Benjamin Bosworth House
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Benjamin Bosworth House is a historic house on John Perry Road in Eastford, Connecticut
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Locally referred to as "The Castle", the Benjamin Bosworth house was built in 1796 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. Benjamin Bosworth was a bachelor who owned a number of local farms and 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 current owners are the fourth family to occupy the home.
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.
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. The current owners have been carefully renovating the building since 2002 and emulating the original conditions based on archival research and examined findings within the home.
Eastford, Connecticut
Eastford is a town in Windham County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 1,618 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which, of it is land and of it is water....
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Locally referred to as "The Castle", the Benjamin Bosworth house was built in 1796 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. Benjamin Bosworth was a bachelor who owned a number of local farms and 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 current owners are the fourth family to occupy the home.
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.
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. The current owners have been carefully renovating the building since 2002 and emulating the original conditions based on archival research and examined findings within the home.