Address: 140 Burrows Hill Road
Inventory Num: 26
Location: 0.6 Mi South of Route 66
Year Built: 1744
Builder: Mr. Porter
Style: Colonial
Current Use: Farm
Notable Architectural Features:
- Large fieldstone center chimney and foundation
- 2 Brick chimneys, one in the North wing, one in the west ell
- Ell is not original
- Windows were originally from Smith ownership at least. 12/8 sash. The same sash have been inverted to 8/12 sash.
- At one time thers were over 350 acres; by 1978 there were over 200
- "The original house has been added onto 4 times. A new kitchen added to the back of the main house, and three separate additions added to the north side. I have always been told the additions on the north were added when the senior Smith was too old to farm, his son and family lived in the main house and the elder Smith moved into, what they referred to as, "The Ell. The house has a center chimney and four fireplaces that have been boarded over since my great grandparents lived here. It is post and beam construction. The one room upstairs with a fireplace, my mother always referred to as the birthing room. The cellar has a dirt floor and the attic is a full walk up attic. "
Importance:The house was purchased by the Smith family in 1794 and is still owned by them (1978) The second Smith to own the house, Nathan Smith, remarried at the age of 65 and he added the north wing in 1853 with Greek Revival trim.
"always told was on the first Hebron map, which would mean it was built in the 1700's. I am the seventh generation Smith to live in the house."
(Ellene Smith (2008 homeowner))"There was a barn directly behind the house that burned in the late 1960's, along with a milking barn by the wagon shed. The products that were sold from the farm were milk, eggs and apples. My dad talked about going with his father on the egg route. At one time, I was told, my grandfather amassed about 1000 acres on Burrows Hill Road through to Paper Mill Road, Hope Valley Road and what is now the Buck Road. I have been told that many of the stone walls were built by my great grandfather, Edwin T. Smith"
(Ellene Smith (2008 homeowner))
Notes:"...beautiful house has a large center chimney, large fireplaces throughout, and very good proportions. The large ell, with deeply recessed entrance, gives added interest to the home."
(from Hebron, Ct: Hebron Historical Society booklet prepared for America's Bicentennial)
Related Outbuildings:2 chicken coops
