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480 Old Post Road

The Sherman Parsonage was built in 1816 by Judge Roger Minot Sherman, who served the state in the Assembly, Senate, and Supreme Court. In 1848, following his death, the house became the parsonage for the First Ecclesiastical…

Slave Quarters at Gold Selleck Silliman's House

506 Jennings Road

Gold Selleck Silliman was one of the larger slaveowners in Connecticut. In 1790, there were about 470 slave holding families in Fairfield County, with about 799 slaves in the…

Hill-Ribbins House

1218 Brookside Drive

The Hill-Ribbins house was built in 1749 and was previously owned by Judge David Hill. After Fairfield's courthouse was burned down by the British in 1779, some of the town business was carried out in…

240 Beach Road, site of Bulkley's Tavern.

This house was owned by the father of Annie B. Jennings and was later moved to become part of Sunnieholme.

Old Post Office/Wakelee's Store

Fowler House

205 Beach Road

The Fowler house was built in 1784 by Stephen Fowler. Fowler had bought the land where the house sits in 1783 from John Hobart. Fowler chose the location because it would soon carry on many community activities since…

Burr Homestead (without wall).