Built 1693 Opened 1693 Architectural style Georgian architecture | NRHP Reference # 84002644 Area 1 ha Added to NRHP 26 October 1984 | |
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Location 40 Ferry Rd., Old Saybrook, Connecticut Similar Lynde Point Light, The Katharine Hepburn, Rocky Neck State Park, Falkner Island, Rayward–Shepherd House | ||
The John Whittlesey Jr. House is a historic house at 40 Ferry Road in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. It is a 2-1/2 story wood frame structure, five bays wide, with a large central chimney. The main block of the house was built c. 1750, but it is attached to a 2-1/2 ell, which was built much earlier, probably c. 1693. The interior of the house is well preserved despite extensive remodelling in the 20th century. The house was considered by the eccentric Hartford resident William B. Goodwin to become a part of a reconstruction of Fort Saybrook in the early 20th century.
The house is similar to the Buckingham-Hall House, formerly nearby, but now located at Mystic Seaport, 25 to 30 miles away, in that both re-used older structures; it is believed that there was a "a strong local tradition or sentiment" in favor of such re-use.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.