Address: 131 Jones Hollow Road
Contemporary Building Name: HRS Farm
Historic Building Name: A. B. Latham House
Present Use: Residential
Historic Use: Residential
Architectural style: Colonial
Date constructed: 1780-1820 (Baber), 1783 (Assessor)
Description: The low mass of the A.B. Latham House hugs the high ground behind the tall stone retaining wall at road's edge. In the five-bay front elevation 12-over-8 windows flank the central doorway. Fenestration in the side elevations is two 12-over-8 sash at the first floor and two, closer together, at the second. Central chimney rises from the roof ridge. The ell features small rectangular frieze windows under its eaves, indicating that the ell dates from not later than the early 19th century. Outbuildings are devoted to the care of horses.
Significance: The A.B. Latham House is a good example of a one-story Colonial building exhibiting the typical features of central doorway and chimney with five-bay front elevation associated with the type. Often additions to such houses are 20th century construction, but in this case it appears that the ell dates from the turn of the 19th century. The 1869 atlas includes two houses in bracketed ownership of A.B. Latham, 113 Jones Hollow Road and the neighbor next north, which is no longer standing.
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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