John Ventres, Jr. built his house in the Shailerville section of Haddam between 1805, when he and his brother Samuel first acquired the land, and 1812, around the time John married his second wife, Anne Shailer. Ventres died in 1884 and his third wife, Mabel, sold the house to John’s son George in 1896. The house remained in the family until 1907. The original large center chimney was at some point replaced by two smaller brick chimneys. The above photo, taken on May 14, 2014, shows how much the house has changed compared to the original photo I used with this post, which was taken back in 2009.
The John Ventres, Jr. House (1812)