Formerly the estate of Cornelius J. Vanderbilt, Jr., West Hill Drive was one of the earliest planned sub-divisions in West Hartford. Many of the Colonial Revival and Tudor Revival houses constructed there in the 1920s were designed by architect Cortland F. Luce, who also designed his own house at 6 West Hill Drive. Built in 1920, the house combines elements of the two styles which dominated the neighborhood, being a Tudor Revival cottage with a Palladian window typical of the Georgian Colonial Revival. To learn more about Colonial and Tudor Revival houses in West Hartford, check out my article on the subject in the Architecture section of this site!
Cortland F. Luce House (1920)
We have a home in CT that was built by Cortland F. Luce in 1924. It is of English Tudor and Georgian Colonial Revival pedigree but in the arts and crafts tradition. It has the original hand-hewn brick, slate roof, and casement windows, as well as many other original features.
I would like to get information on Cortland Luce and discuss the provenance of our house.
Thank you.
I don’t know much about him beyond what I’ve included here. You might consider contacting the Connecticut Historical Society, which has collections related to the architect: check out this link and also this link