Ehrick K. Rossiter

South Orange Village Hall

Ehrick Kennsett Rossiter (1854–1941) was an American architect.

Rossiter was born in France of American parents in 1854. He was educated in the U.S. including at The Gunnery school in Washington, Connecticut, near where he later built his summer home, Rock House. He graduated from Cornell University in 1875. He died October 15, 1941.^[1]

He had a medieval architecture interest with a focus on lookouts.^[1]

Buildings designed by Rossiter which survive and are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places include:

• Glen Haven District No. 4 School and Public Library, 7325 Fair Haven Rd., Homer, NY^[2]
• Haystack Mountain Tower, 43 North St., Norfolk, CT, near Rossiter's summer home in northern Litchfield County, Connecticut^[1]
• Hepburn Library, 1 Hepburn St., Norfolk, NY^[2]
• South Orange Village Hall, S. Orange Ave. and Scotland Rd., South Orange, NJ, as Rossiter & Wright
• One or more buildings in Washington Green Historic District, Roughly, along Ferry Bridge, Green Hill, Kirby, Roxbury, Wykeham and Woodbury Rds., Parsonage Ln. and The Green, Washington, CT^[2]
• One or more buildings in Prospect Hill Historic District, in New Haven, CT^[3]

References

1. David F. Ransom (June 1, 9993). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Haystack Mountain Tower" (PDF). National Park Service. Check date values in: |date= (help) and Accompanying 7 photos, from 1993 (see captions page 9 of text document)
2. Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
3. Susan Ryan (January 5, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Prospect Hill National Register District / Prospect Hill (pages 1-65 of combined PDF)" (PDF). National Park Service. and Accompanying 12 photos, from 2002 (photo captions at page 79 of text document)