Elisha Seymour Jr. House
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- Town:
- West Hartford
- Year of Establishment:
- 1989
- Property Authority:
- West Hartford Historic District Commission
- Link to Commission or Municipal Website:
- Features: Building with other landscape features (trees, lawn)
- Architectural Style:
- Colonial
- Era:
- 18th Century
The house is two-story three-bay gable-roof painted brick with the entrance at the center. The side gable ends have returning eaves with slight overhang. Paired large chimneys can be seen above the gable roof. The windows are six-over-one sash, louvered shutters with tops closing to roof overhang. The building has a one-story wing with four chamfered posts supporting the shed roof.
This house is significant because it is one of the few remaining brick houses of colonial vintage in the West Division. The house is associated with Elisha Seymour, Jr. who was a shoemaker. [2]
[1] District information retrieved from the town website http://www.west-hartford.com/.
[2] Report of West Hartford Historic District Commission, 1989, SHPO Library, Hartford.
[3] Elisha Seymour Jr. House, Historic Resources Inventory, Foster Sherrill, 1985, SHPO library, Hartford.
Assessors information and Parcel IDs retrieved from the website www.visionappraisal.com.
Maps and GIS information retrieved from the website http://host.appgeo.com/westhartfordct/Map.aspx.
[NR] Foster Sherrill, Elisha Seymour Jr. House, National Register Nomination Number- 86001997 NRIS, National Park Service.http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/86001997.pdf.http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Photos/86001997.pdf- Date of Compilation:
- 12/31/11
- Compiler:
- Manjusha Patnaik, CT Trust for Historic Preservation