Built 1678 NRHP Reference # 70000701 Opened 1678 Phone +1 860-443-7949 | Architect Hempsted,Joshua Designated CP July 31, 1986 Area 8,094 m² Added to NRHP 15 October 1970 | |
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Address 11 Hempstead St, New London, CT 06320, USA Similar Shaw Mansion, New London Customhouse, Monte Cristo Cottage, Buttolph‑Williams House, Butler‑McCook Homestead | ||
The Joshua Hempsted House is a historic house at 11 Hempstead Street in New London, Connecticut. It is a 2 1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a side-gable roof that has two front-facing gables. The left gable, in an unusual departure for houses of its age, projects forward of the main block, providing an enclosed vestibule on the first floor. Probably built c. 1678 by Joshua Hempsted, it is one of Connecticut's oldest surviving buildings, and has long been recognized for its architectural and historical significance. The house was acquired by Connecticut Landmarks in 1937, which operates it and the adjacent 1759 Nathaniel Hempstead House as a historic house museum known as the Hempsted Houses. The houses have been restored to reflect a late 17th to mid 18th-century appearance.
The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.