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Home of Patrick Ward, defender of Ft. Griswold on Sept 6, 1781
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Fort St on Fort Griswold grounds
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Home of Ft. Griswold defender Ens. Ebenezer Avery, used as a "hospital" on Sept 6, 1781 to treat wounded
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Originally a Cape Cod Colonial modified to Victorian
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Avery was a builder of Ft. Griswold and a defender on Sept 6, 1781
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Dr. Amos Prentice, "Mother Bailey"
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Dr. Prentice tended the wounded at Ft. Griswold on Sept 6, 1781 and was assisted by Anna Warner Bailey, also a heroin
of the War of 1812
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Rufus Avery was on duty at Fort Griswold the morning of Sept 6, 1781 and the first to sight the British fleet off our
coast
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Combination of Colonial, Greek Revival and Victorian
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Rear of the house is Colonial with more modern additions in front
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Barber, a businessman, was a major in the War of 1812 and elected member of Congress from 1821-1835
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Greek Revival with Victorian additions
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Ship carpenter and delegate to Connecticut Assembly in 1858
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Capt. Waterman Z. Buddington
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Buddington was and early whaling captain
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Eli Edgecomb was a house carpenter
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Capt. Ebenezer "Rattler" Morgan
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This was Capt. Morgans house on Groton Bank before his record setting whaling voyage after which he moved to Monument
St. in the 1860s. The house was build by Groton Bank architect and builder, Elisha Miner
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Wm. Gray was a merchant owning a store on the west side of Thames St at the foot of Broad St.
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Capt. James Monroe Buddington
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Greek Revival with later Victorian addition
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Capt. J. M. Buddington became internationally know for his rescue of the British ship "HMS Resolute" in 1855, from which
the President's desk in the Oval Office was later made. The house was built by Jesse D. Smith, a Groton Bank house builder
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