The Elkanah Cobb House, on Water Street in Stonington Borough, is one of the oldest in town. Built in 1760s, the Cobb House is a one-and-a-half story structure with a gambrel roof and unusual 9 over 6 sash windows. Cobb was the owner of the house at the time when Stonington was bombarded by British ships on August 19, 1814 during the War of 1812. According to The Homes of our Ancestors in Stonington, Conn., by Grace Denison Wheeler (1903), the house “stood in the thick of the fight near the [American] battery, and so has many scars received during the bombardment.” Benson J. Lossing visited Stonington in 1860 and mentions the house in his Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812 (1869).
Elkanah Cobb House (1769)
I believe there is an 1812 cannon ball wedged in a parlor wall that may be seen by opening a small panel there.
We grew up in this home. My father restored much of the home, he recovered a canon-ball when digging the basement, it was placed on the monument in Canon Square. He also found a lot of “shot” in the walls. The main beam in the front room was split by the canon ball it was exposed for authenticity and could be seen – not sure if it is still is by subsequent owners – a beautiful home loved living there.