Whale Oil Row

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15 Broad St, New London, CT 06320, USA

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N41° 21' 22" W72° 5' 60"   (41.356111111111, -72.1) Start navigation »

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Whale Oil Row refers to four nearly identical high quality Greek Revival houses, standing side-by-side at 105-119 Huntington Street in New London, Connecticut. All four were built between 1835 and 1845 by Charles Henry Beebe, and three were owned by men directly involved in whaling; the fourth was owned by a dry goods merchant. All four are distinguished by their two-story gabled porticos supported by fluted columns, with a semicircular window in the gable pediment. The first one (105 Huntington) is slightly wider than the others, extending on either side of the front portico. This assembly of Greek temple front houses may be unique in the United States.
The group of houses was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

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