Deacon John Graves House
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The Deacon John Graves House, located at 581 Post Road
in Madison, Connecticut
, is a saltbox
house that was built by Deacon John Graves in 1675. The Graves family lived in the house for 300 years. The Deacon John Grave Foundation was formed in 1983 to save the house from demolition and now is a museum.
Boston Post Road
The Boston Post Road was a system of mail-delivery routes between New York City and Boston, Massachusetts that evolved into the first major highways in the United States.The three major alignments were the Lower Post Road The Boston Post Road was a system of mail-delivery routes between New York...
in Madison, Connecticut
Madison, Connecticut
Madison is a town in the southeastern corner of New Haven County, Connecticut, occupying a central location on Connecticut's Long Island Sound shoreline. The population was 18,812 at the 2000 census....
, is a saltbox
Saltbox
A saltbox is a building with a long, pitched roof that slopes down to the back, generally a wooden frame house. A saltbox has just one story in the back and two stories in the front...
house that was built by Deacon John Graves in 1675. The Graves family lived in the house for 300 years. The Deacon John Grave Foundation was formed in 1983 to save the house from demolition and now is a museum.
External links
- Deacon John Graves House - official site