LIST OF DISMANTLED ANTIQUE HOUSES
AVAILABLE FOR DELIVERY TO YOUR BUILDING SITE
William Gould, Architectural Preservation, LLC furnishes dismantled antique homes from the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. These historic buildings are meticulously documented, labeled, and packaged in order to preserve their historic character throughout the entire shipping and reconstruction process. We offer on this page a list of endangered houses available for sale. Our historic house and barn packages include all available sound original frame and finish elements including the timber frame, blocking and nailers, exterior and interior finish woodwork, mouldings, doors, windows, flooring, hardware and also including masonry. After three decades of dismantling and preserving antique houses and barns, we have refined our storage and labeling systems to allow reconstruction by any qualified builder. We ourselves have long experience in assembling and erecting dismantled historic buildings and can, in consultation with your architect, furnish you with a complete turnkey proposal for contracting the whole project. Alternatively, we can deliver the building to your site for installation by your own qualified project team. Check this space as we post new historic houses as they become available.
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Kingsley Blake House. The owner says get rid of it. Call for details. A dismantled circa 1860 architect designed Italianate dwelling of 3536 sq ft. The elegant New Haven, CT home had 12' ceilings on the first floor and 10' on the second, two story oval staircase, front doorway with leaded glass tracery, classical mantels, doors with trim and hardware. Also in storage are much of the stone foundation, brick, the entire timber frame, some sheathing, all the original windows up to 10' in height and the shutters.
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Dean House. Nathan Dean had the Federal portion of his house constructed in 1810 based on the architecture he had seen on a trip to Washington, DC. This high style dwelling measures 17 6 x 42 11 with 8 9 ceilings on the first floor and 8 7 3/4 high ceilings on the second floor. The Historic Architecture and Building Survey (HABS) photographed the interior and exterior in 1935. Sixteen pages of architectural drawings are available by Googling HABS and entering Nathan Dean House in the search box. The original 1724 portion of the building was demolished after 1935 except for the old winter kitchen and bedchamber. The present owner added a newer kitchen and rear stairway. The 1810 portion of the house is complete in every detail. Decorative wall painting and an exposed summer beam remain in the old winter kitchen. Currently there are no restrictions on the relocation of the house other than owners preference that it go to someone who will appreciate it, take care of it and enjoy it as she and her late husband did. The house is presently standing and reconstruction must begin within a year of disassembly.
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Tyrone Church. The 1855 Tyrone church was used as a Union barracks and hospital between 1864-65. This historic building measures 40 x 60 by 38 feet in height. Both sawn and hewn spruce was used in the frame that has many interesting features. Original flooring, stairway, doors, window sash, glass and trim remain inside. Outside detail has changed little. The church is standing.
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Brewster Cape. No longer for sale as the owner plans to keep and restore. A 1734 cape, measuring 25' x 32' with a 19th century 14' x 15' ell, is one of the few remaining houses on Cape Cod of the second period. Visible in each room are shouldered oak posts, cased beams and girts. The center chimney has three fireplaces and a bake oven. Old wide board flooring, a shelved pantry, built in fireplace cupboard, beaded wainscot, early doors and more finish the interior. The building is standing.
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Douglas House. An unusual 17 room New England Greek revival exhibiting forms lifted directly from period design books. On the front, Doric columns support a Greek frieze and a slate roof; on the end the columns carry a classical pediment. The following approximate dimensions are taken at ground level and do not include the porch overhang on the front and end which is 8' deep. The main structure is 26' x 36', the kitchen ell is 14' x 31' and the pantry is 12' x 13'. With 9' ceilings, the intact interior embraces Greek motifs from the center hall, to the front parlors and to the second floor front rooms. House is standing.
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Cudworth House. This unusual early 19th century corner house, measuring 24' x 32', is still occupied by the family that constructed it. The hewn oak frame supports sawn rafters and a five-sided ridgepole. Built with two chimneys, only one original chimney with two fireplaces presently exists. Much of the original interior remains intact including doors and trim, painted and unpainted wide board flooring, a mantle and surround and stairways. The building is standing.
