Samuel Farnsworth House

Samuel Farnsworth House
Location 537 Mountain Road, West Hartford, Connecticut
Coordinates 41°46′50″N 72°45′59″W / 41.78056°N 72.76639°W / 41.78056; -72.76639Coordinates: 41°46′50″N 72°45′59″W / 41.78056°N 72.76639°W / 41.78056; -72.76639
Area 1.6 acres (0.65 ha)
Built 1790
Architectural style Colonial
MPS Eighteenth-Century Houses of West Hartford TR
NRHP Reference # 86001990[1]
Added to NRHP September 10, 1986

The Samuel Farnsworth House is a historic house at 537 Mountain Road in West Hartford, Connecticut. It is a 1-1/2 story wood frame structure with a front gable roof. Although the house is placarded 1807, it was probably built in 1797 by Samuel Farnsworth, and is one of the only two-room cottages from the period to survive.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 10, 1986.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Samuel Farnsworth House" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-12-05.
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