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We call it “Memento Mori,” that tree-shaded hill of grave markers visible behind a dark picket fence and Egyptian Revival gate with its papyrus columns. Thousands pass it daily in their ...
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The first homes of the settlers in Farmington were rough-hewn log huts, but as the town became more established the huts gave way to wooden frame houses. A rare surviving example of this type of Colonial house, with post-and-beam construction and a large central chimney, is the Stanley Whitman House on High Street, built around 1720.
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http://www.stanleywhitman.org/
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Farmington, CT 06034
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