Tom Thumb House (Norfolk, Connecticut)
Tom Thumb House | |
NRHP reference No. | 84001094[1] |
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Added to NRHP | February 22, 1984 |
The Tom Thumb House is a historic summer cottage on Windrow Road in
Description and history
The Tom Thumb House is located south of the village center of Norfolk, on the south side of Windrow Road. It is set on a hillside above the road, from which it and an adjacent later house are screened by trees. It is a single-story structure, consisting of two roughly square sections joined at a corner. The walls of each section are made of large boulders, and are up to 2.5 feet (0.76 m) thick. The pyramidal roofs of each section, framed with hand-hewn timbers recycled from old barns, are covered in thick slate. One of the squares has the main living space, while the other houses a sleeping and kitchen area. Exposed framing and rough paneling, also recycled, are the principal exposed woodwork.[2]
The building was built in 1929 to a design by
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c "NRHP nomination for Tom Thumb House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-03-16.
- ^ "Description of A.S.G. Taylor Thematic Group". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-02-23.