Cyrus Beardslee House (1825)

The Cyrus Beardslee House, at 754 Monroe Turnpike in Monroe, is a brick Federal-style house built around 1823-1825 by Austin Lum, a brick mason, for Hall Beardslee, who deeded it to his son, Cyrus H. Beardslee, a lawyer who served in the state legislature for seven years, being Speaker of the House of Representatives in 1846. The house later became a boys’ school known as Gray’s Academy, operated by Dr. Robert Gray. In 1865, it was purchased by St. Peter’s Church Women to become the parsonage of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church. After nearly ninety years, the house was sold to an antique’s dealer and then became the Rectory of St. Jude Roman Catholic Church. Today it is again a private home.