About 1659, Deacon George Clark began construction of the first house in Milford to be built outside the early settlement’s protective stockade. The building, known as the Stockade House, was expanded over time into a saltbox structure. It is also called the “Nathan Clark Stockade House,” named for a grandson of George Clark. This original house was dismantled in 1780 by Michael Peck, a builder, and David Camp, his assistant. They constructed a new house, using building materials salvaged from the one they took down. In the twentieth century, the house served as a rooming house, tea room and Milford’s first public hospital. In 1974, the Clark-Stockade House was moved from Bridgeport Avenue to become part of Wharf Lane, the Milford Historical Society’s complex of colonial houses.
this is our family’s original home. About 1659, Deacon George Clark
My grandfather inherited a small home on High Street in Milford and it was built before or when Deacon George Clark lived there. I wonder how far was the nearest river as I know they had a business where it had to be really close.
George Clark is in my family tree. I grew up on Clark hill rd which was once part of my grandfather Charles Clark ‘s farm land. His house was located on New Haven Avenue, across from the old Dairy Queen. Charles Clark and my Dad, Richard Hepburn Clark, built many small houses on New Haven Avenue, just before Clark Hill Rd.