National Register of Historic Places

Barnes-Frost House

Southington, Hartford County, Connecticut
Listed
January 19, 1989
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
88003109

About this property

The Barnes-Frost House is a historic house at 1177 Marion Avenue in the Marion section of Southington, Connecticut. Built about 1795, it is a high quality local example of late Colonial architecture, with a history of ownership by members of prominent local families. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. The Barnes-Frost House is located on the west side of Marion Avenue, north of its junction with Old Mountain Road (Connecticut Route 322). It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a clapboarded exterior, side gable roof, large central chimney, and a centered entrance. The entrance is flanked by pilasters and topped by a frieze with a band of molded ellipses. This detail is repeated on the window lintels and in a frieze band below the roof line. The chimney is not original to the house, but is an 18th-century structure recovered from a house in Cheshire. The interior retains some original features, notably wide pine floors. Built c. 1796, the house is significant in part because it is a well-preserved example of Colonial architecture, and also because it was home of the locally prominent Barnes and Frost families. Philo Barnes, son of the locally prominent tavernkeeper Asa Barnes and a major local landowner in his own right, purchased the house in 1810, and it was occupied by three generations of Barneses. In 1881 it was purchased by Levi Frost, also from a prominent local family that owned a local factory. The house remained in the Frost family until 1916. National Register of Historic Places listings in Southington, Connecticut

Location

1177 Marion Ave.
Southington, Hartford County, Connecticut
41.56576, -72.92490

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Nearby Historic Sites

Marion Historic District
Listed
0.1 mi
Frost, Levi B., House
Industrial
0.2 mi
Clark Brothers Factory No. 1
Industrial
1.2 mi
Clark Brothers Factory No. 2
Industrial
1.6 mi
Atwater Manufacturing Company
Industrial
1.7 mi

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When was Barnes-Frost House listed on the National Register?

Barnes-Frost House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 19, 1989.

What type of historic resource is Barnes-Frost House?

Barnes-Frost House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Barnes-Frost House?

The period of significance for Barnes-Frost House is recorded as the industrial era.

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