The 1799 home of Bishop Abraham Jarvis is considered to be Cheshire’s best example of Federal-style architecture. Abraham Jarvis was consecrated second bishop of Connecticut in 1797, succeeding Samuel Seabury, and two years later he moved from Middletown to Cheshire. In 1803, he moved to New Haven, where he died in 1813, and his remains are interred under the high altar at Trinity Episcopal Church. Jarvis was one of the trustees of the new Episcopal Academy (now Cheshire Academy), where his son attended school. The house passed through other owners and in recent years was in an endangered condition, but it has since been restored.
Bishop Abraham Jarvis House (1799)
My parents purchased the house in 1968 from the Academy. They spent the next 15 years stripping walls, opening fireplaces, building a kitchen and workIng toward a total renovation one room at a time …. happy to see it completed