Sanford-Curtis-Thurber House
For the house of James Thurber in Ohio, see Thurber House.
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| Location | 71 Riverside Rd., Newtown, Connecticut |
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| Coordinates | 41°25′31″N 73°15′49″W / 41.42528°N 73.26361°WCoordinates: 41°25′31″N 73°15′49″W / 41.42528°N 73.26361°W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | 1800 |
| Architectural style | Georgian |
| Governing body | Private |
| NRHP Reference # | 07000557[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 21, 2007 |
The Sanford-Curtis-Thurber House, also known as James Thurber House, is a historic house at 71 Riverside Road in the Sandy Hook section of Newtown, Connecticut. It is a Georgian style house built in 1800 that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]
The house is a large, rural Georgian style farmhouse built for a prosperous farmer named Thomas Sanford.[2]
The house was purchased in 1931 by Althea Thurber, the first wife of author and humorist James Thurber (1894–1961), and it was used as a weekend or holiday home. It was ostensibly a place where Althea could have dogs, and the family dogs inspired and appeared in Thurber's humorous sketches in The New Yorker magazine.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kate Ohno (July 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Sanford-Curtis-Thurber House / James Thurber House". National Park Service. (including two historic photos) and Accompanying 12 photos, exterior and interior, from 2006
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