Day House (Hartford, Connecticut)

Day House
Location 77 Forest Street, Hartford, Connecticut
Coordinates 41°46′3″N 72°42′2″W / 41.76750°N 72.70056°W / 41.76750; -72.70056Coordinates: 41°46′3″N 72°42′2″W / 41.76750°N 72.70056°W / 41.76750; -72.70056
Area 2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built 1884
Architect Francis H. Kimball
Architectural style Queen Anne
NRHP Reference # 71000909[1]
Added to NRHP April 16, 1971

The Katharine Seymour Day House is a historic house at 77 Forest Street in Hartford, Connecticut dating to 1884.

Overview

The house is a 2-1/2 story stone (a polychrome assortment of brownstone and limestone) structure, designed by Francis H. Kimball. It is a fine local example of Queen Anne Victorian architecture, with a busy exterior in terms of color and organization, with projecting gables, dormers and porches.

Kimball built the house for Franklin Chamberlin and completed the project in 1884.[2] He is believed to have built the house as a rival to the adjacent Mark Twain House.[3] Chamberlin had previously sold the adjacent land to Mark Twain on which his house was built.[2] The house was later owned by Willie Olcott Burr, publisher of The Hartford Times newspaper. It was purchased by Harriet Beecher Stowe's grandniece Katharine Seymour Day in 1940.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 16, 1971.[1] It is now owned by the non-profit owners of the (also adjacent) Harriet Beecher Stowe House.[4] The Stowe House was also originally built for Chamberlin.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Sterner, Daniel. A Guide to Historic Hartford, Connecticut. Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2012: 152. ISBN 978-1-60949-635-7
  3. ↑ "NRHP nomination for Day House" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
  4. ↑ "Katharine Seymour Day House". Harriet Beecher Stowe Center. Retrieved 2014-12-08.


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