Address: 205 North Main
Contemporary Building Name: 205 North Main
Historic Building Name: D.A. Brown House
Present Use: Residential
Historic Use: Residential
Architectural style: Greek Revival
Date constructed: 1780-1820 (Baber), 1812 (Assessor)
Description: The front elevation of the D.A. Brown House is divided into five bays by central doorway and nine windows, four at the first floor and five at the second. The first-floor sash are 6-over-6 while at the second floor they are rectangular horizontal three-pane. The doorway is framed by plain pilasters under full entablature of architrave, frieze, and delicate molded cornice. The corners of the house support slender plain pilasters, while the horizontal windows are placed in a frieze. The eaves return slightly on the side elevations. A central rectangular chimney with its long dimension front to back rises from the center of the ridge line. There is a single window on the south side elevation at both first and second floors. In the ell the gable roof is oriented at right angles to the main block's roof ridge.
Significance: The D.A. Brown House is a good example of a five-bay 1 1/2 story Colonial house. It exhibits the characteristic five-bay front elevation, with small windows in the second floor frieze under the eaves. The building appears to be in a good state of preservation. For a similar house in Marlborough, see 367 Jones Hollow Road. The 1869 atlas shows the house with the name D.A. Brown.
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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