The house at 671 Main Street in Middlefield originally stood on the site of the David Lyman II House. Built in 1785 by David Lyman (1746-1815), it passed to his son William Lyman (1783-1869). After William’s son, David Lyman II (1820-1871), built his grand new residence on the property, the old Lyman House was moved to its current address in 1864 and was altered from a central chimney to a two-chimney house. The front columned verandah was possibly added around 1901.
David Lyman I House (1785)
I don’t know if this is the same house or not but it could be the one my family and I lived in from 1963-1965. I just stumbled across it on line. I was born in 1954 and have a lot of great memories of those years there. Unfortunately my fathers job took us back to Baltimore where we previously lived. My parents rented the Lyman house for those two years. I do remember it sat on the corner of routes 147 & 157 in Middlefield, Ct. next to the Sheehan house and across from a dump. Please let me know if this is possibly the same house.
Thank you so much.
Rick Glacken
Bel Air, Maryland