Gov. Samuel Huntington House

Gov. Samuel Huntington House

Gov. Samuel Huntington House
Location 34 East Town Street, Norwich, Connecticut
Coordinates 41°33′1″N 72°5′31″W / 41.55028°N 72.09194°W / 41.55028; -72.09194Coordinates: 41°33′1″N 72°5′31″W / 41.55028°N 72.09194°W / 41.55028; -72.09194
Area 2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built 1783
Architectural style Georgian
Part of Norwichtown Historic District (#730019751)
NRHP Reference # 70000725[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP October 6, 1970
Designated CP January 17, 1973

The Gov. Samuel Huntington House is a historic house at 34 East Town Street in Norwich, Connecticut. It is a 2-1/2 story wood frame structure, five bays wide, with a side gable roof and clapboard siding. Its most prominent feature is a monumental entry portico, rising a full two stories to a gabled pediment, supported by paired columns. The main entry is flanked by sidelight windows and a carved woodwork surround, and there is a latticework porch above. The house was built in 1783 by Samuel Huntington (1731–96), a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence and a Governor of Connecticut. The entry portico and wide entry section are 19th-century alterations.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 6, 1970.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Gov. Samuel Huntington House" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-01-27.


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