Sterling Homestead, Georgian-Federal house in Stratford, US
Sterling Homestead is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame house at 2225 Main Street, five bays wide with a side-gable roof and two interior chimneys. A front-facing cross gable with a fan louver sits above a Palladian window and the front entry, which has sidelight windows and pilasters topped by an entablature.
Built around 1790, the house gained prominence through John W Sterling, a ship captain whose trading activities spanned multiple continents. His commercial connections brought attention and status to this residential property in Stratford.
The house is named for John W. Sterling, a ship's captain in the China trade who bought it in the mid-19th century. He later built a larger mansion nearby, now the Sterling House Community Center, so the family name marks two buildings on Main Street.
The property sits in the Stratford Center Historic District and occupies less than one acre. Visitors can view the building from the street, and its Main Street location makes it easily accessible.
John W. Sterling bought the house in the mid-19th century and later built a larger mansion nearby, now the Sterling House Community Center. The older homestead stayed a private dwelling, and its 1976 listing rests on the 1790 frame and its link to a China-trade ship captain.
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