Capt. James Loomis House

Capt. James Loomis House
Location 881 Windsor Avenue, Windsor, Connecticut
Coordinates 41°49′47″N 72°39′24″W / 41.82972°N 72.65667°W / 41.82972; -72.65667Coordinates: 41°49′47″N 72°39′24″W / 41.82972°N 72.65667°W / 41.82972; -72.65667
Area 0.7 acres (0.28 ha)
Built 1825 (1825)
Architectural style Greek Revival, Federal
MPS 18th and 19th Century Brick Architecture of Windsor TR
NRHP reference # 88001499[1]
Added to NRHP September 15, 1988

The Capt. James Loomis House is a historic house at 881 Windsor Avenue in Windsor, Connecticut. Built about 1825, it is a good local example of transitional Federal-Greek Revival architecture executed in brick. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 15, 1988.[1]

Description and history

The Captain James Loomis House is located south of the village center of Windsor, on the west side of Windsor Street (Connecticut Route 159), the major north-south route through that part of the town, between Rood Avenue and Woody Brook Road. It is a ​2 1⁄2-story brick structure, laid in Flemish bond throughout. It is four bays wide and two deep, with a boxed cornice and wide frieze. The main entrance is off-center on the front facade, with a semi-elliptical transom window above. The windows are otherwise symmetrically placed, with cut stone sills and lintels. In the gable end at the attic level is a window exhibiting Gothic tracery. A single-story ell extends the building to the rear.[2]

The house was built about 1828 for Captain James Loomis, whose family was locally important, with numerous houses in the immediate area. This house exhibits a locally distinctive combination of Federal and Greek Revival features, the latter including the wide frieze and pedimented gable, and the former the elliptical fanlight.[2]


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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 "NRHP nomination for Capt. James Loomis House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-12-04.
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