The Trumbull-Carew House (pdf), at 44 East Town Street in Norwich, was built in 1763 by Joseph Carew. Capt. Carew sold the house to Col. Joseph Trumbull in 1778 and later enlarged the Simon Huntington House nearby as his new residence. Col. Trumbull was the son of Gov. Jonathan Trumbull and was appointed as the first commissary general of the Continental Army in 1777 during the Revolutionary War. Illness forced him to resign his duties the following year and he died at his father’s home in Lebanon, having only recently purchased the house in Norwich. The house has had many owners over the years and has recently been for sale.
Trumbull-Carew House (1763)
It is no longer for sale (my wife and I bought it). We are in the process of converting it back to single family. Our first projects are the electrical (moving to single family and replacing fuses with breakers), replacing the roof (to stop leaks), and various plumber repairs (again to stop leaks).
At some point the siding will need to be repaired or replaced. However, the current cost of lumber makes that a bit prohibitive.