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A HISTORY OF NEW LONDON
Probably D Eugene O'Neil Louis S. Brisbin
Levi Sanborn
NEW HAMPSHIRE, 1900-1950
301
No. Present Owner
First Owner
Date Of Erection
Original Owner Type 1858
Owner 1898
70. Catherine Sugden David Gay
Probably cir. 1820
A Jonathan W. Buswell
Frank P. Sargent
71. Joseph Mitchell Nathaniel P.
Clough
72. Donald K.
Sieburg
Penuel Everett
pre-1800
A Samuel Shepard
Frank S. Shepard
John Colby
74. Lucille Clifford
David Smith
pre-1800
BV Ira Smith
Austin Morgan
75. Greenfield T.
Sawyer
William Gay
pre-1800
C Asa Gay
Charles W. Gay
76. Carl H. Holman
Ephraim Morrill
1857
D
Ephraim
Morrill
Will H. Hunt
77. Stanley A. Spiller Amasa Sargent
pre-1800
A Seth F.
Sargent
A Enoch C.
Adams
Charles P. Wells
79. Charles A.
Morgan
Messer
Richard H. cir. 1860
V Richard H. Messer
Austin Morgan
80. Robert A. Muller Adams Jr. and Isaac Morrill
cir. 1830
B Probably Mark Nelson
A. Nelson Todd
81. Julia E. Todd
Hiram Emerson
cir. 1837
A Robert Todd
Jacob H.
Todd
82. Philip W. Parker Amial
pre-1820 A Albert Little
Fred Fowler
She pard
83. Elizabeth R. and Abel F. Hobbs Sallie P. Waite
cir. 1853
A Abel F. Hobbs
Heirs of Elizabeth W. R. Wate
84. Anzel C. Messer Nathaniel Pettingill
cir. 1853
D Nathaniel
Pettingil
Adelbert Messer
85. Dura P. Crockett Benjamin Woodbury
1792
B Daniel F.
Hobbs
Oren D. Crockett
86. Mildred C. Tunis Moses Trussell
1808
BV Luther M. Trussell
Oren D. Crockett
87. Dr. Joseph M.
Clough
Greene French 1802
C Mary Hartford Mrs. J. B. and Benjamin R. Andrews Royce
88. Dr. and Mrs.
Jonathan Greeley
cir.1820
Stephen Messer Alvin F.
Mather Cleveland
Messer
89. William G. Spence Jonathan G.
1857
C Jonathan G.
Carr
James P. Dixon
90. DeForest Anthony
Josiah Brown
1793
A
John Brown
Mrs. George
W. Gardner
moved
1868
cir. 1849
A Jonathan G. Hunting
Clarence H. Leonard
73. Mrs. Robert W. Levi Everett Lord
pre-1800
A L.A.W. Heath
Ransom F. Sargent
78. William Shost
John Hayes
cir. 1814
Carr
302 No. Present Owner
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Date Of Original Owner 1858
Owner 1898
91. Thomas Wistar, Jr.
Jonathan C. Herrick, Jr.
1840
D
Jonathan C. Herrick, Jr.
Mrs. James B. Colgate and Robert Colby
92. Edwin P. Burpee Perley Burpee Heirs
93. Jessie C. Colby
Jonathan C. Herrick, Jr.
Joseph Colby
1800
B Anthony Colby
Mrs. James B. Colgate
95. Minnie G. Crane
Manning · Seamans
1809-1810 A Manning Seamans
Mark B. Means
96. Mark N. Shepard Naham T.
Greenwood
Moved 1910
Greenwood
Academy
97. Mrs. A. Stanley Little
Greenwood
Moved 1910
Greenwood
Academy
98. Donald K. Sieburg
Stephen
pre-1858 D
Gage Woodward
Sargent
99. Mrs. Alfred B. Stimson
Stephen Woodward
cir. 1856 D Stephen Woodward
Mrs. Ephraim Knight
100. Charles E.
Shepard
Charles S. Sargent
1840-1850 D Charles S. Sargent
1850-1855 0 Dr. Solomon M. Whipple
Mrs. Solomon M. Whipple
102. Mrs. Wendell N. Ezekiel Sargent Hobbs
pre-1800
CV George W. Everett
Walter P. Sargent
103. Elizabeth Nichols Ezekiel Sargent
Probably cir. 1835
B Andrew J. Sargent
Luther McCutchins Heirs
Probably
104. Tracy Memorial Jonathan
1323
C Micajah Morgan
Mrs. Dura
Building
Everett, Jr.
