis Brothers, proprietors of Granby’s principal general store in the second half of the nineteenth century.
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