At 230 Killingworth Road in Higganum in Haddam is a Federal-style house constructed in 1815. It was the home of Selden Skinner, who may have been involved with his father and uncle in operating a gristmill nearby. When he died in 1870, the house passed to his daughter, Frances Halsey.

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Selden Skinner House (1815)