William J. Clark House
Stick Style House at Stony Creek | |
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Location | 32 Prospect Hill, Branford, Connecticut |
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Coordinates | 41°15′37″N 72°44′43″W / 41.26028°N 72.74528°WCoordinates: 41°15′37″N 72°44′43″W / 41.26028°N 72.74528°W |
Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
Built | 1878 |
Architect | Henry Austin |
Architectural style | Stick/Eastlake |
Part of | Stony Creek-Thimble Islands Historic District (ID88002844) |
NRHP reference No. | 72001322[1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | December 27, 1972 |
Designated CP | December 16, 1988 |
The William J. Clark House is a historic house at 32 Prospect Hill in the Stony Creek neighborhood of Branford, Connecticut. Built in 1878–80 to a design by New Haven-based architect Henry Austin, it is a particularly fine example of the Stick style of architecture popular at the time. The house is individually listed for its architecture on the National Register of Historic Places as the Stick Style House at Stony Creek,[1] and is a contributing property to the Stony Creek-Thimble Islands Historic District.[2]
Description and history[]
The Clark House is located in southeastern Branford's Stony Creek neighborhood, an area which flourished as a summer resort colony in the late 19th century. It occupies 2 acres (0.81 ha) on the north side of Prospect Hill Road, with spectacular views to the Thimble Islands and Long Island Sound. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a busy and ornately decorated roofline, including a three-story tower. The roof gables are adorned with woodwork which gives the Stick style its name, and an elaborately decorated single-story porch extends around parts of the building. The tower is capped by a steeply pitched gabled roof, with gabled dormers projecting from its sized. The interior retains many original period finishes.[3]
The house was designed by Henry Austin and built in 1878–80 for William J. Clark,[2] an industrialist from Southington, Connecticut. Clark was a veteran of the American Civil War, and also served in the state legislature, he spent his retirement years in this house. The house is the most architecturally significant in Branford's Stony Creek area.[3]
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References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Stony Creek-Thimble Islands Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-01-25.
- ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Stick Style House at Stony Creek". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-01-25.
- Houses in Branford, Connecticut
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut
- Queen Anne architecture in Connecticut
- Houses completed in 1880
- National Register of Historic Places in New Haven County, Connecticut
- Historic district contributing properties in Connecticut