Elisha Strong House (1780)

The house at 10 (listed as 20 on the town Assessors page) North Meadow Road in Windsor was built c. 1780 on land once occupied by Elder John Strong, one of the early settlers of the town. The house was erected by Elisha Strong (1748-1826). According to Vol. I of The History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong, of Northampton, Mass. (1871), by Benjamin W. Dwight,

In the Revolutionary war he was appointed agent for his native town to clothe the Connecticut troops in the Continental army, and authorized to borrow on the credit of the town three thousand pounds lawful money. On June 13, 1823, the first board of trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Windsor was organized at his house, and he was chosen one of its trustees. He d[ied] at Windsor, Feb. 28,1826, aged 78

Deacon Jasper Morgan, Sr. purchased the house in 1829 and altered it to its current Greek Revival appearance. The above picture was taken about a decade ago.