P. Morgan
105. Seth A. Lamson
George W. Everett for
1855
D Alexander T. Lane
Merrill Robie
Alexander T. Lane
106. Esther C.
Marcus
1828
C Parsonage
Charles D. Sargent
Whittemore
Sargent
Probably
D Baruch C.
Isaac J.
107. Clement T. Lovering
Baruch C. Clement
1825-1835
Clement
Lovering
108. Myron R. Adams Jonathan Everett, Jr.
cir. 1836
D
Joseph N. Hanaford
and Herman Àdams
109. Mrs. Forest
Jonathan Everett, Jr.
pre-1836
A Isaac C. Pattee
Charles Woodward
Loverin
110. Marie E. Barrett
Marcus E.
Probably
A Marcus E.
William S.
Sargent
cir. 1829
Sargent
Messer
1816
C Perley Burpee Mrs. Edwin P. Burpee
1811-1814
CV Joseph C. Herrick
Joseph C. Herrick
94. Mrs. Mather Cleveland
Naham T.
1853
Naham T.
Colby
Alfred G.
Woodward
1853
Naham T.
Colby
Charles E. Shepard
101. Dr. William P. Dr. Solomon Clough, Jr. M. Whipple
Joseph C.
First Owner
Erection
Type
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303
No. Present
Date Of Original Owner
Owner
First Owner
Erection
Type
1858
Owner 1898
111. Dr. William P. Clough, Sr.
Aaron Leland Sargent
cir. 1827
A H. Hunting
Joseph M. Clough
112. Henry J. Homan Moses Adams, Jr.
1835-1840
1818 A Moses Adams
Sr.
Mrs. G. W. Tilton
114. Mary, Jennie, and James B. Elizabeth Messer Colby
pre-1800
A Jacob Messer
Edwin F. Messer
115. John G. Holteen Levi Everett
1800
A Jonathan R. Addison
Albert Hunting
116. Charles S. Messer Milton Everett
pre-1820
A Charles
A. Jay Messer
Crockett
117. Walter S. Bucklin Ebenezer
1808-1810
B Adams Davis
Charles W. Bucklin
118 Walter S. Bucklin Sylvanus
Probably
AV Hezekiah Messer
Stephen D. Messer
119. Mrs. Walter S. Bucklin
Theophilus Cram
Probably
cir. 1805
A Ebenezer S. Futney
George Putney (occupied by Charles)
120. Mrs. Walter S. Bucklin
1800
AV Henry W. Putney
Charles Putney (Occupied by George)
121. George S.
Samuel J. Philbrick
Probably cir. 1834
A Samuel J. Philbrick
Anthony C. Philbrick
Catherine P. Christine L. Cricenti
122. Walter E. Gay
Benjamin W. Gay
Probably 1840-1850
A Benjamin W. Gay
Baxter Gay
123. Frederick R. O'Neil
Hezekiah
1830
C Job Cross
Job Cross
124. Jules J. Pellerin
Asa Ray
cir. 1839
A Asa Ray
Mrs. Asa Ray
125. Mrs. Walter S. Bucklin
1788
AV
4. Commentary on the Above Houses
1. Lottie M. Brown. First known occupant, Jonathan B. Haynes who came to N. L. in 1837. Type A.
2. Roberts homestead. John Williams, Jr. bought this farm in 1812 for his father's family. Main part of house, with rooms on first floor, stands, in poor condition. Mantel on inside wall of SW room indicates it was of Type A. Two inch hardwood planks attached vertically to frame. Clap-
Charlton W. Woodbury
113. Fremont Annis
Moses Adams, Jr.
Probably
D Mark True
Sargent
Sargent
cir. 1830
Frank N.
Adams
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boards over these. A leanto in rear, added by Newton Manahan, a later owner, contained kitchen. Main house may have been the old hat factory owned by Joseph Harvey, at Hominy Pot, moved to this location in 1816.
