Address: 20 Porter Road
Inventory Num: 197
Location: Northwest corner at Martin Road
Year Built: 1760 - 1800
Builder: Unknown
Style: Georgian/ Federal
Current Use: Farm
Notable Architectural Features:
- 5-bay balanced facade with clapboards that widen as the height increases
- Twin interior brick chimneys
- 2/2 sash throughout
- Center bay on 2nd floor has Palladian-like window arrangement with conventional sized window flanked by narrow dbl hung sidde lights
- Doorway has pilasters supporting a broken bed bediment with modillions surrounding a fanlight. There are also double hung sidelights outside the casing.
- Ashlar foundation
- Porch on South side has flat roof supported by turned posts with brackets. Balustrade has Chinese Chippendale motif, also there is a screen of approx 9inch verticals running above brackets.
Importance:WPA Architectural Survey - ca. 1935 - # 31
Notes:"A two-chimney, center-hall house with extension and an air of dignity. The facade has side lights at both door and upper hall window; a pediment over the door & good details at roofline."
(from Hebron, Ct: Hebron Historical Society booklet prepared for America's Bicentennial)