HISTORIC RESOURCES INVENTORY BUILDING AND STRUCTURES Norwich Heritage Trust, Inc, P.O.Box 185 Norwich, CT 06360	This Building sponsored by Norwich Heritage Trust, Inc.
Building Name: J Rosenberg Agency	Historic Name: Captain Andrew Perkins House
Town/City: Norwich	County: New London
Address:30-34	Street: Broadway
Owners:James D Lee Oak Drive Oakdale Ct	Private
Present Use: vacant	Historic Use residence
Exterior is viewable to public	Interior is NOT accessible
Style of Building: Greek Revival	Construction Date: c. 1794? mid 19th cent
Materials Brick	Structural System Load Bearing Masonry
Roof
Stories: 4.5	Dimensions: 20' X 40' with a 5' X 10' additi
Structural Condition: Fair	Exterior Condition: Fair
Alterations: gable-roof
Outbuildings:
Environment: commercial High Building Density

Interrelationship of Building and Surroundings: A brick building similar in scale and compatible in material and style to its surrounds, this forms part of the lower Broadway Streetscape.

Features: The first floor has a modern brick storefront. The second through fourth floors have windows with stone lintels and sills. 1 -over- 1 double-hung sash is used. The gable end of the building constructed of wood, forms a pediment which projects from the facade. This is supported by four large molded brackets with smaller inter- mediate brackets. The attic window is fan-shaped with two large vertical mullions dividing it, and several lighter ones further subdividi it.

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Importance:

This was the site of the house of Andrew Perkins, a Norwich sea captain turned merchant. Also a proprietor of the grammar schoo Perkins was a land speculator on a large scale. He was known as Esquire " denoting his stature in the community.

Perkin's house was built about 1794. It is difficult to determine the exact alterations date of the present structure, although it m well be Perkin's house with later. It is possible that the house was raised one story and that the unusual projecting pediment is also an addition, dating from the mid -19th century. The building is of architectural interest because of the treatment of the pediment and its role in the streetscape.

Sources: Bailey's 187 6 Bird's e View of Norwich
Building Evaluation Form, c. 1979.
Caulkins, Frances History of Norwich, 1866 1874 ed, pages 399 429 443, 491, 503, 545, 552, 640.
Harby, Stephen, Norwich Ct A Guide its Architecture, 1976
Norwich Land Records, Vols. 42, p. 485; 39, p. 220; 69, p. 498; 67, p. 99; 55, p. 614; 48, p. 395; 44, p. 560; 43, p. 400; 42, p. 486

Evaluations:

Threats None Private