Pond-Weed House

2591 Post Rd., Darien, Connecticut. County/parish: Fairfield.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 11, 1978. NRIS 78002842.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Half-Way House
  • House Under the Hill

From Wikipedia:

Pond-Weed House

The Pond-Weed House is a historic house at corner of the old Boston Post Road and Hollow Tree Ridge Road in the Noroton section of Darien, Connecticut. It has also been known as The House Under the Hill and Half-Way House. Built ca. 1730, the house is a classic wood frame saltbox, 2+12 stories in height, five bays wide, with a central chimney. It is considered to be the oldest building in Darien.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132354020

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