Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Eagle's Nest was a house at 282-284 Logan St. in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Built in 1830, it has also been known as the Johnson-DeRivera House. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.According to its NRHP nomination, "'Eagle's Nest' is an exceptional example of late Federal early Greek Revival architecture. The stately, massive structure with its Doric order piazza and tripartate windows is the only remaining elaborate example of its style in Bridgeport and was once considered among the finest country seats on the North Shore of Long Island Sound." It was built as a home for Edwards Johnson, who was a gentleman farmer and an oyster cultivator, and who was a grandson of William Samuel Johnson. The house was sold by Johnson in 1844 to Don Jose DeRivera, a wine and sugar merchant from Puerto Rico. The house no longer stands; on its site is the Jettie Tisdale School.. }
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- Eagle's_Nest_(Bridgeport,_Connecticut) abstract "The Eagle's Nest was a house at 282-284 Logan St. in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Built in 1830, it has also been known as the Johnson-DeRivera House. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.According to its NRHP nomination, "'Eagle's Nest' is an exceptional example of late Federal early Greek Revival architecture. The stately, massive structure with its Doric order piazza and tripartate windows is the only remaining elaborate example of its style in Bridgeport and was once considered among the finest country seats on the North Shore of Long Island Sound." It was built as a home for Edwards Johnson, who was a gentleman farmer and an oyster cultivator, and who was a grandson of William Samuel Johnson. The house was sold by Johnson in 1844 to Don Jose DeRivera, a wine and sugar merchant from Puerto Rico. The house no longer stands; on its site is the Jettie Tisdale School.".