Glover House | |
Location | 50 Main St., Newtown, Connecticut |
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Coordinates | 41°24′55″N 73°18′36″W / 41.41528°N 73.31000°W |
Area | 1.8 acres (0.73 ha) |
Built | 1869 |
Architect | Beers, Silas N. |
Architectural style | Second Empire |
Part of | Newtown Borough Historic District ( ID96001458) |
NRHP reference No. | 82004369 [1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | February 11, 1982 |
Designated CP | December 20, 1996 |
The Glover House, also known as the Budd House, is a historic house at 50 Main Street in Newtown, Connecticut. Built in 1869, it is a good local example of Second Empire architecture, and is further notable for the long tenancy of a single prominent local family. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]
The Glover House stands in Newtown's village center, across Main Street from Edmond Town Hall. It is a three-story wood-frame structure, covered by a mansard roof, with its exterior walls clad in clapboards. The main facade is three bays wide, with a central projecting bay and a full-width single-story porch. The porch is supported by round Corinthian columns, and has a dentillated cornice. Windows are set in segmented-arch openings on the second floor, and the third floor dormer windows are set in round-arch openings under gabled roofs. The interior retains many period features and finishes. [2]: 3
The house was built in 1869 for Henry Beers Glover, and its design has been attributed to Silas Beers, whom Glover knew from service on a church building committee. The house was owned by a succession of Glover descendants (whose later generations were named Budd) until 1977. Henry Beers Glover was one of the town's richest men, a successful businessman and banker. William Beecher, who married one of Glover's daughters, was a local attorney and judge of the probate court. Their daughter, Florence Budd, remained in the house until her death in 1977. [2]