Norman Sweet Boardman Property

Norman Sweet Boardman Property
Builtc.1860
Architectural styleItalianate
Websitewww.boardmanhouse.com
Part ofEast Haddam Historic District (ID83001273[1])
Designated CPApril 29, 1983

The Norman Sweet Boardman Property is located in the historic district of East Haddam, Connecticut. Its building was built in c.1860, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

The house is named as the Luther Boardman House, in the 1980 historic district nomination;[2] it is named as the Norman S. Boardman House in another source.[3]

The house is Italianate in style. It is two-and-a-half-story frame house with a Mansard roof. It has elaborate cornice brackets in accordance with Italianate style, and a three-story tower. Its main, front porch has heavy square columns with arched openings.[2]

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City holds a catalog of the Luther Boardman & Sons, of East Haddam, who were manufacturers of silverware.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b Hal Keiner; John Herzan (March 17, 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: East Haddam Historic District". National Park Service. With photo of Norman S. Boardman House on page 23, Building #12
  3. ^ "Historic Buildings of Connecticut » East Haddam". Historicbuildingsct.com. December 10, 2012. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  4. ^ "Metropolitan Museum of Art » Luther Boardman". metmuseum.org. Retrieved February 25, 2018.