Fairhaven Furniture

72 Blatchley Avenue, New Haven, CT

A "destination" furniture outlet located within one of New Haven's last sizable industrial streetscapes, Fairhaven Furniture has occupied the former Foskett and Bishop pipe manufacturing building since the 1980s. Specialty desks, chairs, and shuffle-boarding tables now occupy the long, open-floor mill space where metalworkers once made pipes, sprinklers, and feed-water heaters to accompany the Bigelow boilers churned out down the street. The 0.3-acre structure announces itself on Blatchley Avenue with new white and tan windows that burst from the original 1904 brick facade; once inside, blood-red pipes and a 1940s-era freight elevator with exposed mechanical pulley keep the building's history front and center. Since Fairhaven Furniture gets little foot traffic from the surrounding industrial area, it advertises extensively throughout the Elm City and its environs.

Researcher

Robert Scaramuccia

Date Researched

Entry Created

April 9, 2018 at 11:27 PM EST

Last Updated

July 26, 2018 at 5:20 PM EST by null

Historic Name

Style

Current Use

Commercial

Era

1860-1910

Neighborhood

Fair Haven

Tours

Year Built

1904

Architect

Unknown

Current Tenant

Roof Types

Structural Conditions

Good

Street Visibilities

Yes

Threats

None known

External Conditions

Good

Dimensions

Street Visibilities

Yes

Owner

Triffin and Orsini

Ownernishp Type

Client

Historic Uses

Industrial

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