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374 Thompson Road
Thompson, CT
06277
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Built in 1767 in the Greek Revival style, the Samuel Watson House is a true New England masterpiece on Thompson Hill, Thompson, CT. The house is on the National Historic Register and the Historic District of Thompson.
In 1754, this site was chosen by Samuel Watson of Leciester, Massachusetts who purchased eight acres on the hilltop from Hezekiah Sabin for 160 pounds. He put up a “small house” for his new bride at once and several years later “proceeded to clear up the hill, cut down the woods, haul off the stumps and make ready for building” his permanent residence. The stone foundation resting on solid rock ledge indicates the forethought and insightful planning of its construction. By 1767, eight years before the revolution, the stately mansion was complete. It was the third house to be built on the hilltop and it is today, the oldest remaining structure on Thompson Hill. The overhanging third story supported by four columns forming the broad piazza are typical of Southern Colonial Architecture.
The Watson’s had eight children. The oldest son, Samuel, was accidentally killed on “Training Day”, 1774. Joseph built an elegant mansion in 1796 on the west side of the Common and Noadiah a fine house on the land just north of his father’s home. Both these homes still remain in much their original condition.
Samuel Watson died in 1781 and, upon his wife’s death, the house and farm were sold in 1814 to Squire George Larned. There, in 1825, his daughter, Ellen Douglas Earned was born. She was to become widely known and respected historian.
