New Britain herald., 1921-02-04

until their death and there brought |
up their family of five children THIS
house. which is off the high road to
New Britain. is said to ba built upon
the same Architectural plan as the
Miles Standish house in Duxoury,
Mass. The exact age of this house
is not known. but one of the cham
bers is wainscoted with panels that
were part of the Dews OF the
church at Motifs Corners, which was
torn down in 1878, and n new church
dedicated December l, 1874. Those
who are familiar with the records of
the stormy days OF the separation in
the church will remember that there
are references TO parts OF the church
building being taken away by various
pcrsons. and the story of these panels
gives spicy touch to those old
records. In this house there are four
fire places. In one OF these the
original crane and pot hooks still
hang. At the left of this fireplace is
an old Dutch oven. Deacon Stanley
was n very pfous man, and as rigid
in his notions OF right and wrong as
any of the old Puritans. He was fond
of talking upon religious subjects,
often at such great length as TO tire
his hearers. Deacon Stanley's an
twenty-nine men who signed the
petition dated October 16. 1908, re-
duesting the general assembly to
grant a settlement at Great Swamp.
In the northwest part of the parish,
other interesting old homes are; the
Norman Warner house, whose date
we are unable to learn, but which is
one of the best-preserved and most
attractive of our old houses; the
Cornwell house. now owned and
occupied by Isaac Z. Alling; the old
Seth Hooker place, built by William
Hooker, which must be one hundred
and fifty years old; the old Edwards
house a little farther south. and the
Squire Allyn house, where Willard 1.
Alling now lives. A short distance
east of this is the old Baldwin house.
This also is owned by willard L.
Alling. Another old home is the
George j. Hooker place which is
situated a little to the east of the
Cornwell house on the Harrington
turnpike.
Home OF Hosea Atwood.
Another house in West Lane dis
trict which should be mentioned is
the one peculiarly built on the side
of the hill opposite the West Lane
school, now made over into a resi-
dence. This house was the home of
Hosea Atwood and a large family of
children, two maiden sisters, Marie
and Lorena. having a large number
OF patrons in the tailoring business for
many years. The house is one story
high at the front, and two-story at
the rear.
Sheldon Moore Place.
Near the Kensington church are
five old houses worthy of our. atten-
ton, the Sheldon Moore place. built
Hart who is buried in Christian Lane,
about 1859. This family seems &c
have had the westward, ho!' spirit
This is the house now occupied dur
ing the summer by Isaac Porter, and
near 1t Mr.. Porter has saved, by buy
ing 1t, another historic home, the
birthplace of James Gates Percival
1890 by the father of the poet, DR..
James Percival, who had married a
daughter of Matthew Hart.
On the street known in the old days
as Brandy Lane, now Kensingtor
Road, the Edward Cowles house was
built in 1875, the Cornwell house by
the same man in IVA, and both are
very we'll preserved and look a!
though they would be habitable fol
another century.
Norton Home Built in 1900.
The beautiful home of our Mis-
Norton was built in 1899 by Gideon