3. Mrs. Fred A. Todd. First known owner, Samuel Brocklebank, before 1800. Type A. Central chimney gave way to two chimneys but small entry with "pulpit" stairway remains. Part of unique triple arch support for old chimney in cellar, of soft, pinkish brick. Layers of similar brick on top of granite slab foundation; probably inserted by James Todd who resilled the house when he took possession in 1831. Old hardware, one old six-panel door, seven foot slabs, with bark, nailed upright on inside of NE end of attic gable. Old picture of house with home of brother, William Todd, across the road, both unpainted. William's home later moved to form ell of present house. Back of ell built from old shop moved from across the road.
4. Murray W. Caldwell. On this farm was cabin of Moses Trussell (1774). Original house built by first Morgan settler, John, a sea captain, before 1780. Replaced by present building on same site by grandson, William; improved by great-grand- son, Belden. Date of 1829 chiseled in foundation stone. Type A. One mantel in SE bedroom on second floor, appears ori- ginal. Old door latches. One of few farms handed down from pioneer owners for five generations, until 1944.
5. Mrs. Fred W. Knowlton. Built by Ezekiel Knowlton before 1800. Type B, changed to C in 1882. Farm in same family from 1791 to present day.
6. Frederick F. Simpson. First recorded owner, David Gile, who bought farm in 1792. Pure Type A, little changed up to the present. Paneling; old fireplaces with mantels in front rooms; kitchen fireplace.
7. Mrs. Evelyn M. Pond. Built by Jedidiah Jewett, Jr. Estimated date of erection, 1825-1840.
8. Cordingley Home. Built by Thomas Currier who settled on this farm in 1780. Originally of Type A changed to B probably soon after 1812. Front door and door frame and
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window sash are reproductions; window sash copied from original and placed in unusual six over nine arrangement.
Original paneling around fireplace in SE room down- stairs. SW room has molded baseboards, chair-rails, door and window trim and sliding window shutters with beveled panels; chimney piece with molded frame around opening, sur- mounted by triple block design under shelf moldings, a Con- necticut Valley motif. Wood surfaces under present paint suggest that trim remained unpainted for many years. Second full story added soon after 1812. Two front bedrooms con- tain chimney piece with elaborate molding and reeded band design; pieces in SW room has small mirrors set in pilasters. (Similar treatment in Gay-Sawyer house (No. 75). Remnants of stenciling on walls of SW room downstairs and both front bedrooms.
After 1860, house rebuilt again; central chimney with kitchen fireplace arrangements removed and front stairway installed at that time. Old granite slab chimney support still visible in cellar. House rebuilt in present form in 1932 by Horace C. Stanley, New London contractor. Some old panel- ing was reclaimed at that time, other paneling reproduced; bedroom wall paneling copied after that in bedroom of Ezekiel Sargent house (N. L. Inn) (No. 102).
These details have been supplied by William W. Cording- ley of Mendham, New Jersey, co-owner of the house and archi- tect for the rebuilding of 1932.
9. B. LeRoy Davis, fifth generation from pioneer, Ed- mund Davis, who probably built the house before 1800. Type A, changed to C in 1890's. Fine old six-panel front door.
10. Robert L. Simpson. Probably part of this house, Type A, was early home of Peter Sargent, Jr., pioneer on this farm before 1800. Chimney support in cellar.
11. Mrs. Joseph Simpson. Built by pioneer, Anthony Sargent, before 1800. Moved in early 1900's from site of home of Charles K. West to present location. Old house divided, one half serving as nearby barn. Probably Type A.
12. Freda H. Goings. Owned and occupied by Amos
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Hastings in 1854 and probably built by him. "Old Amos Hastings house" stood near intersection SE of present house. Type A.
13. Ellen D. Hoge. Type A. Probably built by Daniel March, pioneer, about 1800. Occupied by four generations of his descendants to 1921.
14. Ellen D. Hoge. Type A. Owner in 1858, J. Messer.
15. Jack I. Grow. Earliest recorded owner, James Hutchins, Jr., probably pre-1830. Type A.
16. Frank H. Newton. Built by Jonathan C. Bugbee, blacksmith, about 1836. Type A. Original front of house faces the brook. Old paneled front door with hand-wrought, heart-shaped Suffolk latch and foot scraper on doorstep. Old nine over six sash. Small red building between house and brook may be old blacksmith shop or mill building.
