HPX - September/October 2008 - Elias Sprague House, Coventry

Built in 1821 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this one and a half story, four-room cape is situated on four heavily wooded acres between moderate residential construction and the Nathan Hale State Forest in Coventry, Connecticut. The interior is almost entirely original, following the traditional floor plan of two front rooms on either side of a small hall with kitchen at the rear, a large central chimney and fieldstone foundation. The Sprague lot will have some deed restrictions—the buyer will have to preserve the historic facade of the building and cannot subdivide the property to put up other houses. The current owner, the Coventry Historical Society, is selling the historic home in the hope that the proceeds will help maintain its other antique buildings and museums.

Contact: Landmarks Antique & Country Properties at (860) 423-7484

                                                               Photo credit: Hugh Smith