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1 "'w " "", BLDNG n nw" r «Vrrt; AND STRCTRES T_nN HST 6 NEWS 17 ST ATE OF CONNECT CONNECTCT 59 SOTH PROSPECT e HSTORCAL STREET, HARTFORD, (23) CONNECTCT 616 QAD: (HSOltC TOWNCTY VLAGE j:: ETERORVlSl8LEFROMP\J8LCROAD 'ACCESSBLTV TO PBLC: Brwn, Va DNa STYLE OF Greek Revival Va '/lngc use Wd Shingle j:: ;: 1&1 '"!J Brd & Batten Aluminu'" Siding 1 fra"'e Lad hearing Aabatas ROOF T",, [] Gble GC/lbrel Aaphalt Aaphlt Pt til Public (2g Private '' YES E t PL AN Q9N V" Stucc Cane rete Type: Shed DRll ahingle Aaphalt Built up,",nsrd Hip Fieldatne Cbble atne Cut atne Type: P at and beam Flat DOth (Specify) fundatin brwnstne fundatin ball_n Structural Rund Tile Or O'Specdyl Specifyl iran r steel,",nitr Tin Or sawtth Or Speedy' Slate NMBER OF STORE!> APPROltlMATE DMENSONS " 2 l x X 36; 26 X 21 N,Sltlll HELAED LJ Brn ' i i]gd excellent NTEGRTy Q O,n riginal ste L'" ", " Fair WHEN' Carriage huse Shed Garage Grden =:J Open land CmmerCal, Wd land Residential ndus trial t landscape Rural ;e::l:ry features Sctteru prch r buildings buildings High buildng Histric Street huse Or f parcel brder rear dwellings Gd Fair Nrth Deterirated elevatin A RtS 16 NTERRELATONSHP OF t1ldng AND 5RRONONr, nrth end f Farmingtn's Lcated at f Main stands side clse t east sits directly twentiethcentury [29 excellent ' '';':'''D'F O'her Shp De'erirted N D,",ved OTBLDNGS OR LANDSCAPE [],,:,',,,,, S SRRONDNGENVRONMENT Huse Actual CONTY Hartfrd DATE OF v Siding, M'ell/l Wd Shingle Residence [29 Brick Siding "'asnr" 1O lcalin wnn ppr,,il, STRCTRA'L SYS':'EM J Wad, 1843 Clpbard 175 t "'""",, NTEROR ACCE:eLE Y NR SPECFY Chauncey, Dr J 1 EJ '' NL Site N Balazy, Stacia S SE(p"n/' Residence 1&1 1 DNR Os 25 Main Street OWNERS) ll z OSTRCT Farmingtn J titt AN NMBER'and Oflcallnn) u T COMMSSON BLDNG "AME (C, 2 j:: CT H: Spee,(y visible frm site density District, Chauncey Dr Huse The ancient Steele nineteenth; histric eighteentl'r, Brwn Huse and (OVER)

2 7 OTHER NOTABLE FEATRES OF BLDNG OR STE l"f*'tlm 411cJ fit "",''''''Ofl Oriented gabletstreet Dr Chauncey Brwn Huse exhibits a twbay facade and fully pedimented gable end The facade features a Victrianperid wraparund veranda with bracketed turned clumns turned balustrade and latticelike base The multipaned entry dr is set in a mdest surrund and sixversix sash feature luvered shutters Greek Revivalstyle characteristics include crner pilasters and wide entablature beneath eaves A twstry ell with mdern entry prch extends frm rear elevatin H e & C) ;;; n March f 1843 Dr Chauncey Brwn purchased ld "Gleasn Huse" alng east side f Main Street frm Gad Cwles (FLR 48:376) Shrtly reafter he mved "Gleasn Huse" a shrt distance t east and built this dwelling n frnt prtin n January f 1844 Brwn mrtgaged prperty fr $18 t Sciety fr Savings (FLR 47: 384) The Dctr perated his ffice in basement f huse He resided here with his wife frmer Julia M Strng and tw yung children n 1861 prperty passed t ra Bwen thrugh a certificate f freclsure (FLR 57:182) A year later Mrs Emeline D Prter purchased huse fr $3 (FLR 58:346) She was wife f Thmas Lewis Prter wh served as Farmingtn's twn clerk frm 1879 t 1895 He als served twn as a representative t Cnnecticut General Assembly The Prters resided here until 1897 The prperty has been wned by Balazy family since 192 One f few Greek Revivalstyle hmes fund alng Farmingtn's histric Main Street Dr Chauncey Brwn Huse makes a significant cntributin t village's histric character Farmingtn Land Recrds; Farmingtn Prbate Recrds; Farmingtn Vital Recrds; Farmingtn Cemetery nscriptins, WPA, 1934; Avn Cemetery nscriptins, WPA, 1934; 1853 EM Wdfrd Map; 1855 EM Wdfrd Map; 1869 Baker and Tilden Map; 1878 OH Bailey & C Ma Hurlburt Mabel S Farmingtn Twn Clerks and Their Times ( ) Hartfrd: Finlay Brs 1943; Prentise Dudley Histry f Farmingtn Huses 9 vls, Np, 1974; Farmingtn HOE File Cllectin cmp Annie Burr Lewis and Mabel S Hurlburt Np hm;:::::an x =:::::r;;';;;;",r;";"l::=negatve ON FLE CL 16:34A DATE Elizabeth R Hart 1/86 gmiminn_l'::":""::"';"1 CL Greater Middletwn Preservatin Trust :E Middletwn, cr 27, ;; Q Nne knw'j Renewal Highways Private Vandalism Dtrlratin Develpers ning O'her Eplnalin _

