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: Shetucket Harness Company	Historic Name: Sally Lathrop House
Town/City: Norwich	County: New London
Address:57	Street: Broadway
Owners:Shetucket Harness Co., Inc.	Private
Present Use: Luggage store	Historic Use residence
Exterior is viewable to public	Interior is accessible	Explain: open during business hours
Style of Building: Greek Revival	Construction Date: c. 1830
Materials Brick	Structural System Load Bearing Masonry
Roof
Stories: 2.5	Dimensions: 26' X 36' with 26' X 21' rear ad
Structural Condition: Good	Exterior Condition: Good
Alterations: Art deco storefront oriel window
Outbuildings:
Environment: commercial High Building Density

Interrelationship of Building and Surroundings: Somewhat smaller in scale than many of the buildings on lower Broadway, the Lathrop House is compatible in materials and design. It contributes to the enclosed street-scape of lower Broadway.

Features: The facade is three bays in width. The first floor storefront is flanked on either side by Art Deco pilasters. The second floor has a three-sided oriel window with narrow pilasters between the sash supporting an entablature. Only one of the original windows on the second floor remains. The attic stay has three windows with 1 - over- 1 double-hung sash. A wooden cornice above these features dentils. The sides of the building have stepped parapets and side chimneys.

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Importance: The Lathrop family was a well-established family in Norwich. The Lathrop House passed from Sally Lathrop to Dr. Dwight Ripley. In 1835 Ripley left the house to his heirs, who sold it in 1852 to Andrew J. Currier, of Currier & Co. clothiers. Curier resided in the house. The next occupant was Henry Ruggles, a furniture dealer. In the late 19th century, it was occupied first as a doctor' s office and later, a res- taurant. The house retains some of its original Greek Revival characteristics. The bay window, probably a mid 19th centuy addition, is compatible with the earlier structue. Even the Art Deco pilasters with their stylized version of a classical feature, contribute to the character of the building.

Sources: Assessor's Records, Norwich City Hall
Norwich City Directories
Norwich Land Records, Vol. 63, p 390; 58, p. 259; 54, p. 41;8 53 p. 645; 35 p. 48; 42, p. 214
One Hundredth Anniversary, Central Baptist Church, 1940, p 7 ( photo ) <.
Ripley H. W, Genealogy of a Part of the Ripley Family Newark, N. J., A. Stephen Holbrook, 1867.

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