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The '''Acadian House''' is a historic house on Union Street in [[Guilford, Connecticut]]. It is a colonial [[saltbox]] house, 2-1/2 stories high and three bays wide, with a large central chimney. Its oldest portion was built around 1690, with the leanto at the rear added later.<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=75001928}}|title=NRHP nomination for Acadian House|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=2015-01-19}}</ref> The house has its name because a family of [[Acadians]] who resided there following [[Expulsion of the Acadians|their 1755 deportation]] from [[Nova Scotia]].<ref>[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?hh:1:./temp/~pp_wjYQ:: HABS survey Acadian House 1936]</ref><ref>[http://www.acadian-home.org/acadians-guilford-ct.html Acadians-Guilford, Albert Lafreniere website retrieved on 2009-05-13]</ref><ref>[http://www2.umoncton.ca/cfdocs/etudacad/1755/index.cfm?id=010700000&overlay=doc&identifier=002009&bd=CEA&lang=en&style=G&admin=false&linking= 1755 History website retrieved on 2009-05-13]</ref>
The '''Acadian House''' is a historic house on Union Street in [[Guilford, Connecticut]]. It is a colonial [[saltbox]] house, 2-1/2 stories high and three bays wide, with a large central chimney. Its oldest portion was built around 1690, with the leanto at the rear added later.<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=75001928}}|title=NRHP nomination for Acadian House|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=2015-01-19}}</ref> The house has its name because a family of [[Acadians]] who resided there following [[Expulsion of the Acadians|their 1755 deportation]] from [[Nova Scotia]].<ref>[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?hh:1:./temp/~pp_wjYQ:: HABS survey Acadian House 1936]</ref><ref>[http://www.acadian-home.org/acadians-guilford-ct.html Acadians-Guilford, Albert Lafreniere website retrieved on 2009-05-13]</ref><ref>[http://www2.umoncton.ca/cfdocs/etudacad/1755/index.cfm?id=010700000&overlay=doc&identifier=002009&bd=CEA&lang=en&style=G&admin=false&linking= 1755 History website retrieved on 2009-05-13] {{wayback|url=http://www2.umoncton.ca/cfdocs/etudacad/1755/index.cfm?id=010700000&overlay=doc&identifier=002009&bd=CEA&lang=en&style=G&admin=false&linking= |date=20110719202217 }}</ref>


The house was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1975.<ref name="nris"/>
The house was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1975.<ref name="nris"/>

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Acadian House
Acadian House (Guilford, Connecticut) is located in Connecticut
Acadian House (Guilford, Connecticut)
Acadian House (Guilford, Connecticut) is located in the United States
Acadian House (Guilford, Connecticut)
LocationUnion St., Guilford, Connecticut
Builtca. 1690
ArchitectClay,Joseph
Architectural styleSaltbox
NRHP reference No.75001928[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 05, 1975

The Acadian House is a historic house on Union Street in Guilford, Connecticut. It is a colonial saltbox house, 2-1/2 stories high and three bays wide, with a large central chimney. Its oldest portion was built around 1690, with the leanto at the rear added later.[2] The house has its name because a family of Acadians who resided there following their 1755 deportation from Nova Scotia.[3][4][5]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "NRHP nomination for Acadian House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-01-19.
  3. ^ HABS survey Acadian House 1936
  4. ^ Acadians-Guilford, Albert Lafreniere website retrieved on 2009-05-13
  5. ^ 1755 History website retrieved on 2009-05-13 Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine