Grace Church Rectory facts for kids
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Grace Church Rectory
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U.S. Historic district
Contributing property |
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 Location in Connecticut
Location in the United States
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| Location | 301 Broad St., Windsor, Connecticut |
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| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1870 |
| Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
| Part of | Broad Street Green Historic District (ID99001613) |
| MPS | 18th and 19th Century Brick Architecture of Windsor TR |
| NRHP reference No. | 88001477 |
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| Added to NRHP | September 15, 1988 |
| Designated CP | December 30, 1999 |
The Grace Church Rectory is a really old and special building in Windsor, Connecticut. It used to be a home for a church leader, called a rectory. This historic house is located at 301 Broad Street.
It was built around 1865. The building is a great example of a style called Gothic Revival architecture. This means it looks like older Gothic buildings, but it was built much later. The rectory is made of brick and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. This list includes important historical places in the United States.
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What Does the Grace Church Rectory Look Like?
The Grace Church Rectory is in the middle of Windsor. You can find it on the east side of Broad Street, just north of the church itself. It's a two-and-a-half-story building made of brick. The roof is very steep and covered with slate tiles.
Special Details of the Building
The front of the house has a part that sticks out. This part is decorated with fancy wooden trim called vergeboard. You can also see this decoration around the main front door and on other pointy roof sections.
To the right of the sticking-out part, there's a porch. This porch has cool posts that are shaped with flat edges, known as chamfered posts. They also have pretty Gothic-style brackets. The main entrance is under this porch. It has windows on the sides of the door (sidelights) and a window above it (a transom window).
Windows and Sides of the Rectory
The sides of the building also have pointy roof sections. These continue the same Gothic decorations you see on the front. The windows are grouped together, sometimes one, two, or three windows at a time. They all have stone sills (bottom parts) and lintels (top parts). At the back of the main house, there's a smaller, one-story wooden part.
History of the Grace Church Rectory
This historic house was built around 1865. It is considered one of the best examples of Gothic Revival architecture in the local area. The church built it specifically to be the home for its rector, who was named Revel H. Tuttle.
