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词条 Henry Champion House
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  1. Description and history

  2. See also

  3. References

  4. External links

{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Henry Champion House
| nrhp_type = nrhp
| image = Henry Champion House.jpg
| caption = Champion House in 1940
| location= Westchester Rd., Colchester, Connecticut
| coordinates = {{coord|41|32|39|N|72|24|50|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Connecticut#USA
| built = {{start date|1790}}
| architecture = Colonial Georgian-Federal
| added = October 10, 1972
| area = {{convert|5|acre|ha}}
| governing_body = Private
| refnum = 72001323[1]
}}

The Henry Champion House is a historic house on Westchester Road in Colchester, Connecticut. Built in 1790, it is a good local example of Federal period architecture, designed by William Sprat, a prominent early architect. It was built by Colonel Henry Champion, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War for his son, also named Henry. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1]

Description and history

The Henry Champion House is located on the southern fringe of the village of Westchester in southwestern Colchester, on the west side of Westchester Road at its junction with Pickerel Lake Road. It is a 2-1/2 story gambrel-roofed wood frame structure, with a gambrel roof and clapboarded exterior. Two brick chimneys are symmetrically placed in the interior, rising behind the main roof ridge. Three gabled dormers project from the steep sloping front face of the roof, and the rear roof line slopes down to the first floor in a saltbox-like profile. The main facade is five bays wide, with a center entrance flanked by sidelight windows and pilasters and sheltered by a gabled portico. First-floor windows are topped by projecting cornices, and the main roof cornice has a line of dentil moulding.[3]

The house was built in 1790 to a design by William Sprat, a Connecticut designer whose residential credits include houses in both Connecticut and Vermont. The house was built by Colonel Henry Champion for his son, also named Henry. Both Champions played an active role in the American Revolutionary War, and the younger Champion was a prominent local politician, serving in the state legislature.[2] He was also a major figure in the Connecticut Land Company, which undertook the settlement of parts of Upstate New York and Ohio.

See also

  • National Register of Historic Places listings in New London County, Connecticut

References

1. ^{{NRISref|2009a}}
2. ^{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=72001323}} |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Henry Champion House |date=April 17, 1972 |author=Susan Babbitt |publisher=National Park Service}} and {{NRHP url|id=72001323|title=Accompanying six photos, exterior, from 1972|photos=y}}

External links

{{commonscat|Henry Champion House}}
  • {{HABS |survey=CT-143 |id=ct0216 |title=Colonel Henry Champion House, Colchester, New London County, CT |photos=10 |supp=yes}}
{{National Register of Historic Places}}

8 : Houses completed in 1790|Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut|Historic American Buildings Survey in Connecticut|Houses in New London County, Connecticut|Georgian architecture in Connecticut|Federal architecture in Connecticut|Colchester, Connecticut|National Register of Historic Places in New London County, Connecticut

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