Picture Vernon — A Favorite Of A Famous Photographer

VERNON, CT — The latest installment of the Picture Vernon series takes us to 19 Main Street and an historic home that was a favorite of a famous photographer in the mid 1800s into the 1900s.

It's the Wharburton House in the Talcottville section of Vernon. It was built in 1802 by John Wharburton, an English textile expert who made his way to America and eventually Vernon and introduced mechanized cotton textile production to Connecticut.

According to Wikipedia, Warburton purchased land along the Tankerhoosen River and built a dam and cotton mill, the first financially successful cotton mill in the state.

The home was featured in the "Connecticut Beautuful," a book by famed New England landscape photagrapher Wallace Nutting published in 1935. Former local policeman and current Vernon PD records supervisor Brian Smith owns a copy of the book.

(Courtesy of Brian Smith)

The Wharburton House is currently for sale. According to realtor.com, the asking price is $289,000. The home features 4 bedrooms and three bathrooms and measures $3,000 square feet. See the listing here.

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Picture Vernon is a periodic series featuring images of the town, past and present.