At 48 Main Street in Middletown, just south of the Inn at Middletown, is a center-chimney colonial house built in 1753. In that year, Constant Kirtland sold the property with a partially erected house to Charles Boardman, who completed and first occupied the structure. It was next acquired by Charles Chadwick in 1758. Chadwick erected the barn that still stands behind the house. Deacon Joseph Clark bought the property in 1762 and operated an apothecary in the building. The building continued to be used for mixed commercial/residential purposes for over a century. In the late 1970s the house was restored and adapted for new commercial use as part of a redevelopment planned by preservationist John F. Reynolds III (which included the relocation and restoration of the houses now at 49, 61 and 73 Main Street).
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