Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 79002627 Added to NRHP 1 November 1979 | Built 1720 Opened 1720 | |
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Architectural styles Georgian architecture, American Colonial Similar Noah Webster House, Wampanoag Country Club, Congregation Beth Israel | ||
The Sarah Whitman Hooker House is a historic house at 1237 New Britain Avenue in West Hartford, Connecticut. It is a 2-1/2 story wood frame structure, five bays wide, with two interior chimneys and a centered entrance. It is set at the busy southeast corner of New Britain Avenue and South Main Street. The main entrance is flanked by sidelight windows and framed by a molded surround. The house was built c. 1720, and originally had a central chimney, which was probably removed in the early 19th century. In addition to its age, the house is notable as the captivity site of Andrew Skene, a Loyalist who was taken prisoner early in the American Revolutionary War by colonial forces that captured Fort Ticonderoga in upstate New York and ransacked his father's house.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 1, 1979.