We drove up to Madison, Connecticut today to visit with my sister Karen and have lunch with her. When we drove through the village of Madison I spied this house on the main street and stopped to photograph it. Its style is known as a New England Saltbox house. You can spot them from a mile away with their distinctive profile - that long pitched roof that slopes down to the back. It takes its name from its resemblance to a wooden lidded box in which salt was once kept. This is called the John Dudley house, and was thought to have been built in 1675, but is now dated to 1720. Oh, and believe it or not, George Washington ate dinner here, in 1776.
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I love the old homes. At first glance, I thought it was the old homestead at Westside before the remodels.
Joan
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