Thomas Hyatt House

Last updated
Thomas Hyatt House
THOMAS HYATT HOUSE.jpg
USA Connecticut location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Usa edcp location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Location11 Barlow Mountain Rd., Ridgefield, Connecticut
Coordinates 41°19′10.2″N73°30′38.7″W / 41.319500°N 73.510750°W / 41.319500; -73.510750 Coordinates: 41°19′10.2″N73°30′38.7″W / 41.319500°N 73.510750°W / 41.319500; -73.510750
Area2.5 acres (1.0 ha)
Builtca. 1735
ArchitectHyatt, Thomas
Architectural styleColonial
NRHP reference No. 84000793 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 16, 1984

The Thomas Hyatt House, also known as the Cashman House, is a Colonial style house at 11 Barlow Mountain Road in Ridgefield, Connecticut. Built about 1735, it is one of the community's oldest and best-preserved houses, retaining much of its original layout and features. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1]

Contents

Description and history

The Thomas Hyatt House is located in a rural residential setting north of Ridgefield's village center, on the south side of Barlow Mountain Road just east of the Titicus River. It is a 2+12-story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a side-gable roof and a central chimney. When built c. 1735 by Thomas Hyatt, the house was three bays in width; the building was widened later in the 18th century, and a rear ell was added in the 20th century. The building retains a significant amount of its original 18th-century woodwork, and is one of the least-altered 18th-century houses in Ridgefield. [2]

Thomas Hyatt, the builder of the house, was a prominent local figure in colonial Ridgefield. He served on a boundary commission checking the town's border with Danbury, and served in the American Revolutionary War, as did his some Thomas Jr. The house remained in the Hyatt family until 1832. The principal alteration to the structure has been the lowering of some of its ground-level floors in order to accommodate a particularly large cabinet belonging to the Cashman family, who oversaw a major restoration of the property. [2]

See also

Related Research Articles

Ridgefield, Connecticut Town in Connecticut, United States

Ridgefield is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. Situated in the foothills of the Berkshire Mountains, the 300-year-old community had a population of 25,033 at the 2020 census. The town center, which was formerly a borough, is defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as a census-designated place.

Ridgefield Center Historic District United States historic place

The Ridgefield Center Historic District is part of the town of Ridgefield, Connecticut. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

Wilton Center Historic District United States historic place

The Wilton Center Historic District in the town center area of Wilton, Connecticut, was established as a town historic district in 1970 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

Thomas Lee House Historic house in Connecticut, United States

The Thomas Lee House is a historic house at the junction of Giant's Neck Road and Connecticut Route 156 in the Niantic section of East Lyme, Connecticut. Built about 1660, it is one of the oldest wood-frame houses in Connecticut. Restored in the early 20th century by Norman Isham, it is now maintained by the East Lyme Historical Society as a museum. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

The Hadlyme Ferry Historic District encompasses a collection of historic buildings related to the Chester–Hadlyme Ferry in the Hadlyme village of Lyme, Connecticut. It is located at the eastern end of the ferry route across the Connecticut River, where ferries have been documented to run since 1769. The district includes six houses dating to the late 18th or early 19th century, as well as the site of the ferry slip. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

Long Society Meetinghouse Historic meetinghouse in Connecticut, United States

The Long Society Meetinghouse is a historic church building at 45 Long Society Road in Preston, Connecticut. It is one of only about a dozen surviving colonial "broad side" meeting houses, and is the last example surviving in Connecticut that has not been altered from that configuration by the addition of a tower or relocation of its entrance or pulpit. The meeting house was built from 1817 to 1819 on the site of an earlier meetinghouse, incorporating some elements of the earlier building. The meeting house was used both as a church and for civic functions, the reason for its plain, not overtly religious appearance. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

Sandown Old Meetinghouse Historic church in New Hampshire, United States

The Sandown Old Meetinghouse is a historic meeting house on Fremont Road in Sandown, New Hampshire. Built in 1773, this two-story timber-frame structure is a virtually unaltered late-Colonial civic and religious structure. It is believed to be unique in the state for its level of preservation, both internal and external. The building, now maintained by a nonprofit organization, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978, and the New Hampshire State Register of Historic Places in 2011.

Morris House (New Haven, Connecticut) Historic house in Connecticut, United States

The Pardee-Morris House, also known as John Morris House, is a historic house museum at 325 Lighthouse Road in New Haven, Connecticut. Probably built in the late 17th century, it is one of New Haven's oldest surviving buildings, and a good example of First Period colonial architecture. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. It is now owned and operated by the New Haven Museum and Historical Society, and is open seasonally for events, classes and tours.

