The surrounding Main Street environment is one of Connecticut's most attractive historic streets. Hatheway House 55 South Main Street Suffield, CT Open May to October Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, 1-4 pm Also Thurs. The Hempsted Houses Arguably the best documented 17 th century house in America, Joshua Hempsted's home was built in 1678. A diarist and shipbuilder-farmer, Joshua described everyday life in 18 th century New London for nearly 50 years, and documented the evolution of his father's 1678 house to nine Hempsted generations. New London's oldest surviving building, Joshua Hempsted House, is also the only Underground Railway stop open to the public on Connecticut's African-American Freedom Trail.
Family artifacts in both houses recall life in one of New England's leading seport.
Combining rarity, antiquity and astonishingly detailed documentation, these properties rank among the most evocative and inspiring historic sites in New England. For more than a century, the New London community has recognized the preeminent place the Hempsted Houses hold as a living link to the town's founding. Isham-Terry House Built in 1854 for wholesale grocer Ebenezer Roberts, the house epitomizes gracious urban living in antebellum Hartford. Designed in the Italian Villa style, the residence was stylishly remodeled in the 1880's. In 1896, Dr. Oliver Isham bought the house, which he occupied with his aging parents and three sisters.