Jonathan Warner House
Encyclopedia
The Jonathan Warner House is a very well documented Federal
-style house in Chester, Connecticut
built in 1798 that was "remarkably the same in appearance" when listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1978.
It has a Palladian window above its front door. The house was illustrated by J. Frederick Kelly
in his prominent book The Early Domestic Architecture of Connecticut (1963).
The property is also known as Warner-Brooks House.
It was designed and built by Jonathan Warner in 1798.
It includes Federal
architecture.
When listed the property included two contributing buildings, and one contributing site.
An 18th-century carriage barn, which was moved to the site, serves as the garage.
The listing is for an area of 28 acres (11.3 ha).
The listing is described in its NRHP nomination document.
Federal architecture
Federal-style architecture is the name for the classicizing architecture built in the United States between c. 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815. This style shares its name with its era, the Federal Period. The name Federal style is also used in association with furniture design...
-style house in Chester, Connecticut
Chester, Connecticut
Chester is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 3,743 at the 2000 census. The town center is also defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as a census-designated place .-Geography:...
built in 1798 that was "remarkably the same in appearance" when listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1978.
It has a Palladian window above its front door. The house was illustrated by J. Frederick Kelly
J. Frederick Kelly
J. Frederick Kelly was an American architect who has designed significant houses. Kelly was regarded as the leading architectural historian in Connecticut....
in his prominent book The Early Domestic Architecture of Connecticut (1963).
The property is also known as Warner-Brooks House.
It was designed and built by Jonathan Warner in 1798.
It includes Federal
Federal architecture
Federal-style architecture is the name for the classicizing architecture built in the United States between c. 1780 and 1830, and particularly from 1785 to 1815. This style shares its name with its era, the Federal Period. The name Federal style is also used in association with furniture design...
architecture.
When listed the property included two contributing buildings, and one contributing site.
An 18th-century carriage barn, which was moved to the site, serves as the garage.
The listing is for an area of 28 acres (11.3 ha).
The listing is described in its NRHP nomination document.