John Randall House Explained

John Randall House
Location:Behind 41 CT 2, North Stonington, Connecticut
Coordinates:41.4164°N -71.8603°W
Built:1685-1720
Architecture:Georgian
Added:December 1, 1978
Area:13.3acres
Refnum:78002877

The John Randall House is a historic house on Connecticut Route 2 in North Stonington, Connecticut. Its earliest section dates to 1685, with the main block reaching its present configuration before 1720.[1] [2] The house was restored in the 1930s by early preservationist Norman Isham and listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 1, 1978.

Description and history

The John Randall House is set on a rural parcel of land down a long lane on the west side of Route 2, about 2000feet north of its junction with Interstate 95. It is a -story wood-frame structure, five asymmetrical bays wide, with a massive central stone chimney and clapboarded exterior. Its main entrance is framed by pilasters and a corniced entablature. The house is framed with inch-thick planking, a common technique of the period, although the planking was usually thinner, and is suggestive of two distinct periods of construction. The eastern parlor has a large fireplace wall finished in wooden paneling, the fireplace flanked by pilasters. The western parlor has a period built-in cabinet, wainscoting, and original plasterwork. The house was part of a farm named Anguilla Farm by the namesake son of the original proprietor, John Randall, a husbandman and Sabbatarian from England.

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Notes and References

  1. https://historicbuildingsct.com/john-randall-house-1685/ Historic Buildings of Connecticut website retrieved on 2021-04-16
  2. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=78002877}} NRHP nomination for John Randall House]. National Park Service. 2015-01-31.