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228:-story timber-frame structure, with a gabled roof and clapboarded exterior. A single-story porch of early 20th-century construction extends across the front facade and around part of the north and south sides. The main facade is three asymmetrically placed bays wide, with the main entrance set in the rightmost bay, flanked by sidelight windows and topped by a transom. The ground floor windows are full length in the Greek Revival style. The interior follows a fairly typical Greek Revival side hall plan, with a curved staircase rising in the main hall, and many other original period features. It illustrates a vernacular transition between 64: 821: 51: 260: 832: 71: 239:
The house was built about 1843 for Nathan Booth, on land belonging to his father, Abijah. Although the building outwardly appears Greek Revival, its timber-frame construction is more commonly associated with earlier Federal and Georgian construction. Booth was a successful farmer, probably providing
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The Nathan B. Booth House stands in what is now a residential area of the Putney section of Stratford, on the east side of Main Street a short way north of the
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Nathan B. Booth House is located in Connecticut
Stratford, Connecticut
41°14′21.04″N 73°6′35.74″W / 41.2391778°N 73.1099278°W / 41.2391778; -73.1099278
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Putney section
Stratford, Connecticut
National Register of Historic Places
Boothe Memorial Park and Museum
Greek Revival architecture
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Bridgeport
Housatonic River
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Fairfield County, Connecticut


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