Address: 396 Jones Hollow Road
Contemporary Building Name: 396 Jones Hollow Road
Historic Building Name: S.T. Verguson House
Present Use: Residential
Historic Use: Residential
Architectural style: Colonial
Date constructed: 1740-1780 (Baber), 1670 (Assessor), 17th Century (owner)
Description: The S. T. Verguson House has a central doorway flanked by tripartite picture windows, each of which presumably replaces two original window openings. On the north side elevation there are small windows under the front and back eaves of the steeply pitched roof. There are two brick chimneys, one in the center of the roof and another on the north side elevation. The property is 18 1/5 acres.
Significance: The house is significant architecturally because of its age and the good state of preservation of its structural components, size, and mass. The presence of the small eaves windows on the north elevation is consistent with the 17th century date assigned to the house. The S.T. Verguson House is a candidate to be one of the half dozen oldest structures still standing in Marlborough. The 1869 atlas shows that the house is the home of S.T. Verguson, whose name is also associated with the mill across the street on the Blackledge River. The house and mill together constitute one of the oldest historic sites in the town. The fact that both mill site and home remain in their original relationship to one another and to their surroundings enhances the significance of the total resource.
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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