NRHP Reference # 04000415 Added to NRHP 6 May 2004 | Area 1,200 m² | |
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Location 63 Park St., New Canaan, Connecticut Architectural style Greek Revival architecture Similar Glass House, New Canaan Nature C, John Rogers Studio | ||
Maxwell E. Perkins House is a historic house at 63 Park Street in New Canaan, Connecticut.
The Greek Revival house was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. The house was home to Maxwell E. Perkins, the editor of Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Thomas Wolfe.
The house was built in 1836 for Mrs. Clarinda Fitch Ayres (a widow) and her unmarried brothers. During the 19th century, the house was first a private house and then was used as a boarding house. After a period as a day school (1919-1924), the house was acquired by Maxwell E. Perkins and his wife who lived in the house with their five daughters. The house was in very poor condition by the time it was purchased by Richard and Sandra Bergmann, architects who restored the house for use both as their architectural offices and their house.