The owners of the Joseph Buckingham House, long known as the Old Buckingham House, located on Main Street in Old Saybrook, believe the house was built in the late seventeenth century. The plaque on the front has the date of 1671. It is a saltbox house with later additions. It was once the home of Rev. Thomas Buckingham, one of Yale’s original founders and trustees, and it is believed to be the site of the first Yale commencement in 1702.
Old Buckingham House (1671)