The Sage-Kirby House is a historic house at 93 Shunpike Road in
Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell (25 April 15993 September 1658) was an English politician and military officer who is widely regarded as one of the most important statesmen in English history. He came to prominence during the 1639 to 1651 Wars of the Three Ki ...
,
Connecticut
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. Built sometime between 1811 and 1815, it is one of four Federal-period brick houses in the town, and the only one of these with a central chimney. The house was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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on April 29, 1982.
Description and history
The Sage-Kirby House is located in a rural-suburban setting of central Cromwell, at the southwest corner of Shunpike Road (
Connecticut Route 3
Route 3 is a route connecting Middletown to the Glastonbury-East Hartford town line. It passes through the towns of Cromwell, Rocky Hill, Wethersfield, and Glastonbury. The northernmost of Route 3 is an expressway that was original ...
) and Evergreen Road. It is a -story brick structure, five bays wide, with a side-gable roof and a large central chimney. Its main entry, centered on the front, has no significant decoration beyond the semi-oval fanlight window above. The interior of the house is timber-framed, with many original finishes and features.
The house, built c. 1811–15, is one of only four surviving brick Federal-style houses in Cromwell, and the only house to retain a central chimney, a late holdover from the colonial era built into this house. It was built for Ebenezer Sage, a descendant of one of Cromwell's early settlers. It was owned for fifteen years in the 19th century by Samuel Kirby, also from an old Cromwell family. In 1944 it was converted into a duplex, a process that was reversed during a major restoration begun in 1953.
See also
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References
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Cromwell, Connecticut
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut
Houses in Middlesex County, Connecticut
National Register of Historic Places in Middlesex County, Connecticut