Pratt House (Essex, Connecticut)
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| Location | 19 West Ave., Essex, Connecticut |
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| Coordinates | 41°21′11″N 72°22′58″W / 41.35306°N 72.38278°WCoordinates: 41°21′11″N 72°22′58″W / 41.35306°N 72.38278°W |
| Area | 2.1 acres (0.85 ha) |
| Built | c.1648 |
| Architect | Unknown |
| Architectural style | No style listed |
| NRHP Reference # | 85001824[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 23, 1985 |
The Pratt House is a historic house at 19 West Avenue in Essex, Connecticut The main block of the house, dating to 1732, is a 2 1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a gable roof and a large central chimney. Attached to this block are two older structure, estimated to date to c. 1648 and 1702, both with gambrel roofs. The building's interiors are well-preserved. Six generations of the Pratt family, who were among the first English settlers of the area, resided in this house from 1701 to 1915, when it converted into a tenement house in 1915.[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985, the year it was acquired by Essex Historical Society.
The society offers thirty-minute tours from 1-4 every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday during the summer.
See also
References
- ↑ Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ Gail Gene Nettles (October 30, 1984). "NRHP Inventory-Nomination: Pratt House" (PDF). National Park Service. and Accompanying 11 photos, exterior and interior, from 1984
External links
- Essex Historical Society, with subpage on Pratt House
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