Archive Record
Metadata
Object ID number |
2013.04.109 |
Title |
1029 Main Street |
Scope & Content |
Samuel Porter House, reportedly built by Samuel Porter in 1694, is one of several seventeenth-century dwellings still standing on Main Street. Originally a saltbox, the rear roof has been raised to increase interior space. Historic Resources Inventory described the house as two-and-one-half-story New England Colonial with ridge line parallel to street and massive brick chimney. The facade is 5/5 bays wide set around a central entrance. Other owners were Charles Pease 1871-1895; Leslie Newberry 1895-1901; Patrick J. Ahern 1901-1947; Estate of Thomas J. Ahern 1947-1964; Elizabeth A. Ahern Loftus 1964--. "General Layfayette, a guest in this house during the American Revolution, decided that a group of Hessian soldiers, housed in South Windsor as American prisoners, would be well occupied planting trees along Main Street." |
Collection |
Historic House Files |
People |
Ahern, Patrick J. Ahern, Thomas J. Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834 Loftus, Elizabeth Ann Ahern Newberry, Amasa Newberry, Benjamin Newberry, Leslie W., 1872-1974 Pease, Charles Porter, Samuel, 1664-1694 |
Subjects |
Architecture, Colonial South Windsor (Conn. : Town) -- Buildings, structures, etc. South Windsor (Conn. : Town) -- History |
Search Terms |
1029 Main Street Main St South Windsor Main Street Main Street South Windsor Porter Family Revolutionary War Samuel Porter House |
Containers |
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