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5 25 Main Street t {3 1 This is huse pictured n page 9 f Farmingtn Bk as residence f B C Maxwell t was built in 1843 by Dr Chauncey Brwn n land purchased that same year frm Gad Cwles and Samuel Smith Cwles, land n which als std ld Gleasn Huse, nw 23 Main Street ts use as a huse had been discntinued sme time prir t this, and it served Dr Brwn as a barn Chauncey Brwn is mentined fr first time in Mrs Hurlburt's "Twn Clerks" (withut title f Dr) as having been appinted a schl visitr n Nvember 29, 1833, in place f Henry Farnum wh had mved away He was married' n August 1, 1836, t Julia M Strng, 21 years f age, daughter f Pmry Strng and Susan Nrth f1 Waterville Rad The writer des nt knw where y lived prir t 1843, but it may have been acrss street with Strng family Mrs Hurlburt mentins his wife, n page 17, in cnnectin with Mendi Negres, saying "Mrs Chauncey Brwn tk Tamie int her hme, answering her many questins, teaching her t lead a civilized life, and missing her after she returned t her wn hme in Mendi land ' Dr Brwn had his ffice while y lived re, in basement, but ffice windws cannt nw be seen, hidden as y are by lng vernda which was added smetime La ters, Dr and Mrs Brwn were gd friends f Miss Elizabeth Eels Sheffield, as mentined in her persnal letters, and it is just'pssib1e that she may have rmed with m a while during time that she was a teacher here She was frm New Haven, but returned t Farmingtn in late 1845 as wife f Thmas Cwles, and later became mr f Admiral William Sheffield Cwles Recrds shw that title t this prperty was passed in 1861 t ra Bwen upn freclsure f a mrtgage They perhaps mved acrss street in 1861, as in 1862 Mrs Brwn became heir t half f prperty at 1 Waterville Rad, and n als acquired h81f interest f her sister Ellen, wh had in 1846 married Jhn N Bartlett Dr and Mrs Brwn had a sn Philip Chauncey Brwn, brn in this huse n March 1, 185, and had a daughter Julia P Brwn, but wher she was brn in this huse, r when she was brn, is nt knwn t writer ra Bwen sld prperty in 1862 t Thmas L prteir mentined in fllwing accunt by Mrs Hurlburt, which is cpied frm pages 2745 f "Twn Clerks": "Thmas Lewis Prter was brn in Farmingtn abut 182 and was baptised in 1822 He was sn f Selah and Sphia Ck Prter His far lived in ancient Samuel Cwles huse, secnd n left n Cltn Rad He was a direct descendant f Thmas Prter, tailr, wh had lived n Main Street just ppsite intersectin f Cltn Rad and Main Street, and wh had married Sarah Hart Selah and Sphia Ck Prter had tw r sns, Jhn Ck Prter wh married Mary Rt and had a sn Thmas, and Timthy Prter, wh lived in ld hmestead, later burned in fire f 1864 Selah Prter died in 1847 r 1848 His widw Sphia died May 3, 1865, leaving ne half f her estate t Thmas L Prter and ne half t her daughterinlaw, Mary, fr use f her grandsn Thmas "wh live with me" Mr Prter married Mrs Emeline Wdfrd Deming, widw f Franklin Deming, n December 19, 1859 He gave his age as 39 and she gave her age as 47 Mr Deming had died March 16, 1856 He had built huse n ninville Rad, knwn t later generatins as Mntieth place Mrs Deming brught sme wealth t her husband, frm her wn family, and als frm her marriage 6'7,

6 16,2 She was f Wdfrd family f Avn Her brr Franklin built huse n crner f High Street and Muntain Rad where H HWhaples nw lives During Civil War Prters adpted a daughter, nt nly t fill vacancy f n children f ir wn, but in rder that her far might enl ist t fill quta frm East Hartfrd ;if Mr Prter, wh was Quartermaster Sergeant, 25th Cmpany, Cnnecticut Vlunteer nfantry, served in Civil War frm Octber 2, 1862, t August 26, 1863" Mr Prter's first mentin in "Twn Clerks" is n page 227 when it was nted that n Nvember 19, 1864, he was appinted ne f three members f a cmmittee frmed t fill twn's quta f men fr army service, prir t anr, draft call by Federal gvernment The cmmittee was authrized t use as much as $1, fr this purpse He is nted t have been mderatr at three Twn Meetings, thse f Octber 2, 1871, Octber 25, 1875, and Nvember 3, 1878 t is interesting t nte that at secnd meeting mentined abve, re was accepted a reprt frm selectmen regarding extensin f a rad frm Main Street t High Street t be a cntinuatin f Charpentier Avenue (nw Prter Ra) t will be nticed that this extensin has never been built Thmas L Prter was elected n Nvember 6, 1877, t be ur representative t Cnnecticut General Assembly fr ne year, and n Octber 