Charles Hobby Pond, born in Milford in 1781, served as Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut from 1850 to 1853 and, after the resignation of Governor Thomas H. Seymour, served as Governor for seven months (1853-1854). Pond’s Greek Revival house, on North Broad Street across from Milford Green, was built in 1845. Pond died in 1861 and in 1864 a relative of the same name, who was a New York businessman, began construction nearby of the estate that would later be known as Lauralton Hall. In the twentieth century, the Pond House became home to the Cody-White Funeral Home, begun in the 1930s by S. Harrington White and purchased in 1956 by Thomas J. Cody, Sr.
Governor Charles H. Pond House (1845)
Please tell me where I can locate information on the actual Mansion in which Charles Pond and his wife Elizabeth lived on Prospect Ave. in Elizabeth Park
The Charles M. Pond House in Elizabeth Park in West Hartford is no longer standing, but there are postcard images of it here: http://www.cardcow.com/14738/pond-house-elizabeth-park-hartford-connecticut/ and here: http://www.cardcow.com/129574/pond-house-elizabeth-park-hartford-connecticut/. There’s some history about the park here: http://www.elizabethpark.org/history.htm
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