. Historic Litchfield, 1721-1907; being a short account of the history of the old houses of Litchfield; . EPISCOPAL RECTORY. HUBBARD HOUSE AND WOLCOTT ELM ^7 came into occupancy in 1814. He was the projector of ourpresent State Constitution and the first Governor under it,later Secretary of the United States Treasury under Wash-ington. In a part of the house next door now owned by G. Wallbridge was for a number of years a boarding-school for boys called The Wolcott Institute, and kept byRev. W. G. Wright, , Rector. On a fork of the road much farther down is a gambrel-roofed house wit
. Historic Litchfield, 1721-1907; being a short account of the history of the old houses of Litchfield; . EPISCOPAL RECTORY. HUBBARD HOUSE AND WOLCOTT ELM ^7 came into occupancy in 1814. He was the projector of ourpresent State Constitution and the first Governor under it,later Secretary of the United States Treasury under Wash-ington. In a part of the house next door now owned by G. Wallbridge was for a number of years a boarding-school for boys called The Wolcott Institute, and kept byRev. W. G. Wright, , Rector. On a fork of the road much farther down is a gambrel-roofed house with a sign stating that Ethan Allen was bornthere. Ethan Allen, the hero of Ticonderoga, was born inLitchfield in 1737, probably in a house on the West Goshenroad. This house is said to have been moved to its presentsite, and may consequently be his birthplace, but not as itnow stands. On the site of the Andrews place, a female seminary wasestablished by Miss Henrietta Jones, a descendant of Gov-ernor Jones of the New Haven colony. This lady was cele-brated for her wit and the energy of her character. Thehouse was burned
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