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The John Randall House is a historic house on
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in
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. Its earliest section dates to 1685, with the main block reaching its present configuration before 1720. The house was restored in the 1930s by early preservationist
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and listed on the
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on December 1, 1978.


Description and history

The John Randall House is set on a rural parcel of land down a long lane on the west side of Route 2, about north of its junction with
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. It is a -story wood-frame structure, five asymmetrical bays wide, with a massive central stone chimney and clapboarded exterior. Its main entrance is framed by pilasters and a corniced entablature. The house is framed with inch-thick planking, a common technique of the period, although the planking was usually thinner, and is suggestive of two distinct periods of construction. The eastern parlor has a large fireplace wall finished in wooden paneling, the fireplace flanked by pilasters. The western parlor has a period built-in cabinet, wainscoting, and original plasterwork. The house was part of a farm named Anguilla Farm by the namesake son of the original proprietor, John Randall, a husbandman and Sabbatarian from England.


See also

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Randall, John, House Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut Houses completed in 1690 Houses in New London County, Connecticut North Stonington, Connecticut National Register of Historic Places in New London County, Connecticut 1690 establishments in Connecticut