Day House (Hartford, Connecticut)
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| Location | 77 Forest Street, Hartford, Connecticut |
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| Coordinates | 41°46′3″N 72°42′2″W / 41.76750°N 72.70056°W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | 1884 |
| Architect | Francis H. Kimball |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne |
| NRHP reference No. | 71000909[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 16, 1971 |
The Katharine Seymour Day House is a historic house at 77 Forest Street in Hartford, Connecticut dating to 1884.
Overview
The house is a 2-1/2 story stone (a polychrome assortment of brownstone and limestone) structure, designed by Francis H. Kimball. It is a fine local example of Queen Anne Victorian architecture, with a busy exterior in terms of color and organization, with projecting gables, dormers and porches.
Kimball built the house for Franklin Chamberlin and completed the project in 1884.[2] He is believed to have built the house as a rival to the adjacent Mark Twain House.[3] Chamberlin had previously sold the adjacent land to Mark Twain on which his house was built.[2] The house was later owned by Willie Olcott Burr, publisher of The Hartford Times newspaper. It was purchased by Harriet Beecher Stowe's grandniece Katharine Seymour Day in 1940.[2]
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 16, 1971.[1] It is now owned by the non-profit owners of the (also adjacent) Harriet Beecher Stowe House.[4] The Stowe House was also originally built for Chamberlin.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c d Sterner, Daniel. A Guide to Historic Hartford, Connecticut. Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2012: 152. ISBN 978-1-60949-635-7
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Day House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
- ^ "Katharine Seymour Day House". Harriet Beecher Stowe Center. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
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