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Gazebo. A circa 1890 gazebo, originally located on a residence of the same age, measures 12'5" across, 5' on a side and approximately 23' to the top of the finial which is in storage. This structure has been dismantled.
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1825 Clark House. A circa 1825 end chimney, four over four with center hallway, sitting on a dressed brown stone foundation measurers 22 1/4’ x 35 1/2 ‘. The timber dimensions of the hewn queen post, ridgepole frame are large in proportion to the size of the structure. All of the plaster lath, sidewall and roof sheathing have been preserved. Details include the window frames, interior window trim, and sash with original glass. Paired in the gables, beneath a cove-molded rake, are vertical six light sashes. Corner boards and the compound cornice with brackets also remain. There are three brick fireplaces, pallets of brick, mantels, fireplace cupboards, wide pine flooring, a portion of the original staircase, interior doors with trim and a wall of stenciled plaster. All of the stenciling has been traced and photographed. The dwelling has been dismantled and is stored in three trailers.
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Harwich House.
An early 19th century bow roof half cape measuring 22’ x 25’ with an addition, also 19th century, measuring 14’ x 18’. Except for thefront door the exterior is as it was when built. Much of the original interior remains intact. A well-preserved dwelling that has been dismantled.
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Campground Cottage. One of the last Gothic Style cottages, circa 1870, from the Willimantic Methodist Campground measures 12 x 20. On three sides, the original porch is 6-feet in width. Intact exterior detail include all windows, decorative window heads, doors, shutters, gable ornament, board and batten siding, porch railings, brackets, moldings and bead spindles. Inside, all wood flooring, bead board and flat board walls, exposed ceiling joists and original stairway has been preserved. The cottage has been dismantled.
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Frary Talcott House. Frary Talcott House, 1788, this Connecticut Valley dwelling which measures 29' 5" by 38' 8", retains all of its original features including a rear lean-to which increases the depth to 36' 6". The brick center chimney contains four fireplaces and a bake oven. A 29' long ballroom, created in 1847, opens up the right side of the first floor from front to rear. Molding, raised paneling, original front and rear stairways, buttery with shelving, wide board flooring and a pristine attic add to the interest of the building. Dismantled.
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Windham House. Windham House, C 1800, an overhung, center hall, measuring 27' x 36' twin chimney dwelling has an original ell measuring 18' x 38' attached to the rear is a single story ell measuring 14' x 14' for a total of 3500 sq ft. The interior was removed more than twenty years ago. Flooring remains on the first and second floors. There is an extensive amount of stone in the foundation and around the site. Standing.
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Massachusetts, Eighteenth Century, c. 1750. Massachusetts, a mid eighteenth century two over two measuring 18 'x 38' with a later lean-to measuring 12' x 25' has a complete interior that includes four fully paneled fireplace walls with cupboards and wainscot. The original front door with hardware opens into a paneled front hall and stairway. A sheathed rear stairway exists along with interior doors and hardware, a buttery in the lean-to and all of its flooring. The building had been completely rebuilt before it was dismantled.
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1810 Abram Clock House. The Abram Clock House is a Half-Georgian house c. 1810 from Darien,Connecticut which has been dismantled. Front, main part, measurers 25' widex 30' deep, two fireplaces on first floor, front to rear hallway w/stairway. Side addition, kitchen ell w/ fireplace and bake oven measures 17' wide x 23' deep.
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HISTORIC HOUSE OR BARN NEEDS RESCUE? A dedicated preservationist, William Gould Architectural Preservation, LLC has long worked to save historic houses and barns endangered by change and development. Unfortunately, such structures are being condemned at a faster rate than we can find homes for them. Consequently, while we remain very interested to hear about your antique building, we must be selective so that we can continue to effectively advocate for the buildings that we have. Our online endangered house and barn form will help you to tell us what we need to know in order to advise you on the most effective course of action to save your important historic structure.
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