Samuel Farnsworth House

The Samuel Farnsworth House is a historic house at 537 Mountain Road in West Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Probably built about 1797, it is one of West Hartford's few surviving 18th-century buildings, and a particularly rare example of a small vernacular single-story cottage. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 10, 1986.[1]

Samuel Farnsworth House
Location537 Mountain Road, West Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Coordinates41°46′50″N 72°45′59″W
Area1.6 acres (0.65 ha)
Built1790 (1790)
Architectural styleColonial
MPSEighteenth-Century Houses of West Hartford TR
NRHP reference No.86001990[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 10, 1986

Description and history

The Samuel Farnsworth House is located in northwestern West Hartford, on the west side of Mountain Road, a busy local north-south main road. It is set on a rise above the road, the lot fronted by a dry-laid brownstone retaining wall. It is a 1-1/2 story wood frame structure with a front gable roof and central brick chimney. Its front facade is three bays wide, with two windows placed asymmetrically on either side of the entrance, which is slightly off-center. The rear roof face has a flare, extending the building to the rear, and there is a secondary entrance on the south side. Trim is limited to simple corner boards.[2]

Although the house is placarded 1807, it was probably built in 1797 by Samuel Farnsworth, and is one of the only two-room cottages from the period to survive. The land was acquired by Samuel Farnsworth in 1790 from his father-in-law, Morgan Goodwin. He sold it in 1797, with dwelling and other outbuildings, to Titus Goodwin. The house remained in the Goodwin family for many years.[2]


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