Newington Gilbert House
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Newington Gilbert House | |
 The Newington Gilbert House viewed from the southeast | |
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| Location | 1678 Stagecoach Trail, Afton, Minnesota |
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| Coordinates | 44°55′29″N 92°48′11″W / 44.92472°N 92.80306°W |
| Area | Less than seven acres |
| Built | 1864 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| MPS | Valley Creek Residences TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 82003073[1] |
| Designated | April 20, 1982 |
The Newington Gilbert House is a historic house in Afton, Minnesota, United States. It was built in 1864 in what was then the separate community of Valley Creek. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 for its local significance in the themes of architecture and exploration/settlement.[2] As one of the original houses in Valley Creek, it was nominated for helping to depict one of the many small Washington County settlements that formed around a commercial venture—though one that never progressed to formal platting—and the community's two-decade preference for Greek Revival architecture. Valley Creek was later formally incorporated into Afton.[3]
The Newington Gilbert House is a two-story wood-frame building. The original section has a simple rectangular floorplan. Patterned on ancient Greek temples, it sports as decoration full-height pilasters at the front corners, a wide entablature, and gable returns forming a broken pediment. The double-sash windows have straight wooden lintels. while an attic window at the gable peak has a shelf-like hood supported by small brackets. An enclosed porch stretches across the front of the house and wraps around much of the south side as well. The porch has square columns that echo the pilasters on the main structure.[4]
A transverse wing was added to the rear of the Gilbert House sometime after its nomination to the National Register.
