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Seth Seelye House

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Built
  
1842

Opened
  
1842

Added to NRHP
  
29 August 1977

NRHP Reference #
  
77001386

Area
  
4,000 m²

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Location
  
189 Greenwood Ave., Bethel, Connecticut

Architectural style
  
Greek Revival architecture

Similar
  
Plumb Memorial Library, Bethel, Hagaman Memorial Library C, Harcourt Wood Memorial, James Blackstone Memorial

The Seth Seelye House, now the Bethel Public Library, is a historic building at 189 Greenwood Street in Bethel, Connecticut. Built in 1842, the house is gable-fronted, with four relatively slender Doric style columns in a portico supporting the gable-front pediment above. A modern two-story wing extends the building to the rear. It is a fine local example of Greek Revival architecture, and was built for a member of a leading Danbury business family. (Bethel was set off from Danbury in 1855.)

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.

References

Seth Seelye House Wikipedia