The William J. Clark House is a historic house at 32 Prospect Hill in the
Stony Creek neighborhood of
Branford, Connecticut. Built in 1878–80 to a design by
New Haven-based architect
Henry Austin, it is a particularly fine example of the
Stick style of architecture popular at the time. The house is individually listed for its architecture on the
National Register of Historic Places as the Stick Style House at Stony Creek,
and is a contributing property to the
Stony Creek-Thimble Islands Historic District
Stony may refer to:
Places
* Stony Brook (disambiguation)
* Stony Creek (disambiguation)
* Stony Lake (disambiguation)
* Stony River (disambiguation)
* Stony Island (disambiguation)
* Stony Point (disambiguation)
* Stony Mountain (Missouri)
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Description and history
The Clark House is located in southeastern Branford's Stony Creek neighborhood, an area which flourished as a summer resort colony in the late 19th century. It occupies on the north side of Prospect Hill Road, with views to the Thimble Islands and Long Island Sound
Long Island Sound is a marine sound and tidal estuary of the Atlantic Ocean. It lies predominantly between the U.S. state of Connecticut to the north and Long Island in New York to the south. From west to east, the sound stretches from the Eas ...
. It is a -story wood-frame structure, with a busy and ornately decorated roofline, including a three-story tower. The roof gables are adorned with woodwork which gives the Stick style its name, and an elaborately decorated single-story porch extends around parts of the building. The tower is capped by a steeply pitched gabled roof, with gabled dormers projecting from its sides. The interior retains many original period finishes.[
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See also
* National Register of Historic Places listings in New Haven County, Connecticut
References
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Houses in Branford, Connecticut
Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut
Queen Anne architecture in Connecticut
Houses completed in 1880
National Register of Historic Places in New Haven County, Connecticut
Historic district contributing properties in Connecticut