Built 1695, 1757-58 Architectural style Jacobean Area 2 ha | Built by Grant,Ebenezer NRHP Reference # 77001408 Added to NRHP 19 September 1977 | |
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Location 1653 Main St., East Windsor Hill, Connecticut Part of East Windsor Hill Historic District (#86001208) | ||
The Ebenezer Grant House, at 1653 Main St. in East Windsor Hill, Connecticut, is a house built mostly during 1757-58. It has significance dating to 1695, when a house was built on the site, a house that is believed to be incorporated in the rear ell portion of the later development. The 1757-58 part of the house is described as "among the most elaborate 18th century houses still standing in Connecticut". Its historic importance is magnified by the existence of complete documentation. The house was used to house the Tory governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, and British general Richard Prescott, as prisoners, for a time during the American Revolutionary War. It was moved within its lot by about 25 feet in 1913.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.