Vine Cottage (1859)

The Town of New Canaan‘s Human Services Department is located in Vine Cottage, a Gothic Revival house with a Queen Anne-style tower. Although dated to around 1859, the house is possibly an earlier one that was later much altered to its present appearance. Built by Sereno Ogden, the house has had a number of owners over the years, including Albert Comstock in the 1860s and Fletcher Porter Corry, who worked in the post office and bought the house in 1925. His family owned it until 1996, after which the town successfully bid to acquire the house.