![]() The house has been featured on the Litchfield Aid to the Connecticut Junior Republic's annual house tour four times.Decade in the 18th Century (1700s) From top left, clockwise: English Explorer James Cook commenced his first voyage around the world and becoming the first known Europeans to reach the east coast of Australia victory at the Battle of Buxar and subsequent Treaty of Allahabad marked start of the political and constitutional involvement East India Company and the beginning of British rule in India the Dutch ship, the Meermin is taken over by the slaves it was transporting in the Meermin slave mutiny George III is crowned king of the United Kingdom and would go on to reign longer than any of his predecessors French inventor Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot built the world's first full-size and working self-propelled mechanical land-vehicle, the "Fardier à vapeur" - effectively the world's first automobile the Stamp Act is passed by the British parliament, required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London. Sniffen said the home features many period details such as Kingsboard floor panels, large boards that were sometimes sent back to England for royalty because of their width. A buyer could build a barn and use the property to farm though." "A lot of the property is in a conservation easement to the Litchfield Land Trust and cannot be subdivided. "The house is very special," Realtor John Sniffen said. Bramley became the owner of the home and its 54 acres in 1994. The house was then purchased by the Beer family who sold off some of the lots and added a pool. He is a past director of the Connecticut Historical Society as well as the Litchfield Historical Society. William Warren, who inherited the house from his father remained in the house until 1974. The house then came to the Murphy family before it was sold to the warren family. Catlin's wife, Avis Buell Catlin was able to keep the farm going during the time of Thomas Catlin's capture with the help of her sister and brother-in-law who lived in a house south of the Catlins.Ĭatlin family descendants remained in the house into the 19th century and several Catlin children attended the Litchfield Female Academy. Catlin was a lieutenant in the Revolutionary War and had four children when he was captured by the British and held prisoner in New York. The property still retains a number of apple and pear trees and currant bushes, and the lot across from the house was once a peach orchard. "A horse barn across from the house, an icehouse and a hay barn were all restored in the 1990s."īramley said the Catlins were large scale farmers as evidenced in their account book, which is part of the Connecticut Historical Society. ![]() "The property is also very unique because it has a large number of 18th century outbuildings as well," owner Carol Bramley said. Many other homes in the town that were built in the 1780's and 1790's have similar characteristics. Both the parlor and chamber of the home appear to have post-Revolutionary touches that were inspired by William Spratt.
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