Bradley–Wheeler House
Bradley–Wheeler House | |
 Bradley–Wheeler House | |
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| Location | 25 Avery Pl., Westport, Connecticut |
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| Coordinates | 41°8′39″N 73°21′41″W / 41.14417°N 73.36139°WCoordinates: 41°8′39″N 73°21′41″W / 41.14417°N 73.36139°W |
| Built | 1795 |
| Architectural style | Octagon Mode, Italianate |
| NRHP reference No. | 84000791[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 5, 1984 |
The Bradley–Wheeler House, also known as the Charles B. Wheeler House, is a historic house museum located at 25 Avery Place in Westport, Connecticut. Built about 1795 and restyled in the Italianate mode about 1867, it is one of the oldest surviving houses in Westport center. It was home to a procession of prominent local businessmen in the 19th century, and also includes a distinctive cobblestone barn that is the only known example of its type in the state.[2] On July 5, 1984, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[1]
Description[]
The Bradley–Wheeler House stands just south of Westport's central Veteran's Green, on the north side of Avery Place. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a clapboarded exterior and a shallow-pitch hip roof with a broad cupola at its center. Its main facade is five bays wide, with a single-story hip-roof porch across its width. Sash windows are topped by peaked cornices, and there are paired circular windows set in a frieze band in the attic level.[2]
Current use[]
The house is the headquarters of the Westport Historical Society and is operated as a Victorian-era historic house museum. On display are a furnished parlor room, dining room, bedroom and kitchen.
The Society also displays changing exhibits of local art, photography and history in the Betty & Ralph Sheffer Gallery and the Little Gallery, which are part of the house.[3]
The Bradley Wheeler Cobblestone Barn, located behind the house, is a heptagonal (seven-sided) barn with a conical octagonal roof. The barn houses the Museum of Westport History, which includes a model of Westport in the 1860s, a model railroad train, photos, descriptions and artifacts about the town's industries, agriculture, history and famous residents, which include many authors, artists and actors.[4] The barn is open seasonally and by appointment.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Bradley-Wheeler House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2021-06-25.
- ^ "Wheeler House". Westport Historical Society. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
- ^ "The Bradley–Wheeler Barn / Museum of Westport History". Westport Historical Society. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
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