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Hurd House, built in 1685, Hollow Road, Woodbury, CT
Built 1680, with the best clue being that the earliest of homes treat glass like a precious commodity |
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Hollow Road, Woodbury, CT
The Gambrel roof type show the extent of the Dutch architectural influence. New Netherlands used to span from the Hudson to the Connecticut River. Hartford was a Dutch fort built in 1633, which is why the English settled in south of there in Wethersfield in 1634.
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Dutch Colonial, Gambrel Roofed, Hollow Road, Woodbury, CT
http://www.skyweb.net/~channy/CTGuideWood.html |
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Neoclassical Home of Duncan Phyfe (1768-1854), Mansion Road, Southbury, CT
Phyfe was considered the finest furniture maker of the Federal Period, based in new York City. He retired to the area in the 1840's. Neoclassical Home of Duncan Phyfe (1768-1854), one of America's greatest furniture makers |
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Colonial Parsons Home, Southbury, CT
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Moses Austin House, Durham, CT, built 1740
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