HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY BUILDING AND STRUCTURES Norwich Heritage Trust, Inc, P.O.Box 185 Norwich, CT 06360	This Building sponsored by Rose City Renaissance
Building Name: Evelyn's School of Dance	Historic Name: George Hebbard Building
Town/City: Norwich	County: New London
Address:23-29	Street: Main Street
Owners:Silberman's Inc Noank Ct.	Private
Present Use: Dance school storage	Historic Use retail stores
Exterior is NOT viewable to public	Interior is accessible	Explain: open during business hours
Style of Building: Greek Revival	Construction Date: c. 1842
Materials Brick Concrete - surface Cut Stone - granite foundation	Structural System Load Bearing Masonry
Roof Flat Roll Asphalt
Stories: 2	Dimensions: 30 x 70
Structural Condition: Fair	Exterior Condition: Fair
Alterations: Main Street facade added later
Outbuildings:
Environment: commercial High Building Density

Interrelationship of Building and Surroundings:

Like others on this block the building has frontage on both Main and Water Streets. It is similar in scale to other buildings nearby, forming a street-scape of closely- built structures.

Features:

The Main Street facade is fairly pedestrian. The storefront is recessed and constructed of brick and glass blocks. The remainder of the facade is covered with concrete. Second floor windows are of the casement variety. The Water Street elevation is six bays across. The storefront has granite piers with capitals supporting a granite lintel crossing the facade. There are two storefronts each with double doors with transoms above. The doors are later 19th century replacements. First floor windows have 10-over-10 double hung sash, the lower sash boarded over. A four paneled door on the left side leads to the upper floors. This has a tree light transom above it. The upper floors have windows with granite lintels and sills and 6-over-6 double-hung sash.

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Builder:

Importance:

The Water Street portion of this building was constructed for George Hebbard about 1842. The building was occupied by grocers for a long period, then later as a meat market. Water Street had a large number of grocers along it, perhaps due to its proximity to water transportation. Since about 1900, the building has been used as a furniture store. The Main Street facade is 20th century in date and of value only for its contribution the street-scape. The original portion of the building is an intact specimen of commercial Greek Revival displaying considerable quality of design and workmanship. The survival of the original storefront relatively unchanged is quite remarkable.

Sources:

Assessor's Records, Norwich

Common Council Records, Book 1, p.459

Norwich City Directories

Norwich Land Records, Vols. 46, pages 233, 234, 235; 55 p.417; 186, p.98.

Evaluations:

Threats None Private