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	Charles E. Beach House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Standort	18 Brightwood Lane, West Hartford, Connecticut
Coordinates	41°43′58″N 72°44′31″W / 41.73278°N 72.74194°W
Area	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built	1900
Architectural style	Shingle Style
NRHP reference No.	90001287
Added to NRHP	August 23, 1990

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The Charles E. Beach House is a historic house at 18 Brightwood Lane in West Hartford, Connecticut. Built in 1900–01, it is one of the town's finest examples of Shingle style architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 23, 1990.^[1]

Description and history

The Charles E. Beach House is located in a residential area on West Hartford's south side. It is located on the north side of Brightwood Lane, which is now filled with residential development on the former grounds of the house's once-larger estate. It is a large 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, with busy asymmetrical massing, including projecting sections and gables. The main roof is pierced by two large dormers, one gabled and the other gambreled, on what is now its primary southeast-facing facade. A single-story porch extends across part of that facade and around to the west. At the western end of the attic level is a polygonal screened porch. The exterior is finished entirely in natural-finish wooden shingles, with trim painted green. A fieldstone porte-cochere is located on the northwest facade, which was the building's original front. The interior, in a marked contrast to the simple finishes of the exterior, is richly decorated.^[2]

The house was built in 1900–01 on what the Beach family called Vine Hill, for Charles E. Beach, whose family were an important business and financial family in the Hartford business community. Beach's father had purchased the estate in stages beginning in 1859, and developed it as a dairy farm. Beach built this house, along with several surviving outbuildings (now separate residences on Brightwood Lane), and maintained it until his death in 1940. The family then subdivided the property, donating a portion to the town for Beachland Park. West Hartford has three major examples of Shingle architecture, of which this is the best-preserved.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ ^a ^b "NRHP nomination for Charles E. Beach House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-12-04.

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[NRHP-2] "NRHP nomination for Charles E. Beach House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2014-12-04.

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-The '''Charles E. Beach House''' is a historic house at 18 Brightwood Lane in [[West Hartford, Connecticut|West Hartford]], [[Connecticut]].  It is a large 2-1/2 story house, built in 1900-01 as the centerpiece of the Vine Hill estate of Charles E. Beach, a wealthy merchant.  It is West Hartford's least-altered and best preserved example of Shingle style architecture, with busy asymmetrical massing, including projecting sections and gables.<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web|url=http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NRHP/Text/90001287.pdf|title=NRHP nomination for Charles E. Beach House|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=2014-12-04}}</ref>
+The '''Charles E. Beach House''' is a historic house at 18 Brightwood Lane in [[West Hartford, Connecticut|West Hartford]], [[Connecticut]].  Built in 1900–01, it is one of the town's finest examples of [[Shingle style architecture]].  It was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on August 23, 1990.<ref name="nris"/>
+==Description and history==
-The house was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on August 23, 1990.<ref name="nris"/>
+The Charles E. Beach House is located in a residential area on West Hartford's south side.  It is located on the north side of Brightwood Lane, which is now filled with residential development on the former grounds of the house's once-larger estate.  It is a large {{frac|2|1|2}}-story wood-frame structure, with busy asymmetrical massing, including projecting sections and gables.  The main roof is pierced by two large dormers, one gabled and the other gambreled, on what is now its primary southeast-facing facade.  A single-story porch extends across part of that facade and around to the west.  At the western end of the attic level is a polygonal screened porch.  The exterior is finished entirely in natural-finish wooden shingles, with trim painted green.  A fieldstone porte-cochere is located on the northwest facade, which was the building's original front.  The interior, in a marked contrast to the simple finishes of the exterior, is richly decorated.<ref name=NRHP>{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=90001287}}|title=NRHP nomination for Charles E. Beach House|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=2014-12-04}}</ref>
+The house was built in 1900–01 on what the Beach family called Vine Hill, for Charles E. Beach, whose family were an important business and financial family in the Hartford business community.  Beach's father had purchased the estate in stages beginning in 1859, and developed it as a dairy farm.  Beach built this house, along with several surviving outbuildings (now separate residences on Brightwood Lane), and maintained it until his death in 1940.  The family then subdivided the property, donating a portion to the town for Beachland Park.  West Hartford has three major examples of Shingle architecture, of which this is the best-preserved.<ref name=NRHP/>
 ==See also==
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 [[Category:Houses in West Hartford, Connecticut]]
 [[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Hartford County, Connecticut]]
+[[Category:Shingle Style architecture in Connecticut]]
-{{Connecticut-NRHP-stub}}

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