John Randall House

John Randall House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
41°24′59″N 71°51′37″W / 41.41639°N 71.86028°W / 41.41639; -71.86028
Area	13.3 acres (5.4 ha)
Built	1685-1720
Architectural style	Georgian
NRHP reference No.	78002877[1]
Added to NRHP	December 1, 1978

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.^[2][3] 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.^[1]

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 2,000 feet (610 m) north of its junction with Interstate 95. It is a 2+1⁄2-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.

See also

• List of the oldest buildings in Connecticut
• National Register of Historic Places listings in New London County, Connecticut

References