Henry G. Beaumont and Joseph Merriman divided the East Hartford estate of J. T. Wells in 1884. On one of his lots, Merriman built the house at 32-34 Wells Avenue in 1888. In 1892 he sold it to Flora Birch, wife of John Birch, a plumber.

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Flora Birch House (1888)