View of Fairfield’s Main Street
Elisha T. Mills House, Fairfield, Connecticut
Overmantel
circa 1790 – 1818 (Date manufactured/created)
Artwork
25" H
X
41 1/8" W
Measurement Notes: 25" x 41 1/8" (image height x width)
32 1/2" H X 48 1/2" W Measurement Notes: 32 1/2" x 48 1/2" (frame height x width)
32 1/2" H X 48 1/2" W Measurement Notes: 32 1/2" x 48 1/2" (frame height x width)
This rare view of early Fairfield was created as an overmantel, part of the wood paneling surrounding a fireplace in the house depicted. The house was located on the south side of Main Street (now Old Post Road), between Beach and South Benson Roads. It was built soon after the Revolutionary War, and was the home of Reverend James Sayre, an Episcopal minister, and his wife, Sarah Dennie Sayre. The house was torn down around 1845, but the overmantle panel and the staircase were saved. The painting was later framed and given to the Fairfield Historical Society in 1903, its founding year. It is attributed to Fairfield native Jonathan Budington.
Gift of Mrs. Amory E. Rowland
1974.135