The Cheshire Historical Society
Hitchcock Phillips House
43 Church Drive
Cheshire, Connecticut 06410 USA

Telephone: 203-272-2574

1986 - HISTORIC RESOURCE INVENTORY

BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES

82 PROPERTIES IN CHESHIRE CONNECTICUT

Photo below is of the Hitchcock-Phillips House taken for the 1986 Survey

January 2008 - Almost a quarter of a century ago, HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY Building and Structures forms were compiled for 82 properties in Cheshire Connecticut. These were compiled by Bruce Clouette and Matthew Roth, Historic Resource Consultants (Hartford, CT) in March 1986. Photographs of these 82 Cheshire Connecticut properties were taken by this same group in November 1985. Each property inventory includes identification (including the historic name) and description of the site, a brief write up of the notable features of the building or site, another write up of the historical or architectural importance, source information, and a small black and white photograph.

The Cheshire Historic District Commission has begun a project to update these records, initially by taking a recent (2008) photo of each property. More information about this important project will be available soon.

By clicking on the address listed below, you will download a PDF file that contains a range of up to 10 properties. Scroll through this document until you find the address you wish to review.

HRI # (1-82) Current Building Name - "Historic Building Name" - Street and Number     Date of Construction

#1 "Bradley House" - 25 Church Drive c. 1875

#2 Cheshire Historical Society - "Hitchcock-Phillips House" - 43 Church Drive 1785

#3 Congregational Parsonage - "Rev. Joseph Whiting House" - 77 Church Drive c. 1835

#4 "Rev. Van Odgen Voight House" - 85 Church Drive c. 1912

#5 Watch Factory Shops - "Cheshire Watch Company" - 116 Elm Street 1883

#6 Dept. of Human Services - 46-48 Foote Street (NOW GONE) c. 1880

#7 84 Highland Avenue c. 1810

#8 Cheshire Academy - "Cheshire Academy (Bowden & Bronson Halls" - 10 Main Street 1796 / 1866

#9 Temple Beth David - "Methodist Episcopal Church" - 3 Main Street 1834

Photo Survey of these properties: #1-#9

#10 Board of Education - "Humiston School" - 29 Main Street 1912

#11 Cheshire Academy - "Episcopal Rectory" - 52 Main Street c. 1840

#12 St. Peter's Church - "St. Peter's Church" - 59 Main Street 1840 and later alterations

#13 60 Main Street c. 1900

#14 "Amos Baldwin House" - 84 Main Street c. 1800 / remodeled 1872

#15 "Ebenezer Bunnell House" - 87 Main Street c. 1740

#16 "Loren Humiston House" - 92 Main Street c. 1850

#17 "Bellamy House" - 93 Main Street c. 1785

#18 97 Main Street c. 1800

#19 "Rev. Reuban Ives House" - 105 Main Street c. 1820

Photo Survey of these properties: #10-#19

#20 110 Main Street c. 1910

#21 "Bishop Abraham Jarvis House" 125 Main Street 1799

#22 126 Main Street c. 1910

#23 143 Main Street c. 1925

#24 205 Maple Avenue c. 1920

#25 11-15 South Main Street c. 1925

#26 Cheshire Town Hall - "Cheshire Town Hall" - 84 South Main Street 1867

#27 "Abijah Beach Tavern" - 137 South Main Street c. 1814

#28 "Russell Cook House" - 163 South Main Street 1801

#29 "Keeler Stove Shop" - 166 South Main Street c. 1875 Also read about the history of the Keeler Family

Photo Survey of these properties: #20 - #29

#30 "George Keeler House" - 168 South Main Street c. 1875 Read about the history of the Keeler Family

#31 "Dr. Thomas Cornwall House" - 191 South Main Street (Northwest Corner, Cornwall Avenue) c. 1810

#32 "Samuel Beach House" - 200 South Main Street c. 1762

#33 "Samuel A. Foot House (Rev. John Foot House) - 219 South Main Street 1769

#34 220 South Main Street c. 1860

#35 220 South Main Street (REAR) (NOW GONE) c. 1910

#36 Slater Funeral Home - Annis Williams House" - 242 South Main Street c. 1890

#37 "Charles H. Davis House" - 243 South Main Street c. 1920

#38 "Charles Goddard House" - 245 South Main Street c. 1930

#39 273 South Main Street c. 1850

Photo Survey of these properties: #30 - #39

#40 "Deacon Stephen Hotchkiss House" - 289 South Main Street c. 1730

#41 345-351 South Main Street c. 1845

#42 Cheshire Tree Service - "Robert & Mabel Storrs House" - 382 South Main Street c. 1910

