{"id":533,"date":"2004-10-01T12:00:41","date_gmt":"2004-10-01T12:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/norwalkpreservation.org\/?p=533"},"modified":"2024-05-07T17:08:49","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T21:08:49","slug":"5-elmcrest-terrace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/norwalkpreservation.org\/index.php\/2004\/10\/01\/5-elmcrest-terrace\/","title":{"rendered":"Ernst House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0 et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_0 et_animated et-waypoint\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1533\" height=\"1059\" src=\"https:\/\/norwalkpreservation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/5-Elmcrest.jpg\" alt=\"30 France Street\" title=\"5 Elmcrest\" srcset=\"https:\/\/norwalkpreservation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/5-Elmcrest.jpg 1533w, https:\/\/norwalkpreservation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/5-Elmcrest-1280x884.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/norwalkpreservation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/5-Elmcrest-980x677.jpg 980w, https:\/\/norwalkpreservation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/5-Elmcrest-480x332.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1533px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-2541\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_gallery et_pb_gallery_0 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981px){ .et_pb_gallery_0 .et_pb_gallery_item.et_pb_grid_item .et_pb_gallery_title, .et_pb_gallery_0 .et_pb_gallery_item.et_pb_grid_item .et_pb_gallery_image{max-width:83.5%;margin-left:auto!important;margin-right:auto!important;} .et_pb_gallery_0 .et_pb_gallery_item.et_pb_grid_item .et_pb_gallery_image img{width:100%;} }@media only screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 980px){ .et_pb_gallery_0 .et_pb_gallery_item.et_pb_grid_item .et_pb_gallery_title, .et_pb_gallery_0 .et_pb_gallery_item.et_pb_grid_item .et_pb_gallery_image{max-width:83.5%;margin-left:auto!important;margin-right:auto!important;} .et_pb_gallery_0 .et_pb_gallery_item.et_pb_grid_item .et_pb_gallery_image img{width:100%;} }@media only screen and (max-width: 767px){ .et_pb_gallery_0 .et_pb_gallery_item.et_pb_grid_item .et_pb_gallery_title, .et_pb_gallery_0 .et_pb_gallery_item.et_pb_grid_item .et_pb_gallery_image{max-width:83.5%;margin-left:auto!important;margin-right:auto!important;} .et_pb_gallery_0 .et_pb_gallery_item.et_pb_grid_item .et_pb_gallery_image img{width:100%;} }@media only screen and (min-width: 981px){ .et_pb_gallery_0 .et_pb_gallery_item.et_pb_grid_item{margin-bottom:5.5%!important;} }@media only screen and (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 980px){ .et_pb_gallery_0 .et_pb_gallery_item.et_pb_grid_item{margin-bottom:5.5%!important;} }@media only screen and (max-width: 767px){ .et_pb_gallery_0 .et_pb_gallery_item.et_pb_grid_item{margin-bottom:5.5%!important;} }<\/style><style>.et_pb_gallery_0 .et_pb_gallery_item.et_pb_grid_item .et_pb_gallery_image img { object-fit: initial !important; }<\/style><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0 et_animated  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Photos by Tod Bryant, 2001, ca. 2006<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1 et_animated  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3>RESTORED<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_blurb et_pb_blurb_0  et_pb_text_align_left  et_pb_blurb_position_top et_block_module et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"et_pb_module_header\"><span>Ernst House, 5 Elmcrest Terrace<\/span><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_blurb_description\"><p>\u200b<span class=\"s1\">This 1908 early Colonial Revival home is in great condition with beautiful interiors and is the last of its type in Norwalk. Originally slated for demolition to make way for additional surface parking for Norwalk Hospital, the Norwalk Preservation Trust worked with the Norwalk Redevelopment Agency and a private developer to encourage the Hospital to save the house, reaching an agreement in 2003. Ernst House is now beautifully restored, both inside and out, as condominiums.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The house has an interesting history and illustrates Norwalk's role in the \"Golden Age\" of American growth. George G. Ernst was born in Malvern, Ohio in 1864 and came to Norwalk in 1893, forming a tobacco company called Graham, Kelsey and Ernst with members of his mother\u2019s family. The company was located in South Norwalk and is thought to have manufactured cigars from Connecticut tobacco. He married Juliet Wyman (probably from Norwalk) and the couple built a mansion at 5 Elmcrest Terrace to house their considerable collection of American antiques. Part of the collection was auctioned in 1926 by American Art Galleries in New York. According to the auction catalogue's introduction,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>Quality was always the foremost consideration, but as in the case of all collectors, Mr. and Mrs. Ernst discovered that quantity was becoming a disturbing factor; wherefore, in 1908, they designed and built for themselves a large, spacious, and very elegant Georgian mansion, situated on the high ground on the outskirts of the flourishing old town of Norwalk, from which one can obtain a wonderful panoramic view of Long Island Sound and the surrounding countryside for a distance of some twenty miles. In the house itself, which has a delightful old world atmosphere, the main entrance hall was tastefully furnished with a large Duncan Phyfe sofa against the staircase and, at the opposite wall, a very charming Duncan Phyfe table of the rarest quality and possibly the only one of its kind in existence.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The catalogue continues to describe the house and contents room by room. The interior still retains many of the fine features of the original.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_section_2 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_1 et_pb_row et_pb_equal_columns et_block_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1_2 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_1 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_block_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/norwalkpreservation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/logo__004D63_white-CLEAR.png\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/norwalkpreservation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/logo__004D63_white-CLEAR.png 1200w, http:\/\/norwalkpreservation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/logo__004D63_white-CLEAR-980x980.png 980w, http:\/\/norwalkpreservation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/logo__004D63_white-CLEAR-480x480.png 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1200px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-829\" alt=\"Norwalk Preservation Trust\" title=\"logo__004D63_white-CLEAR\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_2 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h3>Norwalk Preservation Trust<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_3 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_animated et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><strong>MAILING ADDRESS<br \/><\/strong>P.O. 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