Address: 22 Church St
Inventory Num: 53
Location: West side Route 85, 0.2 Mi South of Rte 66
Year Built: 1806
Builder: Unknown
Style: Federal
Current Use: Residence
(District)
1993
Notable Architectural Features:
- 5-bay balanced facade
- 3 end brick chimneys, 2 on the North end and 1 on the South
- 6/6 sash and lunette in the gable end
- Boxed eaves with modillions and cornice returns
- Front doorway has a portico with a broken bed pediment. A row of modillions and a frieze board are supported by fluted pilasters and Roman doric columns which surround an elaborate fanlight
- Rear wood frame shed addition with a brick wing off of it
Importance:Home of Physician John S. Peters, Governor of Connecticut (1831-1833)
Date [built] (Source) 1806 (H. A. B. S.)
Orig Owner Governor John S. Peters
Present Owner [1935-37] Noble E. Lord
Exterior The roof, fairly flat, is covered with red tin at present. ,The cornice is of an elaborate Greek Revival type, with large members.
Doorway The porch is supported by slender columns of a composite Doric order, and has an elaborate cornice. The door has heavy sunken paneling, six panels and is flanked by fluted pilasters and surmounted by a leaded fanlight.
Interior The mantels are very elaborate, the fireplaces projecting slightly into the room and paneled at either side. A large panel above, and an elaborate classical cornice.
(WPA Architectural Survey - ca. 1935 - # 12)
Notes:"This is the historic Governor Peters' House, one of Hebron's most beautiful homes. Of very dignified architecture, four chimneys, an ell and extensions, and has very lovely grounds. One noticeably rare feature is the line of fence posts with linked chains across the front lawn; as each post must be set ten feet into the ground, it is most rare to see a perfect-standing, perfect fence of this type."
(from Hebron, Ct: Hebron Historical Society booklet prepared for America's Bicentennial)Although not built by Ephraim J. Wilcox [1843-1912], the house was altered and modernized by him. Ephraim J. Wilcox, of Hebron, also built the Hebron Congregational Church and the Douglas Library.
(Commemorative Biographical Record of Tolland and Windham Counties, Connecticut Publisher: J.H. Beers & Co., Chicago; 1903, p. 459 ) 
