John I. Howe House
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John I. Howe House | |
 The house in 2016 | |
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| Location | 213 Caroline Street Derby, CT |
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| Coordinates | 41°19′23″N 73°5′15″W / 41.32306°N 73.08750°WCoordinates: 41°19′23″N 73°5′15″W / 41.32306°N 73.08750°W |
| Built | 1845 |
| Built by | Lucius Hubbell |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 88003229 |
| Added to NRHP | February 6, 1989 |
The John I. Howe House is located in Derby, Connecticut at 213 Caroline Street. The house was constructed in 1845 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. This 2 story stone house was built for John Ireland Howe of the Howe Pin Company. Howe moved his manufacturing business from New York to Derby in 1838. Howe is revered as one of Connecticut's foremost nineteenth-century inventors.[1]
House
The house is an outstanding example of Greek Revival architecture implemented in masonry. A historic porch has been lost but photos make an authentic recreation possible.[1]
Renovation
In 1989 the owners, the Derby Historical Society, had plans for major rehabilitation of the house so that it could be used as a museum of industry.[1]:7 In 2016, the Derby Historical Society still owned the home, was planning for a third round of renovation, and hoped for it to become the Lower Naugatuck Valley Industrial Heritage Center, a museum to be open to the public.[2] It has been hoped that one of Howe's pin-making machines, on display at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., could be returned to Derby for permanent display at the museum.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 Savage, Beth (December 2, 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: John I. Howe House" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
- ↑ "John I. Howe House". Derby Historical Society.
- ↑ "Derby Hall of Fame: Dr. John Ireland Howe". electronicvalley.org. Retrieved 2016-07-04.
External links
- The Dr. John Ireland Howe House, film by John Walsh at Youtube