Colonial
House

1845  Battell House
Designed by Charles Thompson

Built by the Rev. Joseph Eldridge in 1845 and designed by Charles Thompson of New Haven, this four-square house with hipped roof was the family residence for eighty years. Following the death of their parents, Mary, Isabella, and Alice Eldridge made extensive alterations. Architect J. Cleveland Cady added a third floor and a gallery to the south, dressing the house with classical trim, appropriate for the terraced Italian gardens kept by the sisters. In 1935 after the death of the sisters, Ellen Battell Stoeckel purchased the house, asked architect Alfredo Taylor to return it to its original lines, and presented it to the town as a community center. It is now part of the facilities used by the Yale Summer School of Music and Art and the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival.

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