Barns, Acors, House

History

Barns was a wealthy merchant in the whaling industry whose company became one of the largest whaling firms in the city. He managed to avoid the collapse of whaling by investing elsewhere; he was the founder of the Bank of Commerce in 1852, and his son and grandson succeeded him as presidents.

The Acors Barns House is a two-and-one-half story Greek Revival house built in 1837 with a gable roof and clapboarded exterior. The front facade is five bays wide with a Greek Revival portico leading to the main entrance. Additions to the house include a projecting center dormer and a second-story projection over a partially enclosed veranda. The plain exterior is contrasted by the interior's elaborate hall ceilings, detailed woodwork, and arched marble fireplaces. David Collins wrote in the New London Day that the Acors Barns house is a "fine and rare example" of architecture that is especially important to New London.

The Acors Barns House was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on April 22, 1976.

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