Built the same year (1766) and similar in style to the David Hull House next door is the Joseph Chittenden House, at 78 Fair Street in Guilford. Born in 1727, Joseph Chittenden was a descendant of William Chittenden, one of the original settlers of the town. He lived in the house until his death in 1793. The house was in his family until 1827.
The John Collins-Stephen Spencer House, at 77 Fair Street in Guilford, is a Colonial saltbox house. In 1670, John Collins built an earlier house on the site. The current house was built c. 1727 around the the surviving chimney of the 1670 structure. Stephen Spencer, a blacksmith, had acquired the property in 1726. Deacon Peter Stevens of Saybrook bought it in 1804. Ten years later he sold it to the town of Guilford, which used it as an almshouse. In 1826, when East Guilford became the town of Madison, town property was divided and the almshouse, although located within Guilford, was owned by Madison. This situation lasted until 1832, when Madison sold the house to William H. Stevens.
The Hall-Camp House, on Main Street in Durham, is a Colonial center-chimney saltbox house, built just before the start of the Revolutionary War. It was built on land that Daniel Hall received from the estate his father, Timothy Hall, in 1773. Hall was a leading citizen of Durham who was a delegate to the Convention to adopt the Federal Constitution. He sold the property to Heth Camp in 1783 and it remained in the Camp family until 1900.
Standing high above the level of the street in East Haddam is the Reuben Cone House, at 92 Main Street. It was built around 1760. Reuben Cone was born in East Haddam in 1723 and died in Nova Scotia in 1798.
In 1720, Nathaniel Bishop, a Guilford farmer and sea captain, purchased land and around 1755 began building a house, which was still uncompleted at the time of his death in 1769. His grandsons inherited the house and the materials to finish building it. In later years the house was used as offices. In 1975, it was moved from behind the Guilford Savings Bank to its current address at 147 Boston Street.
The Colonial Revival house at 139 Maple Street in Ellington was built in 1916 for Miles H. Aborn. The Church of St. Luke, dedicated next door in 1962, purchased the house from the estate of George Wendhiser for use as a rectory.
The saltbox house at 76 Fair Street in Guilford was built in 1766 by David Hull on land he bought that year from Nathaniel Johnson. In 1791, Hull sold the house to Seth Bishop, who owned it until he built his own house next door in 1796. The Hull House has passed through many owners over the years and at one time had a nineteenth-century porch, since removed.
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