Whale Oil Row

Whale Oil Row

Whale Oil Row
Location 105-119 Huntington St., New London, Connecticut
Coordinates 41°21′22″N 72°6′0″W / 41.35611°N 72.10000°W / 41.35611; -72.10000Coordinates: 41°21′22″N 72°6′0″W / 41.35611°N 72.10000°W / 41.35611; -72.10000
Area 3 acres (1.2 ha)
Built 1835
Architect Charles Henry Boebe
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP Reference # 70000714[1]
Added to NRHP December 29, 1970

Whale Oil Row consists of a row of four nearly identical high quality Greek Revival houses at 105-119 Huntington Street in New London, Connecticut. All four were built between 1835 and 1845 by Charles Henry Beebe, and three were owned by men directly involved in whaling; the fourth was owned by a dry goods merchant. All four are distinguished by their two-story gabled porticos, supported by fluted columns, with a semicircular window in the gable pediment. The first one (105 Huntington) differs slightly from the others in being slightly wider than the others, extending on either side of the front portico. This assembly of Greek temple front houses may be unique in the United States.[2]

The group of houses was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.[1]

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  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ (PDF). National Park Service http://focus.nps.gov/pdfhost/docs/NRHP/Text/70000714.pdf. Retrieved 2015-02-03. Missing or empty |title= (help)


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