The stone house at 637 Bantam Road in Litchfield, which is now a restaurant, was built in circa 1849 by Benjamin Bissell, who had acquired the land in 1840. He sold the house in 1850 to Abel H. Clemons. Stone houses are uncommon in the area, but around the same time Benjamin was constructing this house, Henry B. Bissell used granite from the same quarry to build the stone at 202 Maple Street. The house has limited stylistic elaboration, except for a prominent Italianate-style hip roof with a monitor/cupola. After 1875 the house was owned by the Brundage family.
Benjamin Bissell House (1849)
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