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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1740/00/00 The Benton-Beecher House is built 110 Broad Street, where the First Congregational Church now stands.
1795/00/00 Lyman Beecher Family Home On vacations as a student at Yale, Lyman Beecher visits his aunt, Catherine Lyman, and her husband, Lot Benton. Mr and Mrs Benton adopted Lyman when he was a child.
1829/00/00 Lyman Beecher Home Lyman Beecher sells the Benton property, left to him by Lot Benton, to the Congregational church who move the building by 35 yoke of oxen to its present location on Whitfield Street. A new meeting house will be constructed in its place.

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Particulars for Benton-Beecher House:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Sight Category Building
Historic Use Single dwelling
Owner State




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