The house at 43 Waterside Lane in Clinton was long thought to have been built c. 1790 by Charles K. Rossiter, who actually lived in it later on. It was actually built c. 1805 by ship master Daniel Vail on land purchased by his son, Silas Vail, in 1804.

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Charles K. Rossiter House (1804)