Container List Record
Metadata
Object ID number |
2013.04.178 |
Container |
Box 6 |
Description |
Five notecards (4H x 6"W). 1.Typed "Grant House with crossed stiles." 2. Typed one side states house is one of the most elaborate and handsome house in the Connecticut Valley. Information on house and Grant family. 3. Handwritten states "E. Grant head of bld committee for 3rd meeting house (1757-1761) Aaron & Abiel g nephews of E." 4. Typed on both sides with information on house and elaborate doorway. First house in South Windsor to be accepted in National Register of Historic Places. House remained in the Grant family until 1913. 5. Handwritten on both sides reports Grant was one of first to develop direct trade with West Indies. Shipped horses, tobacco, barrels, bricks in exchange for sugar and rum. Elements similar to John Hancock's house are the "stair rail double spiral turned newel post and turned banisters." |