The house of George Grannis, a photographer, was built sometime around 1864 on Church Street in Waterbury. In the 1870s, the house came to be owned by the Burrall family, being occupied in the early twentieth century by the sisters, Mary and Lucy Burrall, and their lifelong friend, Miss Edith Morton Chase. The daughter of Henry Sabin Chase, first president of the Chase Brass and Copper Company, Edith Chase was a neighbor of the Burrall sisters, who became her companions when she later made the Grand Tour of Europe. In 1917, Chase’s father gave her land in Litchfield, now Topsmead State Forest, where she built a country house. Chase and the Burralls then lived together, dividing their time between summers in Litchfield and winters in Waterbury.
Is the house open to the public and if yes, what are the visiting hours? Thank you.