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The Benjamin Bosworth House is a historic house on John Perry Road in
Eastford, Connecticut Eastford is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 1,649 at the 2020 census. History Eastford was formed in 1847 when it was broken off from Ashford, Connecticut. The name "Eastford" is locational, for the town ...
. Built between 1791 and 1801, it is an imposing local example of Federal period architecture. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
in 1978.


Description and history

The Benjamin Bosworth House is located southwest of Eastford's village center, on the west side of John Perry Road north of its junction with Church Road. It is a three-story wood-frame structure, with a two-story main block topped by a hip roof from which a full-height
monitor Monitor or monitor may refer to: Places * Monitor, Alberta * Monitor, Indiana, town in the United States * Monitor, Kentucky * Monitor, Oregon, unincorporated community in the United States * Monitor, Washington * Monitor, Logan County, West Vir ...
section projects. Eleven fireplaces, five bedrooms, five bathrooms, one (former) Masonic Lodge, one living room, one dining room, two great halls, a front parlor, office, workshop, kitchen, pantry, and laundry room are contained in the home. A precariously placed barn is also located on the property. Benjamin Bosworth was a bachelor who owned several local farms. He hired area craftsman and architect Vinni Goodell to construct the home. The third floor of the single-family residence was a Masonic Lodge, where two fireplaces and built-in benches remain intact. The house is also unusual for its monitor roof, a rarity in Federal period construction. The current owners are the fourth family to occupy the home. The original curved staircase in the south-facing entry was removed and auctioned off shortly after the Great Depression. Hard-carved wood paneling in the Front Parlor was allegedly solicited by the Henry Ford museum for removal but remains intact to date. Recent owners have been carefully renovating the building since 2002 and emulating the original conditions based on archival research and examined findings within the home.


See also

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Windham County, Connecticut __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Windham County, Connecticut. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Windham County, ...


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bosworth, Benjamin, House Eastford, Connecticut Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut Federal architecture in Connecticut Houses completed in 1791 Houses in Windham County, Connecticut National Register of Historic Places in Windham County, Connecticut