The Valentine Wightman House was a historic house at 1112 Mount Vernon Road in Southington, Connecticut. It was built around 1800 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1] It has apparently been demolished.
Valentine Wightman House | |
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| Location | 1112 Mount Vernon Rd., Southington, Connecticut |
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| Coordinates | 41°36′4″N 72°55′32″W / 41.60111°N 72.92556°W |
| Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
| Built | 1800 |
| Architectural style | Colonial, New England Colonial |
| MPS | Colonial Houses of Southington TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 88003112[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 19, 1989 |
Description
editThe Valentine Wightman House stood in western Southington, on the west side of Mount Vernon Road at its junction with Whitman Road. It was a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof, central chimney, and clapboarded exterior. Its front facade was five bays wide, with a central entrance flanked by sidelight windows and narrow moulding, and topped by a peaked lintel. The gable ends slightly overhung the sidewalls. The interior included three period fireplaces and some original wide flooring and carved wooden paneling.[2] Its location is now occupied by a modern single-story house. The property also includes a 19th-century barn and farm outbuildings.
The house was probably built about 1800 for Valentine Wightman, the son of Reverend John Wightman,[2] whose house still stands further south on Mount Vernon Road and who was the second settled Baptist minister in Southington.[3] The house was notable primarily for its architecture, as a well-preserved example of late Georgian architecture.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c "NRHP nomination for Valentine Wightman House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-12-09.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Rev. John Wightman House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-12-09.