17. Eva P. Rollins. Type A. Built by John Page who came to N.L. in 1822 with Jedediah P. Sabin. They owned and operated a cloth factory and carding mill at the brookside in front of the house.
18. Hiram A. Eastman. This is the "mill house" across the road from saw-mill and former grist-mill; at one time a two family dwelling. Old fireplaces and brick oven have been removed. Estimated date of erection, 1825.
19. Roger N. Butler. Built about 1825 by Moses Harvey, early owner of the mills. Type A.
20. Mrs. B. S. Chandler. First Owner, probably John Chadwick, about 1825. Type A.
21. Gladys S. Hoag. Home since 1904 of Page Messer. First known owner, Carr Buswell, 1843. Type A.
22. Stephen Phillips. Home of Richard Morgan. Built by Jacob Worthen about 1823. Type A.
23. Arthur W. Heath. Built by Nathan Fitts in 1835. Pure Type A. Resembles in details and condition Frederick F. Simpson house (No. 6).
24. Mrs. Victor M. Cutter. Built by Isaac Messer about 1820 as Type A. Enlarged and changed to Type C by his son,
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Nathaniel. Page Messer has a photograph showing house in its original form, unpainted.
25. Harold E. Messer. Built by Enoch Messer, brother of Isaac, presumably at the time of his marriage in 1825. Type A, changed to C, in late 1800's. Paneled front door and mantel in NW front room appear to be original. Picture of house in old form shows it unpainted, with nine over six sash.
26. Stephen W. Phillips. First recorded occupant, John Williams, Jr. probably 1816. Type A.
27. This old house of Type A, owned by Bradley Dewey and used for over fifty years as the Dewey summer home, has had a particularly interesting history. John Williams, Jr. lived here after coming to N. L. in 1812. Referred to in old History both as the "Old Fales Place", and the "Samuel Burpee Place". Probably built by Nathaniel Fales and taken over by Samuel and Sarah Fales Burpee at the time of their marriage in 1816. Originally located NW of its present site in a little valley. Samuel Burpee is reported to have moved it. This was prob- ably at an early date (before 1830), since it had old features in its new location. Old stone arch in cellar supports new chimney built about 1900 when old chimney with fireplace and brick oven were removed. Straight front stairway prob- ably installed at the same time. Old hardware; unique seven- panel front door with four light transom; side lights.
28. Stanley Homestead for almost ninety years. Built by Nathaniel S. Messer, pioneer on this farm in 1786, who origi- nally built a "log house", a little NW of this site. This is one of the few Type B homes built before 1800. Big central chimney removed about 1890. Small entry with "pulpit" stair- way; one fireplace mantel on inside wall of NW room on first floor; tremendous split stone arch in center of cellar. Large front door and several inside doors have unique five-panel de- sign. Side lights and transom lights over front door.
29. Owned by Bradley Dewey and occupied by Ernest Worthen. This is one of the most perfect examples of the Type A house in which the old characteristics have been pre- served and adapted to modern living. Transom lights and
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side lights at entrance. "Holy Cross" doors at entrance and throughout first floor. In the small entry, a door straight ahead opens into a large closet in front of the big chimney. Paneled walls surround fireplace openings in both front rooms and old kitchen at the back; brick oven at left side of fire- place. All in perfect condition. A little wainscoting remains. Stairway from SE end of house reaches second floor just be- hind chimney. Large split stone arch in cellar. David Towle is reported to have built this house in 1830. Daniel March was on this location before 1800.
30. Charles R. E. Gay. Thomas Burpee built a "log cabin" when he first settled on this farm about 1786; later he built a frame house. If any part of this house is the early frame building, it would date it before 1800, otherwise probably 1820-1830. Type A, changed to C. One original fireplace mantel. paneled doors, old hardware and chair rails.
31. Mrs. Fred Farwell. Calvin, one of the three pioneer Burpee brothers, settled on this place about 1786. "He resided in a house on or near the site of Fred Farwell's present resi- dence" until 1812. The place may have come into the posses- sion of Nathaniel Fales at that date (No. 27). Son, Horatio, bought the farm and lived here, presumably after his marriage in 1824. He was a carpenter and builder and it is said that "he framed most of the houses now standing on Burpee Hill" (1898). This would tend to prove that the Dewey, Gay farm- house and Farwell homes (Nos. 29, 30, 31) are not the ori- ginal buildings on their respective locations, but were built probably between 1820-1830. The side lights at the front doors of these houses are all similar and typical of this later period rather than pre-1800.
