Preservation in Action is the first publication that tells the compelling story of Old Wethersfield, Connecticut’s largest and oldest historic district in its oldest town. Based on original research, with stunning photography and handsome design, through ten examples of restoration, rehabilitation, renovation, adaptation, and reuse, it demonstrates the community’s efforts over more than a century to preserve the architectural legacy of its historic village, through individual and institutional commitments, civic planning decisions, historic preservation, and design review.
The examples range from the oldest house in town, with a 17th century addition added thirty years ago, to a 19th century commercial building whose greenhouse was repurposed as a cafe in 2022 and includes the town’s old high school whose redevelopment, in a bold partnership between the Town and the Historical Society, together with the Society’s redevelopment of another town owned building, has spurred the economic revival of the old village.
Table of Content
Introduction • THE EVOLUTION OF AN AMERICAN BEAUTY, Thomas Chester (Hurlbut-Dunham) House 212 Main Street • A SNUG HOME AND TAVERN AND FICTIONAL WITCH, Belden House and Tavern (Buttolph-Williams House) 249 Broad Street • WASHINGTON DINED HERE (AND SLEPT NEXT DOOR), Silas Deane House 203 Main Street • A PRICELESS EIGHTEENTH CENTURY JEWEL – RESTORED!, The Meeting House (First Church of Christ) 250 Main Street • A RARE BRICK COLONIAL, RECLAIMED AND REVIVED, Dr. Daniel Hooker House 471 Main Street • OUR OLDEST HOUSE, RESCUED FROM MODERNITY, George Hubbard House 481 Main Street • AN ENDURING CENTER OF CIVIC LIFE, Wethersfield High School (Keeney Memorial Cultural Center) 200 Main Street • NINETEENTH CENTURY SPLENDOR, BREAKFAST INCLUDED, Silas W. Robbins House 185 Broad Street • A SEA CAPTAIN’S HOUSE LEARNS FRENCH, Daniel Francis House 357 Main Street • Afterword and Acknowledgements • About the Author • About the Editor • References
About the author
PETER R. BROWN is an award-winning architectural and fine art photographer.
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