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John Glover House

John Glover House

Historic house in Connecticut, United States

For the similarly named historic house in Massachusetts, see General John Glover House.

The John Glover House is a historic house at 53 Echo Valley Road in Newtown, Connecticut, USA. Built about 1708 by an early town settler, it is a remarkably well-preserved example of 18th-century residential architecture, owned for generations by a locally prominent farming family. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]

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Description and history

The John Glover House stands in a rural-residential area of northern Newtown, on 2 acres (0.81 ha) at the junction of Echo Valley and Alberts Hill Roads. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, clad in wooden shingles, with a side-gable roof and a large central chimney. A series of additions extend from the rear of the house. The main facade is five bays wide, with sash windows arranged symmetrically around a center entrance. The entrance is framed by a Federal-period surround, with sidelight windows and pilasters to either side, and a fanlight in a semi-elliptical pediment above. The interior follows a typical colonial center chimney plan, with hall and parlor to either side and the kitchen behind the chimney. The building's construction details reveal an evolutionary growth of the structure, with its second floor probably added in the mid-18th century.[2]

The house was built about 1708 by John Glover of Stratford, who purchased land in this area acquired by the town's first proprietors from Native Americans in 1705. Glover became one of Newtown's largest taxpayers, farming the surrounding land and serving in town and colonial legislative offices. Subsequent generations of Glovers owned the property, and continued the practice of farming and civic service. The house was sold out of the family in 1965; at that time, its only modern amenity was a telephone.[2]

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References

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. [2]
    Jan Cunningham (October 15, 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: John Glover House". National Park Service. and Accompanying 13 photos, exterior and interior, from 2000
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