Gen. George Cowles House
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| Location | 130 Main Street, Farmington, Connecticut |
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| Coordinates | 41°43′3″N 72°50′9″W / 41.71750°N 72.83583°W / 41.71750; -72.83583 |
| Area | 5.5 acres (2.2 ha) |
| Built | 1803 (1803) |
| Architectural style | Early Republic, Jeffersonian Classicism |
| Part of | Farmington Historic District (ID72001331) |
| NRHP reference No. | 82004400[1] |
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| Added to NRHP | May 11, 1982 |
| Designated CP | March 17, 1972 |
The Gen. George Cowles House, also known as the Solomon Cowles House, is a historic house at 130 Main Street in Farmington, Connecticut. Built in 1803, it is a prominent local example of Federal style architecture in brick, built for a prominent local family. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 11, 1982.[1]
The George Cowles House is located on the northwest side of Main Street (Connecticut Route 10) in geographically central Farmington, between Smith Drive and Pearl Street. It is a roughly square 2+1⁄2-story brick structure, four bays wide, with a side-gable roof and a rear two-story ell. The main entrance is slightly recessed in the load-bearing brick wall, and is flanked by sidelight windows and topped by a semi-elliptical transom window. The side elevation is notable for a pair of Palladian windows in the central bay, which are set higher than the flanking sash windows. The south elevation, facing the garden, has as particularly elaborate Jeffersonian portico.[2]
The house was built 1803 for George Cowles, around the time of his marriage, by his father Solomon, a wealthy merchant. Both father and son were prominent in town affairs. The son did not have the business acumen of the father, and lost the house in foreclosure to a wealthy relative. Although a number of the building's owners subdivided its larger chambers to increase the number of bedrooms, these changes have generally been reversed.[2]
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References
- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- 1 2 "NRHP nomination for Gen. George Cowles House". National Park Service. Retrieved December 12, 2014.
