Address: 214 Jones Hollow Road
Contemporary Building Name: 214 Jones Hollow Road
Historic Building Name: Jennie Isleib
Present Use: Residential
Historic Use: Residential
Architectural style: Colonial
Date constructed: 1780 (sign on house)
Description: The 1 1/2-story central-chimney house is a compact structure. At the first floor, the central doorway is flanked by tow 6-over-6 windows. At the second floor, six-pane windows are above the first-floor windows, but there is no window over the door. The second-floor windows are under the eaves in an area often defined by a frieze, which here may have been lost to the siding. The north side elevation has three windows at the first floor, two at the second, and one in the attic. The ell is lower than the main block, but is on a foundation of massive stone blocks, indicating it is old if not original. The property consists of 33 1/2 acres.
Significance: 214 Jones Hollow Road is one of the relatively few 1 1/2-story colonial houses in Marlborough (see also 54 Hodge Road). It appears to have its original framing, dimensions, and mass intact, possibly including the ell. The siding and probably the sash have been altered; for instance, it is doubtful that the frieze windows originally were six-pane; three larger panes seems more likely. In this case the vinyl siding was applied without destroying the character-defining historic features and relationships of the house. The house does not show on the 1869 atlas, a circumstance that is unexpected. It may be that one of the two Fuller names near the dot for 195 Jones Hollow Road actually belongs with this house, but the dot is missing.
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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