Benedict House and Shop Historic house in Connecticut, United States

The Benedict House and Shop is a historic property at 57 Rockwell Road in Ridgefield, Connecticut. Built in 1740, the connected house and shop are among the oldest surviving buildings in the community. The shop is a particularly rare example of a cobbler's workshop of the 19th century. They are further notable for the sympathetic restoration they underwent at the hands of architect Cass Gilbert. The property was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 4, 1998.

Nathaniel Curtis House Historic house in Connecticut, United States

The Nathaniel Curtis House is a Georgian style house at 600 Housatonic Avenue in Stratford, Connecticut. Built about 1735, it is one of the town's few surviving 18th-century buildings. It was moved, by water, on a barge, in 1973, to its present location on the bank of the Housatonic River to rescue it from demolition. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

John Glover House Historic house in Connecticut, United States

The John Glover House is a historic house at 53 Echo Valley Road in Newtown, Connecticut. Built about 1708 by an early town settler, it is a remarkably well-preserved example of 18th-century residential architecture, owned for generations by a locally prominent farming family. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.

Josiah Wilcox House Historic house in Connecticut, United States

The Josiah Wilcox House is a historic house at 354 Riversville Road in Greenwich, Connecticut. Built in 1838, it is one of the town's finest examples of Greek Revival architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.

West Mountain Historic District United States historic place

The West Mountain Historic District is a 425-acre (172 ha) historic district northwest of the center of Ridgefield, Connecticut in Fairfield County, Connecticut that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. It includes 12 contributing buildings. It is roughly centered on the junction of West Mountain Road and Oreneca Road, between Ridgefield center and the state line. It includes five large country estates developed in the early 20th century. Its "grandest" house is "Orenica", described as "a 1932 Georgian Revival style stone structure of considerable pretension" that was home of Philip Dakin Wagoner (1876-1972), chairman of the board of the Underwood Typewriter Company.

Lewis June House Historic house in Connecticut, United States

The Lewis June House, also known as the Scott House, is a historic house at 478 North Salem Road in Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA. Built c. 1865, it is one of a small number of Second Empire houses in Ridgefield, and its best-preserved and most elaborate example of the style. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

Barnes-Frost House Historic house in Connecticut, United States

The Barnes-Frost House is a historic house at 1177 Marion Avenue in the Marion section of Southington, Connecticut. Built about 1795, it is a high quality local example of late Colonial architecture, with a history of ownership by members of prominent local families. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

East Weatogue Historic District United States historic place

The East Weatogue Historic District is a 490-acre (200 ha) historic district in the town of Simsbury, Connecticut that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. It then included 102 contributing buildings, 10 contributing sites, 11 contributing structures, and one other contributing object. The district encompasses a largely agrarian rural village centered at the junction of Hartford Road and East Weatogue Street, whose early development dates to the late 17th century, with the oldest surviving buildings dating to 1730. Most of the properties in the district are Colonial, Federal, or Greek Revival in character, with only a few later Victorian houses. In the early 20th century Colonial Revival houses sympathetic to the earlier buildings.

Eleazer Williams House Historic house in Connecticut, United States

The Eleazer Williams House is a historic house in Mansfield Center, Connecticut, United States. It is located on Storrs Road near the southeast corner of the junction with Dodd Road. Completed in 1710, it was the home of the town's first minister, and has a well-preserved chronology of alteration, illustrating changing building practices over the course of the 18th century. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971, and is included within the Mansfield Center Historic District.

Mansfield Center Historic District United States historic place

The Mansfield Center Historic District encompasses the historic early village center of Mansfield, Connecticut. First settled about 1692, it is one of the oldest settlements in Tolland County, and retains a strong sense of 18th century colonial layout. It extends along Storrs Street extending from Chaffeeville Road in the north to Centre Street in the south, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

University of Connecticut Historic District United States historic place

The University of Connecticut Historic District is a 105-acre (42 ha) historic district including the historic campus of the Connecticut Agricultural School, now the University of Connecticut (UConn).

Parmelee House (Killingworth, Connecticut) Historic house in Connecticut, United States

The Parmelee House is a historic house at 4 Beckwith Road in Killingworth, Connecticut. It was built about 1770 for a member of one of the area's founding families, and is architecturally important as an example of a farm outbuilding converted to a residence during the 18th century. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. 1 2 David F. Ransom and John Herzan (July 20, 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Thomas Hyatt House". National Park Service. and Accompanying seven photos, exterior and interior, from 1982 (see photo map key on last page of text document)