Elisha Bushnell House
Appearance
Elisha Bushnell House | |
Location | 1445 Boston Post Rd., Old Saybrook, Connecticut |
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Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
Built | 1678 |
Architect | Bushnell,Elisha |
Architectural style | Colonial |
NRHP reference No. | 78002850[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 29, 1978 |
The Elisha Bushnell House is a historic house at 1445 Old post Road in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. It was documented by J. Frederick Kelly as dating from 1678. Referred to by Kelly as the Older Bushnell House, it is "one of the finest resources in Connecticut's architectural history".[2]: 7 [who said this?] The house was built by Elisha Bushnell in 1678, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1] It is one of very few surviving authentic 17th-century houses in Connecticut. The house has a classic New England saltbox shape, with a five bay facade and a large central chimney.[2]
The Colonial property includes two outbuildings, a barn and a building called the "Slave House".[1][2]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c David F. Ransom (October 8, 1977). "NRHP Inventory-Nomination: Elisha Bushnell House / Older Bushnell House". National Park Service. and Accompanying 8 photos, exterior and interior, from 1977-1978