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Thomas Harrison House (Branford, Connecticut)

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The house was probably built sometime before 1723, when a recently built house frame is mentioned in a real estate transaction granting the property to Thomas Harrison from his father's estate. It is one of a small number of 18th-century houses in Branford, and is unusual for the gambrel-roofed
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center chimney form, where most other period houses in the town are two full stories and have end chimneys. The Harrisons were prominent local landowners.
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residential area. It is located at the northwestern corner of Bradley and North Harbor Streets, and is angled to face the junction. It is a
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The Thomas Harrison House is located west of Branford Center, in the
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Thomas Harrison House (Branford, Connecticut) is located in Connecticut
Thomas Harrison House (Branford, Connecticut) is located in the United States
Branford, Connecticut
41°16′34″N 72°49′23″W / 41.27611°N 72.82306°W / 41.27611; -72.82306
Canoe Brook Historic District
ID02000335
MPS
88002644
Branford, Connecticut
gambrel roof
National Register of Historic Places
Canoe Brook
Swain-Harrison House
National Register of Historic Places listings in New Haven County, Connecticut


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


"NRHP nomination for Thomas Harrison House"
"National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Canoe Brook Historic District"
National Park Service
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