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	John Tyler House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	The John Tyler House in 2015
Location	242-250 E. Main St., Branford, Connecticut
Coordinates	41°17′29″N 72°47′46″W / 41.291362°N 72.796010°W
Area	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built	1710
Built by	Tyler, John, Jr.
Architectural style	Colonial
MPS	Colonial Houses of Branford TR
NRHP reference No.	88002635
Added to NRHP	December 1, 1988

The John Tyler House is a historic house at 242–250 East Main Street in Branford, Connecticut. Built about 1710, it is one of the town's few surviving 18th-century residences, and a good example of late First Period architecture. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.^[1]

Description and history

The John Tyler House stands in eastern Branford, at the northwest corner of East Main Street (United States Route 1) and Mill Plain Road. It is a 2+1⁄2-story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with a side gable roof, a large central chimney, and clapboard siding. The main roof is more steeply pitched than typical period houses, and gives way at the back to a rear leanto section, added at an unknown (but probably 18th century) date. A more modern extension has further elevated the rear leanto. The front facade has sash windows arranged symmetrically around the center entrance, which is sheltered by a shed-roof portico supported by square columns. A modern single-story hip-roof ell extends to the right of the main block, and a smaller shed-roof ell further extends the leanto to the rear. The interior follows a typical period center-chimney plan, with parlors on either side of the chimney, and a long kitchen space behind.^[2]

The house is estimated to have been built about 1710 by John Tyler, Jr. on land originally granted to his father George. It is one of Branford's small number of 18th-century houses, and a well-preserved example of houses of that period.^[2]