Vine Cottage (1859)

The Town of New Canaan‘s Human Services Department is located in Vine Cottage, a Gothic Revival house with a Queen Anne-style tower. Although dated to around 1859, the house is possibly an earlier one that was later much altered to its present appearance. Built by Sereno Ogden, the house has had a number of owners over the years, including Albert Comstock in the 1860s and Fletcher Porter Corry, who worked in the post office and bought the house in 1925. His family owned it until 1996, after which the town successfully bid to acquire the house.

Comstock-Bensen House (1842)

The Comstock-Bensen House is a Greek Revival home at the northwest corner of Main Street and Heritage Hill Road in New Canaan. It was built around 1842 by Edson Bradley on land he had purchased from Seymour Comstock. Bradley was a partner in the shoe-making company of Bradley and Benedict. Business was disrupted by the Civil War and in 1871 Bradley retired and sold his home to Albert Comstock, the brother of Seymour Comstock, who lived next door. Albert Comstock was partner in the clothing business of Comstock and Rogers. He and his wife also helped to found the New Canaan Historical Society, whose early meetings were held in the couple’s house. The house later passed through other owners, being acquired by the Bensen family in 1926.