The house at 54 Burnside Avenue in East Hartford was built c. 1870 by Andrew Roberts. A carriage maker, Roberts bought the tract of land in March, 1869 and soon took out a $3,000 mortgage, probably to build the house. The property was foreclosed in 1887 and three years later it was purchased by a farmer named George Bissell (died 1903). The house has been much altered through the construction of a modern store addition, currently home to Custodio Grocery, connected to the front facade.

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Andrew Roberts House (1870)