Hezekiah Chaffee House
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The Hezekiah Chaffee House is a historic home in Windsor
Windsor, Connecticut
Windsor is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States, and was the first English settlement in the state. It lies on the northern border of Connecticut's capital, Hartford. The population was estimated at 28,778 in 2005....

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Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...

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The home was built in 1765 for Dr. Hezekiah Chaffee and is a "true 15 room Georgian Colonial." http://www.townofwindsorct.com/Historic%20Homes.htm

Today the house is a museum located in the Palisado Avenue Historic District. Both the district and the house itself are on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

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The museum is run by the Windsor Historical Society and is open April through October, Tuesday-Saturday from 10 am to 4 pm.

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