Built 1803 Designated CP March 17, 1972 Area 2 ha | NRHP Reference # 82004400 Opened 1803 Added to NRHP 11 May 1982 | |
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Location 130 Main Street, Farmington, Connecticut Architectural style Early Republic, Jeffersonian Classicism Part of Farmington Historic District (#72001331) Similar Talcott Mountain, Rattlesnake Mountain, Hill–Stead Museum, Stanley‑Whitman House | ||
The Gen. George Cowles House is a historic house at 130 Main Street in Farmington, Connecticut. It is a roughly square 2-1/2 story brick structure, four bays wide, with a side-gable roof and a rear two-story ell. The main entrance is slightly recessed in the load-bearing brick wall, and is flanked by sidelight windows and topped by a semi-elliptical transom window. The side elevation is notable for a pair of Palladian windows in the central bay, which are set higher than the flanking sash windows. The south elevation, facing the garden, has as particularly elaborate Jeffersonian portico. The house was built 1803 for George Cowles, around the time of his marriage, by his father Solomon, a wealthy merchant.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 11, 1982.