Elias Sprague House

Elias Sprague House

Elias Sprague House, under renovation
Location 2187 South St., Coventry, Connecticut
Coordinates 41°45′56″N 72°20′29″W / 41.76556°N 72.34139°W / 41.76556; -72.34139Coordinates: 41°45′56″N 72°20′29″W / 41.76556°N 72.34139°W / 41.76556; -72.34139
Area 4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built 1821
Architect Unknown
Architectural style No style listed
NRHP Reference # 87001910[1]
Added to NRHP November 2, 1987

The Elias Sprague House is a historic house at 2187 South Street in Coventry, Connecticut. It is a 1-1/2 story wood frame Cape style house, five bays wide, with a central chimney. It was built in 1821, and is a well-preserved example of a vernacular early 19th-century Connecticut home. It was owned during the early 20th century by George Dudley Seymour, a noted antiquarian. The house was later acquired from the town by the Coventry Historical Society, which restored the house in 1964-1965 and operated it as a historic house site.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1] In 2008, the historical society placed the house on the market, having outgrown its use as a meeting space, a move that elicited some controversy. The town had given it the property with the proviso that it operate it as a museum, and arguments were made that the historical society was therefore not permitted to sell it.[3]

In 2011, the CT State Property Review Board unanimously approved the sale of the property for residential use. The restored and expanded property is now privately owned.[4]

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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. ↑ Bruce Clouette; Matthew Roth; John Herzan (March 24, 1987). "NRHP Inventory-Nomination: Elias Sprague House" (PDF). National Park Service. and Accompanying six photos, exterior and interior, from 1987
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ http://www.ct.gov/sprb/lib/sprb/meeting_minutes/minutes_02_09_12.pdf


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