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Title	The old Avery house, Poquonock Plains, Groton.
Place	Groton (Conn.)
Topic	Dwellings
Theme	Lifestyle
Description	Frame house with a stone foundation and two brick chimneys painted in contrasting colors. A chicken wire fence and a metal can, probably a trash or garbage can, and a wheelbarrow are near the house. Stone steps dead to the doorways. Stones frame the entrance to a cellar at the left. A hitching post is nearby. A dilapidated picket fence with granite gateposts is at the left and right. A flagstone walk crosses the lawn. There appears to be snow is in the left foreground. Letterpress text on back reads in part: "The 'Old Avery House,' Poquonnoc [sic] Plains, Groton, Ct. / Or as it has been aptly called, the 'Hive of the Avery's,' and one of the oldest and most interesting houses in Connecticut, / stands at the head of Poquonnoc Plains, Groton, and was built by Capt.James Avery in 1656. / This house has been their home for nine successive generations... and is now / owned and occupied by James D. Avery Esq., the Town Clerk of Groton." Inscribed below: "Burned."<br>
Notes	Poquonock Plains refers to the level land north of Poquonock Bridge and the lands west of the Poquonock River, subsequently the site of the Trumbull Airport. <br>The old Avery house was destroyed by fire on July 30, 1894. <br>
Date created	[between 1890 and 1894]
Physical format	1 photographic print ; 11 x 20 cm.<br>
Digital format	image/jpeg
Identifier	Accession number 1971.48.0.23<br>File name 0525 img0058.pcd<br>
Source	The Connecticut Historical Society.
Rights	Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Graphics Collection, The Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford.
Sub-collection	Photographs

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