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Pond-Weed House

Coordinates: 41°3′35″N 73°30′11″W / 41.05972°N 73.50306°W / 41.05972; -73.50306
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Pond-Weed House
Pond-Weed House is located in Connecticut
Pond-Weed House
Pond-Weed House is located in the United States
Pond-Weed House
Location2591 Post Rd., Darien, Connecticut
Coordinates41°3′35″N 73°30′11″W / 41.05972°N 73.50306°W / 41.05972; -73.50306
Built1730
NRHP reference No.78002842 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 11, 1978

The Pond-Weed House is a historic house at corner of the old Boston Post Road and Hollow Tree Ridge Road in the Noroton section of Darien, Connecticut. It has also been known as The House Under the Hill and Half-Way House.[1] Built ca. 1730,[2] the house is a classic wood frame saltbox, 2+12 stories in height, five bays wide, with a central chimney. It is considered to be the oldest building in Darien.[3]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "The Darien Times". August 2, 2020.
  3. ^ Town of Darien, Plan of Conservation and Development (2006), Appendix A2


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