6, 1879, was chsen at a regular Twn Meeting t be Twn Clerk He held this pst until 1895 Mrs Hurlburt begins her reprt n his term f ffice, n page 253, as fllws: "Fr sixteen years frm 1879 t 1895 that Thmas L Prter was Twn Clerk, Farmingtn went thrugh anr grwing perid There were n wars,nr r majr disasters unt t "hard times" f , and twnspeple had ample pprtunity t catch up n many small details f twn gvernment n additin t building tw twn halls, ne fr each district f twn, many new rads were laid ut, and effrts were made t divide twn in such a manner that ninville wuld have becme a separate twn Every item brught befre a twn meeting received full and painstaking attentin, n matter hw small a detail it might appear t be t was as thugh twn fars were building anr wall n fundatin already laid and every stne used was inspected and its place in structure carefully planned, that it might nt nly be wrthy f what had been built befre, but be an example fr future" Three r actins perhaps wrthy f attentin were fllwing n Nvember 1884 it was decided that n mre burials wuld take place in ld cemetery n Main Street, unless spuse was already buried re Nvember 1886 apprpriatins were apprved fr decratin f graves and r expenses f Memrial Day, and in April 1894 a rightfway was grant/d t HartfrdWest Hartfrd Electrical Railway fr a trlley line t Farmingtn "n 1894 Thmas L Prter, nw aged 74 years and with chrnic nephritis, n lnger attended all f his duies Henry N Whittlesey was appinted assistant twn clerk June 13, 1895, by E H Deming, First Selectman, and entries during that year in recrd bks are in his fine and delicate handwriting (Twn Clerks, page 273) Mr Prter's affairs did nt g well and Miss Sarah Prter tk ver his hme He mved int Riley huse, as it was n knwn, nw in frnt f Parsns Garage" (Twn Clerks page 275) The actin just mentined apparently tk place in 1897, as ra is a transfer f title frm Prters t Sarah ahigley n June 22, 1897 Final mentin f Prters is n page 276 f Twn Clerks: "Mrs Emeline Wdfrd Prter died August 7, 1898 He died at Fitch's Hme fr Sldiers, Nrtn Heights, Cnn, April 1, 193" Bth are buried in Riverside Cemetery 79r

7 r 163 Thmas L Prter, while he was Twn Clerk, als served as Librarian frm January 2, 1882, until Miss Julia Brandegee tk thi ps later in year At that time library was' mved t Farmingtn Avenue, t eastermst f tw Andrus huses acrss street frm where Miss Brandegee lived', which was with her sister Mrs Barney at 763 Farmingtn Avenue The Maxwells wh purchsed hus at 25 Main Street in June 1897 frm Sarah A Higley, had previusly lived n Main street, n east side, n a site just abut 5 r 1 feet n:try'" f huse presently standing at 11 Main Street Their frmer \ huse had served partly a8 a saln, and partly as ir family reaildence 1118s Sarah Prter had been anxius t beautify ': nrrn entrance t Main Street, and as a part f this prgram she purchased ld Maxwell! huse and sld it fr a sma lf sum t Lawrence family, wh mved it t Haterville Rad Theree it was remdeled and became Miss E S Lawrence's: Hat Shp, shwn n page 59 f Farmingtn Bk While Maxwells lived here at 25 Main Street Bridget Maxwell tk in sewing, din, cnsiderable wrk fr Miss Prter, and fr her schl The Maxwells had a grand pian', given m by Miss Prter after schl had replaced it with a new ne, and neighbr girls were permitted t play pianm as a reward fr picking up pins frm living rm flr after sessins f dress fittings This prperty was sld n August 24, 192, t Stanislawa Balazy, and has been wned and: ccupied by members f Balazy family since that time Stanislawa (Stella) was wife f Tefil Balazy, and y lived here with ir family, having mved here frm anr residence n Main Street The Balazys had three children: Richard, alter and Stacia Waler and' Richard are wners and peratrs f a cnstructin business Walter was married t Jean Chappell f Haddnfield, New Jersey, and' y lived here als Their children, Richard David ana Jean Ann, were brn during ir residence here The brrs d nt ive here at present Tefil Balazy died in 193 and his widw in 1958, leaving prperty, which includes Gleasn huse at 23 Main Street, t ir daughter Stacia, a teacher f English in Farmingtn High Schl March 17, 1973 Nte t add t page f this accunt Dr Chauncey Brwn als had a daughter, Helen Stanley Brwn, wh n February 21, 1871, was married t Rbert Brenner