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Home | Library: Popular Research: Houses & Properties

Research a Property

Reference Works

  • Da Costa, Beverly. Historic Houses of America. American Heritage Guide Series. New York: American Heritage Publishing Corporation, 1971. 917.3 A512hh
  • Kelly, J. Frederick. Connecticut’s Old Houses: A Handbook and Field Guide. Essex, CT: Pequot Press, 1970. 728.3709 K29c
  • McAllester, Virginia and Lee. A Field Guide to American Houses. New York: Knopf, 1984. 917.3 M114
  • Poppeliers, John. What Style Is It? Washington, D.C.: The Preservation Press, 1977. 974.6971 D6850
  • Waterman, Thomas Tileston. The Dwellings of Colonial America. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1950. 917.3 W328d

Preservation Surveys

  • Town of Fairfield. Historic District Commission Handbook (June 1991). 974.697 H673
  • Fairfield Historical Society and Connecticut Historical Commission. Historic and Architectural Survey of Fairfield, Connecticut (1988). Q974.6971 FH673h
  • Greater Bridgeport Regional Planning Agency and Connecticut Historic Preservation Office. Stratfield Historic Resources Inventory (1979). 974.6974 G786

All preservation Surveys are located in House Preservation.

City Directories

  • Bridgeport Directory, 1855-1979. 974.692 B1

Atlases

  • Kershaw, William. Atlas of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Boston, MA: Walter Lithograph and Publishing Corporation, 1910. ATLAS 912.974692 A881b
  • Plat Book of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Philadelphia: G.M.Hopkins, 1917. ATLAS Q912.74692 H794 1917
  • Beers, F.W. Atlas of New York and Vicinity. New York: F.W. Beers, 1867. ATLAS 912.7472 B415a
  • Insurance Maps of Fairfield County. New York: Sanborn Map Company, 1930-49 and 1930-1970. ATLAS [no call number]

Tax Records

  • Fairfield Taxes. Rate books for property and real estate taxes, 1880-1973 (intermittent). Oversize [no call number]

Land and Probate Records

  • Abstracts of Land and Probate Records from the Orrando Perry Dexter Collection (Photostats). Oversize [no call number].
  • Probate Records in the Connecticut State Library. Ref 016.9746 C616b

Preservation Resource Files
A collection of restoration and preservation literature, manufacturer catalogs, and architectural pamphlets. Located in House Preservation.

In addition, researchers interested in researching a house or property are also advised to consult FMHC’s photograph collections and reference files.
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