Historic Buildings of Connecticut - Exploring the Nutmeg State One Building at a Time

Samuel Durand House (1725)

Some sources (including the sign on the house) state that the house at 24 North Street in Milford is the Samuel Durand House, built around 1725, while others say it is the site of the house. This colonial house has a later Victorian-era front porch.

Thomas Sanford House (1789)

Built c. 1789-1790, the Thomas Sanford House, at 111-113 North Street in Milford, was doubled around 1850 (it’s been called a “double dutch house”). The long front porch was added about 1880.

Scottish Union and National Insurance Company (1913)

Scottish Union and National Insurance Company Building

Now used by Connecticut’s Appellate Court, the building at 75 Elm Street in Hartford was built in 1913 as the American headquarters of the Scottish Union and National Insurance Company. The Scottish Union Insurance Company was established in 1833 and merged with the Scottish National Insurance Company in 1877. The building, later used as state offices, was designed by Edward T. Hapgood.

Barkhamsted Center Schoolhouse (1821)

The 1821 schoolhouse of Barkhamsted‘s Center school district was two stories tall when it was built. Due to population decline and the building being in need of repair, it was converted to a one-story building by removing the first floor in 1880. It ceased being used as a school in the 1930s. In 1980, the schoolhouse was moved to Center Hill Road from its original location, near what is now the Barkhamsted Reservoir, by the Barkhamsted Historical Society.

Amaziah Humphrey House (1775)

The Amaziah Humphrey House, at 42 East Weatogue Street in Simsbury, was built in 1775. Capt. Amaziah Humphrey (1754-1822) married Elizabeth Harris in 1774. The couple had seven children.

Wolcott Congregational Church (1842)

The first meetinghouse of the Wolcott Congregational Church was built in 1773 on “Benson’s Hill” in Farmingbury, where Farmington and Waterbury then met. It is now the location of Wolcott Green. Farmingbury became the Town of Wolcott in 1796. The current church was constructed in 1841-1842 on the site of the earlier meetinghouse, which burned down in 1839. Brick additions were made to the church in the 1930s and a parish house was attached around 1950.

Samuel Andrews, Jr. House (1870)

The Samuel Andrews, Jr. House is at 105 N Main Street in Southington. The Second Empire-style House, which has lost its roof dormers, was built in 1870. Since 1958 it has been owned by the Wolak family. Shortly after purchasing it, the Wolaks began to take in boarders and the house continues today as Wolak’s Guest House.