Choate-Caldwell House

In 1963 the house was donated and moved to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., where it is currently on permanent display at the National Museum of American History.

[2] Abraham Choate, a farmer and merchant, constructed the timber-framed house in about 1768[3] and attached part of an older house (circa 1710) to the back of the home to provide additional space for his large family.

[4] A Revolutionary War Patriot veteran Abraham Dodge acquired the house in 1777 and lived there with his household including Chance Bradstreet, an African American enslaved man.

In 1822 abolitionists Josiah and Lucy Caldwell acquired the house and held anti-slavery meetings there.

[4] From at least 1942 until 1961 the home was occupied by the Scott family, who were active supporters of the American effort during World War II, and then the house remained vacant and was scheduled to be demolished in 1963.