Sarah Whitman Hooker House

Sarah Whitman Hooker House
Location 1237 New Britain Avenue, West Hartford, Connecticut
Coordinates 41°43′53″N 72°44′35″W / 41.73139°N 72.74306°W / 41.73139; -72.74306Coordinates: 41°43′53″N 72°44′35″W / 41.73139°N 72.74306°W / 41.73139; -72.74306
Area less than one acre
Built 1720
Architectural style Colonial, Georgian
NRHP Reference # 79002627[1]
Added to NRHP November 1, 1979

The Sarah Whitman Hooker House is a historic house at 1237 New Britain Avenue in West Hartford, Connecticut. It is a 2-1/2 story wood frame structure, five bays wide, with two interior chimneys and a centered entrance. It is set at the busy southeast corner of New Britain Avenue and South Main Street. The main entrance is flanked by sidelight windows and framed by a molded surround. The house was built c. 1720, and originally had a central chimney, which was probably removed in the early 19th century. In addition to its age, the house is notable as the captivity site of Andrew Skene, a Loyalist who was taken prisoner early in the American Revolutionary War by colonial forces that captured Fort Ticonderoga in upstate New York and ransacked his father's house.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 1, 1979.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Sarah Whitman Hooker House" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-12-05.


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