Built 1821 Opened 1821 Added to NRHP 2 November 1987 | NRHP Reference # 87001910 Area 2 ha | |
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Location 2187 South St., Coventry, Connecticut | ||
The Elias Sprague House is a historic house at 2187 South Street in Coventry, Connecticut. It is a 1-1/2 story wood frame Cape style house, five bays wide, with a central chimney. It was built in 1821, and is a well-preserved example of a vernacular early 19th-century Connecticut home. It was owned during the early 20th century by George Dudley Seymour, a noted antiquarian. The house was later acquired from the town by the Coventry Historical Society, which restored the house in 1964-1965 and operated it as a historic house site.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. In 2008, the historical society placed the house on the market, having outgrown its use as a meeting space, a move that elicited some controversy. The town had given it the property with the proviso that it operate it as a museum, and arguments were made that the historical society was therefore not permitted to sell it.
In 2011, the CT State Property Review Board unanimously approved the sale of the property for residential use. The restored and expanded property is now privately owned.