The Joseph Carpenter Silversmith Shop was built during 1772-74 on the Norwichtown green in Norwichtown, now a section of Norwich, Connecticut

Norwich, Connecticut

Regular steamship service between New York and Boston helped Norwich to prosper as a shipping center through the early part of the 20th century. During the Civil War, Norwich once again rallied and saw the growth of its textile, armaments, and specialty item manufacturing...

. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

 in 1970.

Joseph Carpenter (1747–1804) was one of the "most successful of the Norwich silversmiths, clockmakers and pewterers and his products are collectors' items."

It has a gambrel roof and is privately owned.

It is a contributing property in the Norwichtown Historic District

Norwichtown Historic District

The Norwichtown Historic District is a historic district in the Norwichtown section of the town of Norwich, Connecticut. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. By then, the district was already a local historic district...

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The shop was photographed by the Historic American Buildings Survey

Historic American Buildings Survey

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External links

• Joseph Carpenter Silversmith Shop, 71 East Town Street, Norwichtown, New London County, CT: 8 photos, 5 data pages and supplemental material, at Historic American Building Survey