J. Frederick Kelly

{{Short description|American architect}}

J. Frederick Kelly (1888–1947) was an American architect who has designed significant houses. Kelly was regarded as the leading architectural historian in Connecticut.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=98000966}} |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Nehemiah Royce House |date=October 1997 |author=David F. Ransom and John F. A. Herzan |publisher=National Park Service}} and {{NRHP url|id=98000966|title=Accompanying seven photos, exterior and interior, from 1996|photos=y}}[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53227651/obituary-for-j-f-kellv-aged-59/] Hartford Courant Sep 3, 1947 retrieved on 2021-04-19

Kelly's work includes three properties listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, whose restoration or construction he is associated with:

• Nehemiah Royce House, 538 N. Main St., Wallingford, Connecticut{{NRISref|2009a}}
• 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{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=88003209}} |title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Whitney Avenue Historic District |date=June 9, 1988 |author=William E. Devlin and Bruce Clouette |publisher=National Park Service}} and {{NRHP url|id=88003209|title=Accompanying 32 photos from 1988 (captions pages 60-62 of text document)|photos=y}}{{Rp|56}}

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.