Boardman House Inn

The Boardman House Inn is a bed and breakfast located in the historic district of East Haddam, Connecticut. Its building was built in c.1860, added to the National Register of Historical Places in 1983[1] and converted to a bed and breakfast in 2010.

Boardman House Inn
Location8 Norwich Rd, East Haddam, Connecticut
Coordinates41°28′5.534″N 72°23′28.802″W
Builtc.1860
Architectural styleItalianate
Part ofEast Haddam Historic District (ID83001273[1])
Added to NRHP1983

The house is named as the Luther Boardman House, in the 1980 historic district nomination;[2] it is named as the Norman S. Boardman House in another source.[3]

The house is Italianate in style. It is two-and-a-half-story frame house with a shallow hipped roof. It has elaborate cornice brackets in accordance with Italianate style, and a three-story tower. Its main, front porch has heavy square columns with arched openings.[2]

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City holds a catalog of the Luther Boardman & Sons, of East Haddam, who were manufacturers of silverware.[4]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Hal Keiner; John Herzan (March 17, 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: East Haddam Historic District". National Park Service. With photo of Boardman House on page 23, Building #12
  3. "Historic Buildings of Connecticut » East Haddam". Historicbuildingsct.com. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
  4. "Metropolitan Museum of Art » Luther Boardman". metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
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