National Register of Historic Places

Skinner, Jason, House

Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut
Listed
June 18, 1985
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
85001331

About this property

The Jason Skinner House is a historic house at 21 Wintergreen Circle in Harwinton, Connecticut. Built around 1845, it is a well-preserved local example of a vernacular Greek Revival farmhouse. Originally located in a rural setting, it was disassembled and moved to its present location near the town offices in 1985. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The Jason Skinner House stands on the south side of Wintergreen Circle, a loop of public housing adjacent to the municipal office and library complex in central Harwinton. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with a side-gable roof, interior brick chimneys, and a clapboarded exterior. It has wide corner pilasters rising to an entablature. The main facade is five bays wide, with a center entrance flanked by sidelight windows and pilasters, and topped by a transom window and cornice. The interior rooms retain the original woodwork and much of its historical appearance. The house was built sometime in the mid-1840s by Jason Skinner, a prosperous local farmer. It was located on the eastern shore of Valley View Pond, a rural setting south of its present location. In 1985, it was carefully disassembled and moved to its current location. Some of its deteriorated and vandalized elements were replaced with reproductions, and the 20th-century interior elements were modernized. The house now serves as the office of the local public housing authority. National Register of Historic Places listings in Litchfield County, Connecticut

Location

21 Wintergreen Circle
Harwinton, Litchfield County, Connecticut
41.74576, -73.06150

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Skinner, Jason, House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 18, 1985.

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Skinner, Jason, House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Skinner, Jason, House is recorded as the industrial era.

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