William Bulkley House, 824 Harbor Road, Southport, Fairfield County, CT

Significance: The William Bulkley house was built circa 1767-70 and is one of the few pre-Revolution houses in Southport. In 1799, during the Revolutionary War, Fairfield and vicinity were burned and ravaged by Tory Loyalists. Only eleven houses throughout the region survived the burning; one of four in Southport was the Bulkley residence. Some of the original handhewn exterior shakes and the nails on which they were fastened exist on sides of the two-and-a-half story frame structure. The fan-lights ornamenting the gable pediments and the frieze with five-shank triglyphs spaced at regular intervals are details characteristic of late eighteenth century Connecticut architecture. Members of the Bulkley family were original land-owners in Fairfield, and the name has remained prominent in Southport's history since the 1660s.
Survey number: HABS CT-309
Building/structure dates: after 1760 Initial Construction