Whitfield Cowles House

 house, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, Colonial (architecture)

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Historic house listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

- Built: c. 1785
- Alterations: rear addition (c. 1813); west addition (c. 1820); second west addition (c. 1870); front & side porches added (c. 1903)
- Architectural style: Colonial; later Colonial Revival detailing
- Areas of significance: Architecture; Commerce; Industry
- Area: 3.75 acres
- Date added to NRHP: 4/8/2014

As of its listing on the NRHP in 2014, this home was occupied by the seventh generation of the Cowles family. William Brown Cowles, the second generation to occupy the house, was a pioneer of the electroplating process used to produce silver-plated wares. Though he himself was not successful in the business of silver-plating, Cowles' expertise would spur on a number of local silver-plating and silverware-producing companies, an industry for which Connecticut was renowned in the 19th and 20th centuries.

NRHP #13000528