#43 416 South Main Street (NOW GONE) c. 1880

#44 453 South Main Street c. 1910

#45 518 South Main Street c. 1790

#46 589 South Main Street c. 1744

#47 Alderson Funeral Home - 615 South Main Street (NOW GONE) c. 1920

#48 640 South Main Street (NOW GONE) c. 1880

#49 "Fred I. Willetts House" - 660 South Main Street (NOW GONE) c. 1920

Photo Survey of these properties: #40 - #49

#50 728 South Main Street (NOW GONE) c. 1930

#51 "Dr. Amos Hull House" 744 South Main Street 1764

#52 "Dr. John Hull House" 774 South Main Street c. 1770

#53 "Thomas G. Bennett II House" - 802 South Main Street c. 1930

#54 Bovano Industries - 830 South Main Street c. 1910

#55 "William Laterman House" - 1106 South Main Street c. 1920

#56 Hartman and Hulteen Realty - "Amasa Hitchcock House" - 1151 South Main Street c. 1800

#57 1216 South Main Street (NOW GONE) c. 1810

#58 "Elmer Ives House" - 1393 South Main Street 1903

#59 "Joseph H. Rogers House" - 233 West Main Street 1879

Photo Survey of these properties: #50 - #59

#60 "Augustus C. Peck House" - 240 West Main Street c. 1845

#61 "Daniel Judd House" - 253 West Main Street c. 1875

#62 "Frank Aldrich House" - 254 West Main Street c. 1920

#63 "Albert Huxley House" - 273 West Main Street c. 1903

#64 "Irwin T. Guilford House" - 276 West Main Street c. 1879

#65 327 West Main Street c. 1850 (?)

#66 "Arad Welton House" - 328 West Main Street c. 1850

#67 "Warren Doolittle House" - 345 West Main Street c. 1860

#68 356 - 366 West Main Street c. 1790 / c. 1910

#69 361 West Main Street c. 1840

Photo Survey of these properties: #60 - #69

#70 Ives-Anderson Home - "Titus B. Ives House" - 383 West Main Street 1857

#71 "Charles Hurd House" - 392 West Main Street c. 1850

#72 "John L. Smith House" - 401 West Main Street c. 1850

#73 "Samuel Hitchcock House" - 402 West Main Street c. 1850 / 1870

#74 423 West Main Street c. 1870

#75 "Ball & Socket Company House" - 435 West Main Street c. 1925

#76 460 West Main Street c. 1800

#77 "Cheshire Manufacturing Company Boardinghouse" - 470 West Main Street (NOW GONE) c. 1850

#78 471 West Main Street c. 1870

#79 Cheshire Lumber Company - "H.C. Ives Store" - 504 West Main Street (NOW GONE) c. 1850

Photo Survey of these properties: #70 - #79

#80 566 West Main Street c. 1790

#81 "David Badger House" - 571 West Main Street c. 1790

#82 610 West Main Street c. 1845

Photo Survey of these properties: #80 - #82

Note: There appear to be 3 different inventories - all in 1986

1. The National Register "Cheshire Historic District" (1986) includes 57 properties:

Bowden Hall ( Acadeny)

25-111 Church Drive

76 Foot Street - "Stick, 1890" ?

52 - 84 Highland Ave

3-125 and 84-126 Main Street

15-289 and 116 - 242 South Main

19-69 and 34-36 Wallingford Road

Cemetery bounded by Main St. and Horton (St. Peter's)

Our records have the application for the district, including Description, Significance, Biographical Reference and Geographical Data - but no information on each individual house the way the Inventory has

2. The State Register, in our records just a listing, with

Abijah Beach Tavern - S. Main

Bowden Hall - Academy

Congregational Church

Douglas House - a Federal style residence, built 1815, 2-story, frame -

Farmington Canal Lock #12

Jarvis House

Phlllips House (i.e. Historical Society house)

and now, of course, Ives Farm

(There are also 21 black-and-white photos)

3. The 1986 Historic Inventory - (listed at the beginning of this web page)

82 properties

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