Name/Title
Presentations by Samuel H. ChesebroEntry/Object ID
2018.273.016Scope and Content
A collection of presentations given by Samuel H. Chesebro to the Stonington Historical Society between 1900 and 1909 on the architecture of the Borough around 1850. Some of his remarks cover early time periods, and some anecdotal evidence. Items have been preserved in order found. Street names and people names listed in each packet are recorded below. An excellent resource for house history information.
Packet 1: High St., Gold St., Pearl St., Northwest St.
Joseph Palmer, Freeman Wallace, Ezra Chesebro, John R. Chesebro, August Muller, George Ashby, Leonardson & payne, Billings Burch, Alonzo Holmes, President Tyler, Alanson Brown
Packet 2: Broad St., Northwest St., High St., Front St.
John W. Richmond, Ezra Chesebro, Joseph Keirny, Samuel F. Denison, Theodore T. WIlcox, Gale of 1905, Aligence Hyde, Polly Breed, Dr. William Hyde, Nathaniel Palmer homestead, Archibald Merritt, C.B. Capron, Captain R.F. Loper, Joseph Smith, Stanton Sheffield, Captain George S. Brewster, Antonio de Mallo - this packet also includes a numbered, hand drawn map by the author
Packet 3: Water St., Gold St., High St., Pearl St.
Deacon Elisha Faxon, Atwood-Morrison Machine Co., Joseph Hancox, Ira Hart, Stephen Brewster, John Clark, Russel A. Denison, August Muller, Dr. David Sherman Hart, Erastus S. Chesebro, Lorenzo Wood, Freeman Wallace, Henry M. Tinker, George Wood, Franklin A. Palmer, Lucy Ann Sheffield, Abby Stanton, Benjamin F. Hancox, Gilbert Wheeler
Packet 4: Temple St. area
Ethan A. Collins, Joseph Croft, Benjamin Pomeroy, Eliza Hamilton, Freeman Wallace, David P. Collins, William Worden, Joseph F. Marshall, Michael Egan, William T. Reynolds, Gabriel Gardiner, Oliver D. Chesebro, William Rodman, Charles Stanton, Sal Tinker's Hill (Cliff St.), Zebulon Stanton, Esther Stanton, Samuel Stanton, Dr. Charles Brayton, Elijah palmer, Jabish Holmes, Frank Trumbull, Dr. Mercer, William C. Moss, Moses Pendleton, Gurdon S. Crandall, William H. Woodbridge, Appleton Worden, Frank Walker, Russel A. Denison, Captain Ray Allen, Charles P. Trumbull, Nelson A. Pendleton, Captain Joshua K. Pendleton, Jonathan Palmer, Benjamin J. Palmer, Rowse P. Babcock, Dudley Palmer, Captain Isaac Chesebrough, Samuel Trumbull, Lucius Palmer, William E. Dewey
Packet 5: Summit St., Elm St., Cutler St.
Jonathan Stanton, Dr. Charles Brayton's Store, William Reynolds, Frederick Chesebro, John Hallam, Alonzo Holmes, Orrin Prentice, Eugene P. Hyde, William Rodman, Thomas Murray, Andrew S. Mathews, George W. Mathews, Horace Trumbull, Nelson Carptenter, Elizabeth Smith, James Powers, Dr. George E. Palmer, Elihu Chesebrough, William Brownell, Alanson Brown, Deacon Simeon Palmer, Charles Koelb, Horace Wilcox, John Breed, Dudley R. Chesebro, Denison R. Chesebro, Richard R. Barker, Captain William E. Brewster, Antone Levy, Felix McCarthy, John Hammond, Henry H. Davis, Edward Hyde, Emma P. Wilcox, Rev. Jerome S. Anderson, Rev. William Clift, Gurdon S. Crandall, Benjamin F. Pendleton, Albigence Hyde, Barley Hogan, Mathew Gilmore, Gilbert Wheeler, William Salter, John P. Babcock, Captain Crosby Smith, Joseph Rittenhouse, John S. Clarke, Elisha Faxon, Reuben C. Hancox, Jacob Blacklidge, James Dorrell, WIlliam Tanner, George C. Burtch
Packet 6: Water St., High St., Broad St., Harmony St., Pearl St., Main St., Cliff St.
Ephraim Williams, Captain Joseph J. Comstock, Captain Francis Pendleton, Charles S. Ryon, William H. Woodbridge, Ralph Wheeler, Dudley R. Chesebro, Franklin B. Noyes, Amos Palmer Esq., John W. Denison, Thomas R. Noyes, John D. Champlin, Frances A. Stanton, John Davison, Jonas Babcock, William C. Brownell, Frederick D. Chesebrough, Elihu Chesebro, Alanson Brown, Captain Isaac Pendleton, Samuel Almy, Captain Joseph E. Smith, Jesse N. Brown, Franklin A. Palmer, Robinson, Rosenthal, Dr. George D. Stanton, John F. Trumbull, Lucy Ann Sheffield
Packet 7: Broad St., Front St., Northwest St., Gold St., Water St., Church St., Temple St., Main St., Elm St.
John Scott, John W. Richmond, Elisha Faxon, Mark Glines, Ephraim Williams, Henry Smith, Charles S. Hull, Ezra Chesebro, Rev. H.A. Sackett, Ira Hart Palmer, Gordon Jones, Samuel Trumbull, Lucius Palmer, H.N. Trumbull, Isaac Chesebrough, William E. Dewey, Joseph Tanner, Thomas S. Hinckley, John A. Tucker
Packet 8: Gold St., Water St., High St., Front St., Main St., Harmony St., Broad St., Northwest St.
Mark Glines, Phineas Wilcox, Oliver B. Grant Esq., John McGalligan, John C. Hayes, Joseph C. Brown, Henry C. Stanton, Archibald Merritt, Samuel Chesebro, Russel A. Denison, Captain Joshua Sanford, Samuel Langworthy, John R. Chesebro, Cornelius Vaughan, C.B. Capron, Freeman Wallace, William Wallace, Benjamin F. States, Patrick Gilmore, Elisha Faxon, Ephraim Williams, James S. Hyde, Jesse Beebe, Captain Joshua K. Pendleton, Billings Burch, George Howe, Ezra Chesebro, Peleg Hancox, Widow Luke Palmer, William L. Palmer, Henry H. Davis, Emma A. Smith, Rev. J.M. Willey, Rev. R.J. Wilson, Rev. Albert G. Palmer
Packet 9: Water St., Railroad Ave., Church St., Gold St., Broad St., Grand St.
J.F. Trumbull, Deacon Samuel Langworthy, Samuel G. Stanton, D.A. Hall, Franklin Williams, Freeman Wallace, Erastus S. Chesebro, Dr. David Sherman Hart, Franklin A. Palmer, Frederick Moser, Charles B. States, Oliver B. Grant, Ezra Chesebro, Gilbert C. Breed, George S. Hancox, Edwin B. Trumbull, Russel A. Denison, William Higgins, William Hyde, John Collins - this last packet is typewrittenCollection
Manuscript