Ezekiel Cowles was a prosperous farmer in Plainville whose Greek Revival house is located on Unionville Avenue. Built in 1843, it is one of three houses erected by members the Cowles family on their farm.
Second Ezekiel Cowles House (1843)
Anne V. Torrant School (1874/1912)
The Anne V. Torrant School in Plainville consists of two connected buildings. The earlier Italianate structure was built in 1874, when the town’s various one and two room schools were consolidated into a single building. The second structure was built of brick in 1911-1912. In style, both buildings are similar to other schools built in Connecticut during the same period. The school was called the Broad Street School and later was renamed in honor of Anne V. Torrant, who worked there for fifty years, starting as a teacher in the 1920s and later serving as principal. The school was named for her shortly before her retirement in 1972. Today, the building is no longer a school but has been converted into housing for the elderly and is called the Torrant House.
William Wheeler House (1850)
Capt. William Wheeler was a farmer and stonemason in Plainville who built his brownstone house on North Washington Street himself around 1850.
Horace O. Adams House (1859)
The pink Horace O. Adams House is on Broad Street in Plainville. This brick house, built in 1859, is transitional from the Greek Revival to the Italianate style, although there have been significant alterations to the building.
Congregational Church of Plainville (1850)
The first ecclesiastical society of Plainville began in 1840, when the congregation split off from the church in Farmington to become the Second Congregational Church of Farmington. Plainville was incorporated as a seperate town in 1869. The current Gothic Revival style Congregational Church of Plainville was built in 1850 and was designed by the New Haven architect Henry Austin.
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