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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> |
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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"/> |
Revision as of 05:13, 3 October 2016
Acadian House | |
Location | Union St., Guilford, Connecticut |
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Built | ca. 1690 |
Architect | Clay,Joseph |
Architectural style | Saltbox |
NRHP reference No. | 75001928[1] |
Added to NRHP | September 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
- List of the oldest buildings in Connecticut
- History of the Acadians
- National Register of Historic Places listings in New Haven County, Connecticut
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Acadian House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-01-19.
- ^ HABS survey Acadian House 1936
- ^ Acadians-Guilford, Albert Lafreniere website retrieved on 2009-05-13
- ^ 1755 History website retrieved on 2009-05-13 Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine
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