In 1793, Gardner Carpenter, Norwich postmaster, purchased a house in Norwichtown which had been built around 1740 by André Richard, a wig-maker. Carpenter removed the earlier house and replaced it with the current brick one. Carpenter was a merchant and ship-owner who died in 1815, having lost most of his property to disasters at sea. The house was then sold to Joseph Carew Huntington in 1816. Soon after, he added a wood third story and a gambrel roof to the home. Joseph Huntington moved to New York in 1834 and the house was sold in 1841. Over the years, various one-story additions have been made to the rear of the house.
The Gardner Carpenter House (1793)