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

83 East Main Street, Clinton (1790)

The hip-roofed house at 83 East Main Street in Clinton was built c. 1790. It was likely been altered later on in the Colonial Revival style.

163 South Main Street, Colchester (1840)

The house at 163 South Main Street in Colchester is transitional between the Federal and Greek Revival styles. It was built c. 1840.

29 School Street, Enfield (1865)

The Italianate house at 29 School Street, in the Hazardville section of Enfield, has elements of the Greek Revival style. Some features, such as the brackets, are likely modern replacements of the originals. The house was built c. 1865.

George Kenney House (1846)

In 1846, George Kenney erected the house at 945 Bantam Road, in the Bantam section of Litchfield. He was a partner in Whiting, Kenney & Son, paper manufacturers in Bantam. He and his partners also owned a store across the street, which was later purchased by Edward Crossman. In 1866, Crossman also purchased the Kenney House.

Jonathan Bishop, Jr. House (1750)

The house at 41 West Morris Road, in the Bantam section of Litchfield, was built between 1742 and 1755 (the first mention of the house is in 1755) by Jonathan Bishop, Jr. The left section may be the original part of the house (so the chimney would have been on the right side), with the right section added later. The original chimney would have been much larger.

George Clemons House (1887)

In 1887, H. S. Patterson of Torrington erected the two-family residence at 1092 Bantam Road, in the Bantam section of Litchfield, for George Clemons. The latter, who owned the house for many years, but only lived in it himself for two years, later served as Litchfield selectman. The house originally had a front porch, with decorative detailing, that extended across the entire front facade.

Joel Clemons House (1755)

The house at 1062 Bantam Road, in Bantam section of Litchfield, was built by Joel Clemons c. 1755-1756, shortly after he acquired the land from his father John. Joel married Sarah Pettibone in 1757. Aaron Bradley and his son-in-law, Henry Wadsworth, proprietors of the Bradley Tavern, owned the house in the 1820s. James K. Wallace and his wife, Abigail Kilbourn Wallace, bought the property in 1826. Their son, Dr. James K. Wallace, practiced medicine in the house. The Wallace family raised the house from being a one-and-a-half story cape to a full two stories. The house’s ell was once the parsonage of the Baptist Church and was moved from its original site on Cathole Road. A different door has been installed since 1987, when a photograph of the house was taken for the Historical and Architectural Resources Survey of Litchfield, Connecticut: The Bantam/Milton Area (1987). In recent years the house was home to Gilyard’s Outfitters, Ltd.