The house at 32 Indian Hill Avenue in Portland was built circa 1799. It was originally the home of Elijah Shepard, a master carpenter who alternated between working at the nearby Gildersleeve shipyard and the shipyard in Middle Haddam. Sylvester Gildersleeve later used the house as an office for the Gildersleeve steam saw mill, which was built in 1868.
Elijah Shepard House (1799)