Pond-Weed House
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Built in 1700, the Pond-Weed House is located on the 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. The house is a classic saltbox
and is considered to be the oldest building extant in Darien. The house has a stone central chimney and is a private residence.
Boston Post Road
The Boston Post Road was a system of mail-delivery routes between New York City and Boston, Massachusetts that evolved into the first major highways in the United States.The three major alignments were the Lower Post Road The Boston Post Road was a system of mail-delivery routes between New York...
and Hollow Tree Ridge Road in the Noroton section of Darien, Connecticut
Darien, Connecticut
Darien is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. A relatively small community on Connecticut's "Gold Coast", the population was 20,732 at the 2010 census. Darien was listed at #9 at CNN Money's list of "top-earning towns" in the United States as of 2011...
. It has also been known as The House Under the Hill and Half-Way House. The house is a classic saltbox
Saltbox
A saltbox is a building with a long, pitched roof that slopes down to the back, generally a wooden frame house. A saltbox has just one story in the back and two stories in the front...
and is considered to be the oldest building extant in Darien. The house has a stone central chimney and is a private residence.
See also
- List of the oldest buildings in Connecticut
- History of Darien, ConnecticutHistory of Darien, ConnecticutThe history of Darien, Connecticut, has been shaped by its location on the shore of Long Island Sound as the main route from Boston to New York City, initially with sailing ships and dirt roads for transportation, and later with locomotives and highways...