The Roger Sherman House, Chapel Street No. 1050

Posted on June 10, 2019January 23, 2020 by Arthur Mullen

“Taken by his Great, Great Grand Son, Roger Sherman Baldwin, February 1855. General Washington once took tea in the West Front Room of this house. The Bay Window on the East side has been built but a few years.”
-Excerpt and (top) image courtesy of The Whitney Library and New Haven Museum, photograph by Roger Sherman Baldwin, 1855

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Roger Sherman, also of Connecticut, was known to have given one of the shortest speeches in history at a bridge dedication ceremony when he said, "I think it will hold up all right," while testing the strength of the bridge with one foot. View all posts by Arthur Mullen