Hoyt-Barnum House, Stamford

Name: Hoyt-Barnum House
Address: Stamford, United States

#39 among attractions in Stamford

Museum, History museum

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The Hoyt-Barnum House at 1508 High Ridge Road in Stamford, Connecticut, is a Cape Cod cottage style house that was built around 1699, and is the oldest extant house in the city of Stamford. The builder was a descendant of one of the original founders of Stamford. The large central chimney stack is made of field stone, laid up with only clay, animal hair, and straw. The house is braced timber frame construction or post and beam. The foundation is of field stone. The west room of the house is plastered. The east room has an exposed whitewashed frame, the hearth room walls are sheathed with wood paneling, showing the various interior finishing techniques incorporated into the house during its evolution. ()

Built: 1699 (325 years ago)Coordinates: 41°3'37"N, 73°32'14"W

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Hoyt-Barnum House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Stamford Town Center, Stamford Center for the Arts, Old Town Hall, One Landmark Square.

0.5 miS
Shopping, Shopping centre
Stamford Town Center, Stamford
13 min walk • Stamford Town Center is an urban shopping mall located in Downtown Stamford, Connecticut. The 761,000 square feet mall is the eighth largest in Connecticut, with space for about 130 stores and restaurants.
0.6 miS
Palace
Stamford Center for the Arts, Stamford
17 min walk • The Palace Theatre in downtown Stamford, Connecticut, United States, comprises two facilities on Atlantic Street: the restored Palace Theatre, and the Rich Forum, both within four blocks of each...
0.5 miS
Historical place, City hall
Old Town Hall, Stamford
14 min walk • The Old Town Hall is located in the Downtown section of Stamford, Connecticut. It is located at the southwest corner of Main and Atlantic Streets, occupying a portion of a triangular block bounded on the south by Bank Street. The rest of the block is occupied by the modern portion of Stamford's city hall.
0.4 miS
Skyscraper, Modernist architecture
One Landmark Square, Stamford
10 min walk • One Landmark Square, also known as Landmark Tower, or simply Landmark, is a 22-story, 295 ft skyscraper located at One Landmark Square in Stamford, Connecticut.
~1120 ftN
Church
Fish Church, Stamford
6 min walk • The First Presbyterian Church of Stamford is a church in Stamford, Connecticut designed by architect Wallace K. Harrison. Nicknamed the Fish Church for its unusual shape, it is a unique example of modernist architecture, and an architectural landmark. Its 260-foot-tall Maguire Memorial Tower holds a 56-bell carillon.
0.5 miSW
Skyscraper
Parc Stamford, Stamford
12 min walk • Park Tower Stamford is a 36-story condominium property located at 1 Broad Street in Stamford, Connecticut. Real estate developers Thomas Rich and Louis R.
0.6 miS
Church
Basilica of Saint John the Evangelist, Stamford
16 min walk • The Basilica of Saint John the Evangelist is a Catholic parish church and minor basilica in Stamford, Connecticut, USA. It was founded in the 1850s and the current church was built in 1868 to meet the increasing needs of the congregation.
0.9 miS
Monuments and statues
Stamford Cone, Stamford
23 min walk • The Stamford Cone is a 14-metre-high stained glass pavilion, commissioned from the artist Brian Clarke as a site-specific artwork for the headquarters of UBS AG and landmark feature for the city of Stamford, Connecticut. Designed and fabricated over three years, it was completed in 1999 at a cost of over $1 million.
~1800 ftSW
Church
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Stamford
9 min walk • St. Andrew's Episcopal Church is a historic church at 1231 Washington Boulevard in Stamford, Connecticut. Built in 1860 and consecrated on May 8, 1861, Saint Andrew's Church was originally a mission of St.
0.5 miE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Zion Lutheran Church, Stamford
13 min walk • The Zion Lutheran Church is a historic Lutheran church building at 132 Glenbrook Road in Stamford, Connecticut. The red brick Gothic Revival structure was built in 1925 by a German immigrant congregation founded in 1897.
0.4 miSE
Romanesque architecture, Synagogue, Romanesque revival architecture
Agudath Sholem Synagogue, Stamford
11 min walk • Congregation Agudath Sholom is a historic Jewish synagogue in Stamford, Connecticut. The original synagogue building was later converted into a Christian church building, the Faith Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church.

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Which popular attractions are close to Hoyt-Barnum House?

Nearby attractions include Highgrove, Stamford (3 min walk), Unitarian Universalist Church, Stamford (6 min walk), Fish Church, Stamford (6 min walk), Franklin Street Works, Stamford (8 min walk).

How to get to Hoyt-Barnum House by public transport?

The nearest stations to Hoyt-Barnum House:

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Stamford (25 min walk)
Glenbrook (30 min walk)