NHS Historic Plaque Program

Recognizing Early Norwalk Structures

The purpose of the Norwalk Historical Society Building Plaque Program is to call attention to the historic character of our city and give recognition to early buildings such as houses, barns, and stores – and to the people who built them.

Plaques with the official seal of the Norwalk Historical Society are available through the society for Norwalk houses and other buildings which are 100 years and older. To qualify for a plaque, the building must be documented according to Historical Society procedures and recognizable as a historic building.

Apply online or by mail below. Call 203-846-0525 or email us for more information.

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Does a NHS Plaque restrict any future alterations of the house or building?

No, the purpose of the plaque is to recognize the historic nature of the building and in no way restricts any sort of alteration.

By what means is the date of the house determined?

The dating of the house is done by deed research (and other primary source information) as well as by architectural review.

What is the cost?

The cost of the research report and a plaque is $450. A professional report prepared by the Historical Society includes documented historic research.The white hardwood plaque is approximately 10″ wide by 12″ high with the official seal of the Norwalk Historical Society and bears the name and date of the building. This classically designed plaque is a distinctive way of honoring the building and its owners.

Currently Plaqued Houses

Photos by Dana Laird

Thomas Hyatt House – 1677 
Jacob St. John House – 1724 
Governor Fitch Law Office – c. 1740 
Captain Eli Reed House – c. 1780
Enos Kellogg Barn – c. 1784 
Enos Kellogg House – c. 1784 
Hezekiah Jarvis House – c. 1789 
John Eversley House – c. 1790
John Barnes House – c. 1790
The Reed House – c. 1790
Elizabeth Sears House – c. 1790
William Bouton House – c. 1800
Camp House – c. 1800 
Benjamin Lockwood House – c. 1803
Samuel Rider House – c. 1803 
Samuel Street House – c. 1803 
Lewis Raymond Sr. House – 1810
The Cotton Factory – c. 1810 
Joel Smith House – c. 1811 
Merwine Raymond House – c. 1815 
Samuel Richards House – c. 1815
Jonathan Camp House – c. 1815-20 
Phebe Comstock House – c. 1824 
Downtown District Schoolhouse – 1826 
Stephen and Cynthia Gregory House – c. 1828 
Giles Gregory House – 1829 
Lewis Raymond Jr. House – c. 1829 
Darius Olmstead House – 1830 
David M. Fillow House – c. 1834 
Silas P. Tuttle House – c. 1834 
Bailey-David-Olmstead Mill – c. 1835 
Harriet Platt House – 1835 
Norwalk Town House – 1835 
Mary Austin House – c. 1835 
LeGrand Johnson House – 1839 
William H. Wilcox House – 1839 
Claude Gutherie House – c. 1840 
Charles Olmstead House – c. 1840
David M. Fillow House – c. 1840
Rosewell Hyatt House – c. 1840 
George & Mary Smith House – c. 1840 
Lewis Tuttle House – c. 1841
Guthrie-Hutchins Barn – c. 1844 
Rufus Rider House – c. 1844 
Onesimus Brown Cottage – c. 1844 
Chittim-Howell House – 1849 
The Basket Shop – c. 1850
Henry Carter House – 1850
Edward K. Lockwood House – c. 1850
John & Hannah Weed House – c. 1850
Henry Johnson House – 1852 
Frances Fillow House – c. 1855 
Weed-Stevens House – c. 1855 
Ira Ford Hoyt House – c. 1856
Sylvester St. John House – c. 1856 
Norwalk Methodist Church – c. 1856
Charles Hyatt House – c. 1857 
Broad River School House – 1861
Claude Guthrie Store – c. 1862 
Burbank-Wolfe House – c. 1864 
The Trolley Barn – c. 1864 
Stephen Henry House – c. 1865 
Christina & Henry Ely House – 1867
William H. Brown House – c. 1868 
Silas Gregory House – c. 1868 
Aaron Olmstead House – c. 1868 
West Norwalk Chapel – 1868 
Silas Curtis House – c. 1869 
Mary & Samuel Peck House – 1869 
Clayton & Ethel Gregory House – 1869 
Edward S. Church House – c. 1870 
Charles Reynolds House – c. 1870
The Cogswell House – c. 1870 
The Merrill House – c. 1870 
The Gate Keeper’s Lodge – 1870 
North Five Mile River Schoolhouse – 1872 
Christian Swartz House – c. 1875 
Boughton-Evenden House – c. 1878 
Ada Gutherie Barn – c. 1880 
Henry Selleck House – c. 1880 
Friend-Pesak House – 1883
Scam-Rosenfield House – c. 1890
Henry S. Lockwood House – 1891 
John G. Seymour House – c. 1893 
Buttery-Culpeper House – c. 1895 
Edward and Wilhelmina Gregory House – c. 1896 
Mary & Fred. Saunders House – 1896 
Ernest Ezequelle House – c. 1897 
Cable-Gutherie House – 1896
George Wood Blacksmith Barn – c. 1900 
Carrie L. Lockwood House – c. 1906 
Anna F. Murphy House – c. 1907