Address: 274 Wall Street
Inventory Num: 106
Location: East side 0.2 Mi North of Loveland Road
Year Built: 1840
Builder: Unknown
Style: Greek Revival
Current Use: Residence/Farm
Notable Architectural Features:
- Pedimented gable end to street
- Corner pilasters support a wide frieze which the second floor windows cut into.
- Ashlar foundation
- 6/6 sash
- Two brick chimneys, one on the main house and one on the rear wing
- Rear wing has recessed porch
- Doorway hs simple entablature supported by pilasters, sidelights -5- above small panel
- Pair of stone piers, gate posts, with rings and chains
- Land offers a tremendous vista to the east
- The lot has foundationa and an open well of the original Mann Homestead from the 1770's which must be some of the older remains of Colonial Hebron
Importance:The house deeds set the current building to 1810 although the Historic Resources Register estimate 1840. We believe that the front part of the house and basement would have been built at the earlier time and that the house was greatly extended about 1840 - around the time it was bought by Burnham. The structure of the basement and internal structure of chimney and attic beams would support that idea.
The house fell into poor repair in the period leading up to 1991; it became unoccupied and we understand that the Boisverts purchased the house in a bank sale. Unfortunately a lot of the outer fabric of the building had deteriorated and the old sash windows, decorative pediment, frieze and doorway entablature were removed when the house was re-roofed and re-sided in 1997/8
The building's outer appearance no longer properly reflects the age of the property. The ashlar foundation, original chimney and pegged-beam construction remain and the foundation stones on the north side are notable for their size. Unfortunately the growth of trees on the abandoned farmland to our south and east has greatly curtailed what was a magnificent view.
At its height the property was a working farm of about 180 acres. Building plots were sold off, and by the 1970's it was being used as a horse-farm. The Boisverts sold the last plot during the 1990's, and the property is now purely residential being a single family home on a 3 acre lot.
(David Rose (2008 homeowner))
Notes:2006 assessor picture shows vinyl siding and Corner pilasters
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"...home is a dignified Federal design, with good detail in front roof finish and pilasters. The recessed entrance, with its sidelights, add greatly to the graciousness of the house."
(from Hebron, Ct: Hebron Historical Society booklet prepared for America's Bicentennial) 