This Farwell house is a fine example of Type A. Unusual front door with five horizontal panels. Nine over six sash in windows. Wide entry with blank wall at the back. Very large kitchen fireplace-oven combination in customary loca- tion at rear of the chimney; estimated width eight feet overall; oven at right side; large granite hearth, same length as fire- place and three feet wide; chimney support in cellar.
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32. Henry M. Stanley. House built by Thomas Burpee for his son, Moses, probably at the time of his marriage in 1823. Type A. Old hearthstone remains.
33. John S. Graham. The pioneer on this place was Asa Burpee, shoemaker, who settled here in 1786. His first dwell- ing was replaced by a "new house," in which he lived until his death in 1843. Difficult to reconstruct the original form of this "new house". Probably Type A. Central Chimney sup- ported by a stone square in cellar; two fireplace openings; one in SE room has been rebuilt; the other and larger in the NE room, may have been the kitchen fireplace. It has been reported that an old door in the ell had on it a date in the 1700's. Very probably the ell or part of it was a section of the original house and the SE end of it was later incorporated into the present main building. (See No. 73)
34. Watson B. Johnston. This was the home of Stephen Davis in 1825. Type A changed to C.
35. Laurids T. Lauridsen. Built by Samuel Messer, "carpenter and joiner," who settled on this farm in 1775. His first dwelling was near the present site and it was undoubt- edly in this simple house that the first town meeting was held in 1779. The present dwelling was probably built before 1800; a variant of Type B, as it originally had a hipped roof; changed later to Type C. The Knight brothers, Ebenezer and George M., became joint owners in 1857; it was the home for almost ninety years of the Knight family and their descend- ants, the Charles W. and Charles A. Gordon families.
A vestige of the early chimney location is the patched floor board in the NW room on first floor which indicates the position of the early hearth. "Indian shutters" remain in operation in SE room downstairs. The house resembles in outline the Stanley Homestead (No. 28) built about the same time and in a similar location on the top of neighboring Burpee Hill by Squire Messer's nephew, Nathaniel S. Messer. An old picture in the possession of Mrs. Charles A. Gordon shows the house as unpainted and weather beaten but having two chimneys. Mr. Lauridsen, after assuming ownership in
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1949, reproduced the original front doorway and twelve over twelve sash in his program of restoration.
36. Harold F. Gray. Built in 1842 by William Lee who married Lydia Dow, daughter of Evans Dow, blacksmith, and grand-daughter of Jesse Dow, also blacksmith and pioneer on this farm whose home, the present Griffin house (No. 37) stands across the road. Interesting front door of five panels, with top horizontal panel like those in Stanley home (No. 28). Cellar under east end only and ell appears to be as old as the main house. Central chimney has been removed. Old paneling and double door on fireplace wall in SE room. Wainscoting in both front rooms. Granite slab hearth.
37. Griffin Home. Type A. Jesse Dow, blacksmith, settled on this farm soon after 1790 and probably built the house at that time. Old "Holy Cross" front door with five light transom. Fireplaces in two front rooms and charming old kitchen fireplace with recessed brick oven at right and granite lintel and hearth. "Indian shutters" in SW room; Chimney support in cellar; roof in front, with steep pitch, slopes down to top of door and windows; small paned nine over six sash have been reproduced.
38. Edmunds Home. Type C. Built by Marshall Trayne about 1827. Shallow gables, two stories, rather than two and one half (Resembles No. 88). Most beautiful original doorway in Town; forty inches wide door, nine panels making two double cross design; five light transom; dentil pattern at top of door frame; simulated columns at the side. Originally five fireplaces and brick oven. Wainscoting in SE room which was probably old kitchen. Two arches in cellar, one all brick and other, with brick sides and granite slabs across the top.
39. Andrew Sprague. Variation of Type A. Narrow gable, only one room deep. Probably built by William Clark be- tween 1810 and 1825 and "improved" by his son, Horace. No fireplaces in main house; paneling under windows in front rooms; remnants of graining on inside of closet doors; six over six window panes.
