Silas W Robbins House Bed & Breakfast

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A Unique Experience

This house, an excellent example of the Second Empire style, faces the Broad Street Green in the Wethersfield Historic District. The district has both National Register and local designation and is the largest historic district in the state. Silas Robbins, an owner of the seed business Johnson, Robbins and Co., built the large house in 1873. It has two full stories and the mansard roof with dormers created a third floor of living space. The entry porches with a balcony above displays elaborate trim, as do the arched windows. Several of the windows occur in pairs. A handsome porte-cochere with its own mansard roof projects from the north side of the house, while a conservatory with bay windows extends from the south side. Wood shingles cover the original clapboard on the exterior. In December of 1996 a fire consumed the roof and damaged much of the interior on the upper floors. The outer shell, with the exception of the roof, remains intact. All the exterior decorative elements survive including the ornate cast-iron railing that crowned the mansard roof. This house is a valuable component of the historic district and the most sophisticated example of the Second Empire style in Wethersfield.

Painting by Carol Adil