Jotham Woodruff House

Jotham Woodruff House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	11 Alyssa Ct., Southington, Connecticut
Coordinates	41°36′7″N 72°52′13″W / 41.60194°N 72.87028°W / 41.60194; -72.87028
Area	3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built	1790 (1790)
Architectural style	Colonial, New England Colonial
MPS	Colonial Houses of Southington TR
NRHP reference No.	88003120[1]
Added to NRHP	January 19, 1989

The Jotham Woodruff House is a historic house at 11 Alyssa Court in Southington, Connecticut. Probably built about 1790, it is a good local example of late Georgian architecture with later Greek Revival alterations. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.^[1]

Description and history

The Jotham Woodruff House stands in what is now a suburban residential area east of downtown Southington, on the south side of Woodruff Street at its junction with Alyssa Court. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a gabled roof, central chimney, and clapboarded exterior. The gable ends have broad fascia boards and returns that are a 19th-century modification. Its main facade is five bays wide, with a center entrance flanked by sidelight windows and pilasters, and topped by a broad corniced entablature. A single-story shed-roof bay projects to the left side, and a single-story gabled ell extends to the rear, joining the main block to a 20th-century garage.^[2]

The house as traditionally been ascribed a construction date of about 1730, but stylistic evidence suggests a later date. It was probably built around 1790 by Jotham Woodruff, a member of one of Southington's founding families, who married in 1793. The entrance surround and the gable returns, added in the mid-19th century, are Greek Revival alterations.^[2]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Southington, Connecticut

References

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