Comfort Starr House

Comfort Starr House
General information
Type House
Architectural style Saltbox
Location Guilford, Connecticut
Completed 1695
Governing body Private
Technical details
Structural system post-and-beam

The Comfort Starr House, located at 138 State St., Guilford, Connecticut, is a classic saltbox house with an added lean-to.[1] According to a dendrochronology study completed in 2014, the house was built in 1695.[2] The house derives its name from Comfort Starr who bought the house from the original builder, a Guilford signer (settler), Henry Kingsnorth, in 1694. Comfort Starr's ancestor was an English physician of the same name who left Kent, United Kingdom and settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he was a founder of Harvard College. He is buried in King's Chapel Burying Ground in Boston. A branch of the family settled in Connecticut in the 17th century.

End elevation of Comfort Starr House illustrating the distinctive roof line

The house is still in its primitive state. It is considered, by some, to be one of the oldest wooden timber frame house still used as a private residence in the U.S. today.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Bing.com/maps retrieved 7-02-2009
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ Connecticut: A Guide to its Roads, Lore and People, Federal WPA Project, 1938 page 165
  4. ↑ HABS Comfort Starr House retrieved on 2009-05-13

Coordinates: 41°17′20″N 72°40′57″W / 41.2889°N 72.6824°W / 41.2889; -72.6824

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