Built 1845 (1845) NRHP Reference # 88003229 Added to NRHP 6 February 1989 | Built by Lucius Hubbell Opened 1845 | |
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Location 213 Caroline Street Derby, CT Architectural style Greek Revival architecture | ||
The John I. Howe House is located in Derby, Connecticut at 213 Caroline Street. The house was constructed in 1845 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. This 2 story stone house was built for John Ireland Howe of the Howe Pin Company. Howe moved his manufacturing business from New York to Derby in 1838. Howe is revered as one of Connecticut's foremost nineteenth-century inventors.
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House
The house is an outstanding example of Greek Revival architecture implemented in masonry. A historic porch has been lost but photos make an authentic recreation possible.
Renovation
In 1989 the owners, the Derby Historical Society, had plans for major rehabilitation of the house so that it could be used as a museum of industry. In 2016, the Derby Historical Society still owned the home, was planning for a third round of renovation, and hoped for it to become the Lower Naugatuck Valley Industrial Heritage Center, a museum to be open to the public. It has been hoped that one of Howe's pin-making machines, on display at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., could be returned to Derby for permanent display at the museum.