Address: 164 Hope Valley Road
Inventory Num: 50
Location: North side 0.7 Mi West of Route 85
Year Built: 1830
Builder: Unknown
Style: Cape
Current Use: Residence
Notable Architectural Features:
- 3 bay balanced facade
- Brick center Chimney
- 2/2 sash
- 2 gabled dormers on main facade have Victorian trim including imbricatied pointed shingles, fluted pilasters and dentils
- Greek Revival doorway has an entablature supported by pilasters
- Ashlar foundation
Importance:Lorenzo Dow, famed itinerant preacher, lived here from 1817 to 1820
Notes:"...home is a small Cape, with extensions. It has had a wonderfully varied existence, having as some of its occupants the historically prominent Lorenzo Dow, an early itinerant preacher, and in the early 1900's, the Coats Family of musicians lived there and held square dances on their lawns for surrounding neighbors. Each passing generation has added some changes to this beloved and charming house."
(from Hebron, Ct: Hebron Historical Society booklet prepared for America's Bicentennial)
Related Outbuildings:Dormers. Ells
