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Swain-Harrison House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
House in 1938 (HABS photo)
Location	124 W. Main St., Branford, Connecticut
Built	1680 or 1724
Architect	Swain, Daniel
Architectural style	Saltbox
NRHP reference No.	75001924
Added to NRHP	October 10, 1975

The Swain-Harrison House in Branford, Connecticut, also known as Harrison House and Museum or the Harrison-Linsley House, is a classic example of a Connecticut saltbox structure . The original date of erection was given as 1680 in the house's application for listing on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. A current website of the Branford Historical Society asserts that the building dates from 1724.

It has period furnishings, local historical items, archives, a barn and a herb garden.

See also

• List of the oldest buildings in Connecticut
• Thomas Harrison House (Branford, Connecticut), which is also NRHP-listed and in Branford

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
2. ^ Harrison House Museum & Barn, at the Branford Historical Society]
3. "Harrison-Linsley House, New Haven Turpike, Branford, New Haven County, CT: Bibliographic Reference". Historic American Buildings Survey.
4. "AAA Connecticut, Massachusetts & Rhode Island Tour Book", 2007, published by the American Automobile Association, page 38

External links

• Harrison House Museum & Barn, at Branford Historical Society
• Harrison-Linsley House, New Haven Turpike, Branford, New Haven County, CT: 2 photos and supplemental material, at Historic American Building Survey

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