The House

COLORBLENDS purchased the house, a fine example of Colonial Revival architecture, on December 4, 2013.

The house was built in 1903 for Albert S. Wells, general superintendent of the Bridgeport Malleable Iron Company. It is set among other beautiful houses in the Stratfield historic district in Bridgeport.

The Long Road to Restoration

Colorblends has brought the house back to its former glory. Three porches that were enclosed over the years have been opened up, and the basement, which had been divided into nine small rooms during a period when the house was used for private tutoring, has been cleared out. The house was also previously used as offices for an architect and before that a doctor who also lived there with his family. Fortunately, many original elements, such as the woodwork on the stairs and several stained glass windows, were spared over the years. Replacing them would have been prohibitively expensive, if not impossible.