40. Edward A. Todd. Type A. Built probably by Benja-
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min Woodbury who moved here in 1802 leaving his sons on the home farm (Crockett's). Exterior outline similar to Griffin house (No. 37). Original nine over six sash; six-panel front door with transom lights and Suffolk latch; tapered “gun- stock" corner posts; wainscoting in SE room; mantel of lami- nated design in NW room, design repeated in chair rail, door and window frames; small mantel in second floor SE room.
41. George D. Graves, Jr. In 1797 and 1798, Richard May- bery was chosen hogreeve by the town. "He is said to have been a roving character of merry disposition, and to have lived at one time in a small house located on the land to the NE of the Hominy Pot road near the brow of the hill, now (1898) owned by Frank Call." He died in 1844 at the age of 73. The story handed down to the present owner and confirmed by observable features is that the SW end of the house, over the small cellar, was originally a one room dwelling and later elevated to form the second floor of the present structure. This original building may have been the small house of Richard Maybery, probably built before 1800. Mrs. Maybery died in 1852 and Wyman P. Kimball became owner soon after. He probably enlarged the house to its present dimensions; very narrow in the gables, only one room deep.
42. Charles S. Horton. Type C now. From the writings of Oren D. Crockett, it has been learned that this was the original "old red school-house", built about 1804 on the "school-house lot" (now vacant) across Pleasant St. from Tracy Memorial Building. In the 1850's, it was moved down the hill to its present location to become the nucleus of this home. Since no house appears in this spot on the Walling Map of 1858, this change must have taken place soon after this date. Some doors and hardware appear old as does the attic. The ell has the appearance of a very old building, containing at least one old twelve over eight sash; the door location and outline of building suggest an old Type A house.
43. Earl E. Rowe. First known owner, Edward Ide who moved here probably about 1820. An old tradition has it that the house was moved from Minot's (Colby) Hill. From 1859-
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1861, it was the home of Elder Asa Randlett, pastor of the Freewill Baptist Church.
44. Francis and Thelma Walter. Built in 1790 by Job Seamans, first minister of the "Baptist Church of Christ in New London," and, his home for forty years. Type C. Details described.
45. Littlefield Home. Built in 1796-1797 by pioneer Benjamin Moody Clement. Variant of Type A. A double Cape Cod. This may well have been the original design, as the two chimneys near the ends of the house rest on split stone arches, visible in cellar. Two entrances to house and two gates in front fence. Low roof pitching down to top of windows in front. Narrow straight stairway going up from old entrance door at NE side of center front of house. Timbers reach across entire width, with wide floor boards on second floor running in same direction. Probably housed two families at one time. Brick oven with kitchen fireplace was on inside wall of present kitchen at NE end of house. Big stone hearth still visible. Fire- places removed or closed in 1878; old windows removed at same time; beams in kitchen now exposed.
46. Vaughan Biggert. Built as Type D by Isaac Bunker, probably 1840-1850.
47. Vesta M. Freeman and Grace Wade. Built by John Johnson Sargent, probably 1820-1830. Type A variant with leanto. Central chimney with fireplaces and oven removed before 1896 when it became the home of Mrs. Maria Bunker.
48. Vesta M. Freeman and Grace Wade. Built as Type C by John Sargent, one of the pioneer Sargent brothers, soon after 1800. The outline of this house is similar to that built by his brother, Ebenezer (No. 117), particularly in the very broad gable feature. John had fourteen children, one of which was John Johnson (No. 47); George, the youngest son, lived in this house and cared for his aged parents in their last years. (Cora Bunker (No. 47) recalls her mother taking hams over to this house to bake in the old brick oven.) Old fireplaces and oven have been removed. Five-panel doors; brick arch in cen- ter of SW side of cellar.
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49. Louis J. Kroutil. Gideon Wilkins lived on this farm - 1816-1819. He may have built the ell. Main house built by John D. Woodward about 1834. Type A. Very wide front door with unusual paneling; same design, two wide horizontal panels each making top of T, appear on all interior doors. Old door latches. Nine over six sash with old glass. Long granite slabs make up foundation, one twelve feet long; two narrow stone slabs, seven feet high, serve as supporting posts in cellar.
50. Harold P. Snow. Type A. Built by Joseph Wood- ward about 1835.
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