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Josiah Wilcox House

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242:-story wood-frame structure with a front-gable roof, and clapboarded exterior. The building's most prominent feature is its impressive Greek Revival temple front, consisting of four fluted Ionic columns supporting a triangular gable pediment. A round-arch window is located at the center of the gable. The main facade is three bays wide and finished with flushboarding, and has the entrance in the right bay, framed by sidelight and transom windows. The building corners are adorned with plain pilasters. The interior retains many original features, including the main staircase, and fireplace surrounds. 65: 1326: 90: 51: 1337: 97: 72: 1215: 1310: 1246: 1230: 245:
The house was built in 1838 for Josiah Wilcox. It has been little-altered since the late 19th century, and is one of Greenwich's finest Greek Revival buildings. Wilcox was a prominent local businessman, operating a factory on the nearby
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The Josiah Wilcox House is located in a residential area of central western Greenwich, on the west side of Riversville Road north of its crossing of the
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that manufactured tinning tools and carriage parts. The house remained in the Wilcox family until 1943.
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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Accompanying 11 photos, exterior and interior, from 1988
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Josiah Wilcox House is located in Connecticut
Josiah Wilcox House is located in the United States
Greenwich, Connecticut
41°3′44″N 73°33′27″W / 41.06222°N 73.55750°W / 41.06222; -73.55750
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Greenwich, Connecticut
Greek Revival architecture
National Register of Historic Places
Merritt Parkway
Byram River
National Register of Historic Places listings in Greenwich, Connecticut


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service


"National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Josiah Wilcox House"
Accompanying 11 photos, exterior and interior, from 1988
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Greenwich, Connecticut
History
Murder of Martha Moxley
Gulliver's nightclub fire
Mianus River Bridge collapse

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