J. Frederick Kelly

Who was J. Frederick Kelly?

J. Frederick Kelly was an American architect who has designed significant houses. Kelly was regarded as the leading architectural historian in Connecticut.

Kelly's work includes three properties listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places:

Nehemiah Royce House, 538 N. Main St., Wallingford, Connecticut

Henry Whitfield House, 248 Old Whitfield St., Guilford, Connecticut

470 Livingston Street, a Colonial Revival house which is a contributing property in the Whitney Avenue Historic District, New Haven, CT

Kelly's writings include:

Early Connecticut Meetinghouses, Volumes 1 & 2, 1948. New York: Columbia University Press.

Early Domestic Architecture of Connecticut', 1924. New Haven: Yale University Press.