. Farmington, Connecticut, the village of beautiful homes. llege diirint; the da\s when his hduard, there htled Soutaeiai\onni; men forcidlege, Conmiamler Hooker of the Lniled Slates Xavysends me a jilan of the old house, whiclihe of course well renieni1)ers. He says,the part marked kitchen was Mooredwith smooth, flat mountain stones, andhad a big door at the eastern end. .andoriginally at each end, and my to say that wlien his father was aboy, they used to drive .1 \(ike of oxenwith a sled load of wood into one iloorand up to the big fireplace, then unloadthe
. Farmington, Connecticut, the village of beautiful homes. llege diirint; the da\s when his hduard, there htled Soutaeiai\onni; men forcidlege, Conmiamler Hooker of the Lniled Slates Xavysends me a jilan of the old house, whiclihe of course well renieni1)ers. He says,the part marked kitchen was Mooredwith smooth, flat mountain stones, andhad a big door at the eastern end. .andoriginally at each end, and my to say that wlien his father was aboy, they used to drive .1 \(ike of oxenwith a sled load of wood into one iloorand up to the big fireplace, then unloadthe wood upon the fire and drive tlieteam out of the other door. Of ibebuilding of the hoiiso on tiic corner (44)eastwaril. we have the most minute ac-cotmt from the time when in I. Capl, .Seionr drew theplan to the of -May. iSu. whenDeacon Hooker took possession withhis youthful bride. We e\ en know thelong list of tliose who helped raisr theframe and id those who came loo the 1ml in time Ior the tail Tin: siHiHt; .\il\ of mus, a. u. vorce. liul we mnsl hurry back to the , lest with the rich materials athand for ,111 account of this most inter-estin;.^ , we detain you lieeond alliiro]ier bonnils. dhe old house tothe nortii (45), the home of Col. Alar-tin Cowles. built and occu])ied byJohn Hurler in 1784. Opposite the ISank. the south part of the longhouse oiHe the residence of Reuben ., merchanl, was built b\ hisgrandf,ither, Ihomas .Smith. . andIhe north third. b\ Dciicon .Smith, sonllousr (401, ihi- Latter. the resideiic I be nextof llor- ;icc Cowles. bsi|.. was built by Samuel Smith, lirother of the Deacon, in 1769;.iiid is .a good specimen of the style ofhouses erected by Capt. Judah he next old house (47I. with the highluick basement, was built about 1797by (.i|it. Luther Seymour, cabinet-makerand house-builder. Many choice pi
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