The Thomas Wheeler House, is a historic Colonial home located at 266 Brewster Street, in the village of Black Rock Harbor

Black Rock Harbor

Black Rock Harbor is located in Bridgeport, Connecticut on the Long Island Sound. The Black Rock Harbor Light on Fayerweather Island marks the entrance to the harbor on its east, while St. Mary's by the Sea forms its western beachhead. Seaside Park runs along the northeastern part of the harbor....

 in Bridgeport, Connecticut

Bridgeport, Connecticut

Bridgeport is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Located in Fairfield County, the city had an estimated population of 144,229 at the 2010 United States Census and is the core of the Greater Bridgeport area...

. The core of the house was built in 1644 as a -story house and was enlarged to its present size around 1680. Thomas Wheeler was Black Rock's first white settler. The house, Bridgeport's oldest, is located near the Fayerweather Boat Yard. Abbot Lowell Cummings, Professor Emeritus, American Art, Yale University

Yale University

Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...

, observed the restoration work done in the late 1980s. The house was recently threatened by the encroachment of a large development in 2006. The Wheeler House is listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

 within the Black Rock Historic District

Black Rock Historic District

The Black Rock Historic District is a historic district in the Black Rock neighborhood of Bridgeport, Connecticut.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979...

 added on March 15, 1979.

See also

• History of Bridgeport, Connecticut
  History of Bridgeport, Connecticut
  The history of Bridgeport, Connecticut was, in the late 17th and most of the 18th century, one of land acquisitions from the native inhabitants, farming and fishing. From the mid-18th century to the mid-19th century, Bridgeport's history was one of shipbuilding, whaling and rapid growth...
  
  
• List of the oldest buildings in Connecticut