Address: 124 South Road
Contemporary Building Name: 124 South Road
Historic Building Name: George H. Lord House ?
Present Use: Residential
Historic Use: Residential
Architectural style: Colonial / Colonial Revival?
Date constructed: c. 1900 (Baber), 1937 (Assessor), c. 1820 (Ransom)
Description: In the front elevation, a central door is flanked by paired 1-over-1 windows. At the second floor an added hipped-roof dormer has another 1-over-1 window. The chimney is just inside the south wall. The property is 4 1/2 acres.
Significance: Presumably, the house once had two windows on either side of the front door, which have been altered to the existing paired windows, and there may have been a central chimney (depending on date of construction). As it now exists, the house is with stylistic character-defining architectural features. Both the 1855 map and 1869 atlas identify a house at this location with the name George H. Lord. Accordingly, it may be that this house dates from before 1855, and some part of the original fabric may be present underneath the alterations which now are apparent to the eye. Since the alterations have been substantial, the 20th century construction dates cited above may be the dates of the major alterations.
Sources: Baber, David. Capitol Region Council of Governments Historic Resource Survey of Marlborough, 1978.
Ransom, David. Historical and Architectural Resources Survey, Town of Marlborough, Connecticut. April 1998.
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