Address: 5 South Road
Contemporary Building Name: 5 South Road
Historic Building Name: Lord House
Present Use: Residential
Historic Use: Residential
Architectural style: Greek Revival / Vernacular
Date constructed: c. 1850 (Baber), 1868 (Assessor)
Description: There is no door in the front gable end facing South Main Street. Instead, there are two 6-over-6 windows in the first story, with two at the second and one in the attic. Eaves of the gable end return slightly. A central chimney rises from the ridge. On the north side elevation tow 6-over-6s are symmetrically placed at both first and second floors. The one-story wing set back to the south is protected by a shed-roofed porch with turned posts that wraps around the south elevation. The principal entrance to the main block is through a door at the north end of the porch. There are small rectangular windows under the eaves on the west elevation of the ell.
Significance: The Lord House exhibits the mass and plan of the Greek Revival style with its gable end to the street having eaves returns, its one-story wing, and the rectangular windows under the eaves. In other respects the building is vernacular, perhaps altered, with possible loss to the vinyl siding of architecturally stylistic features. The symmetry of the fenestration on the front and north side elevations and the verticality and large size of the attic window may reflect changes made to the house over time. The 1855 map shows a building at approximately this location with the name D Lord. The same name is used with two other buildings across South Road. In the 1869 atlas, G.T. Lord is associated with this house. In the 20th century it was the home of Florence Lord, state representative, town librarian, and columnist for the "Marlborough Messenger."
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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