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Built in 1765, it is a good example of Georgian residential architecture, notable as the home of Jedidiah Huntington, a general during the American Revolutionary War. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970, [ 1 ] and is a contributing property to the Norwichtown Historic District .
The Dr. Joshua Lathrop House is located in Norwich's historic Norwichtown area, on the east side of Washington Street just south of Lathrop Lane. The house has two parts - an older saltbox section and a more typical Georgian 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story frame structure at the front, with a side gable roof and central chimney. The house is built into a ...
The Colonel Joshua Huntington House is located in Norwichtown, one of the early settlement areas of Norwich, on the east side of Huntington Lane. It is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a gambrel roof, twin brick chimneys, and clapboard siding. Its main entrance is flanked by pilasters and topped by a transom window ...
The revived Georgian style that emerged in Britain during the same period is usually referred to as Neo-Georgian; the work of Edwin Lutyens [40] [41] and Vincent Harris includes some examples. The British town of Welwyn Garden City , established in the 1920s, is an example of pastiche or Neo-Georgian development of the early 20th century in ...
The complex is made up of several flint buildings. The centrepiece is St Andrew's Hall. The halls are now used for conferences, weddings, concerts, beer festivals and meetings. The maximum capacity is 1,200 people. [2] It is one of the Norwich 12 heritage sites.
Continuing down Washington Street toward Norwich town is the most famous of historic homes in Norwich, the Leffingwell Inn. Stephen Backus built the original house in 1675. [ 7 ] In 1700, Thomas Leffingwell 2nd, the son of Norwich co-founder Thomas Leffingwell, [ 8 ] bought the house and converted the original two-room house into an inn.
The Governor Samuel Huntington House is located in the Norwichtown neighborhood of Norwich, one of its early settlement areas. It is on the south side of East Town Street, just west of its junction with Huntington Lane. It is a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a side-gable roof and clapboard siding. Its most ...
Strangers' Hall is named for the Strangers, [5] a group of Protestant refugees from the Low Countries who settled in Norwich in the 16th century. Thomas Sotherton, mayor in 1565, obtained a royal license for 24 Dutch and 6 Walloon families to move to Norwich to boost the textile industry with the introduction of new methods and goods.