Judge Beecher Place
Mary McClure House
From Alice Bice Bunton's Book "Bethany's Old Houses and Community Buildings"
Also called The Mary McClure House
Present owner: Raymond D. Gillmor
Litchfield Turnpike, east side, a few rods south of Bethway Road
Believed to have been built about 1820, this house was owned in 1832 by Andrew Beecher, son of Deacon Hezekiah Beecher. Andrew Beecher married on January 4, 1824, Hannah, daughter of David and Sarah Wooding. He was Judge of Probate for this district 1856-1863 and died January 26, 1876, aged 75. His will gave half interest to his wife and half interest to Lucretia, his daughter, who on December 1, 1868, had married Thomas B. McClure (died December, 1906, aged 65). Lucretia predeceased her husband, to whom she left life use of the house, but on his death it was to go to numerous Wooding heirs, all of Wallingford. Thomas's second wife, Mary A. Beecher, whom he married October 24, 1893, continued to live here till her death in 1914, aged 84.
This is a story-and-a-half saltbox on a stone foundation, the walls in front and rear clapboarded, the ends shingled. There are four front windows, 12/12 sash, and five0light top lights over the front and side doors. Inside, there is a chair rail in the two front rooms and beaded wainscoting in the southeast rear room. A small blind cellar is entered through a trap door in the floor.
This is a story-and-a-half saltbox on a stone foundation, the walls in front and rear clapboarded, the ends shingled. There are four front windows, 12/12 sash, and five light top lights over the front and side doors. Inside, there is a chair rail in the two front rooms and beaded wainscoting in the southeast rear room. A small blind cellar is entered through a trap door in the floor.
Also called The Mary McClure House
Present owner: Raymond D. Gillmor
Litchfield Turnpike, east side, a few rods south of Bethway Road
Believed to have been built about 1820, this house was owned in 1832 by Andrew Beecher, son of Deacon Hezekiah Beecher. Andrew Beecher married on January 4, 1824, Hannah, daughter of David and Sarah Wooding. He was Judge of Probate for this district 1856-1863 and died January 26, 1876, aged 75. His will gave half interest to his wife and half interest to Lucretia, his daughter, who on December 1, 1868, had married Thomas B. McClure (died December, 1906, aged 65). Lucretia predeceased her husband, to whom she left life use of the house, but on his death it was to go to numerous Wooding heirs, all of Wallingford. Thomas's second wife, Mary A. Beecher, whom he married October 24, 1893, continued to live here till her death in 1914, aged 84.
This is a story-and-a-half saltbox on a stone foundation, the walls in front and rear clapboarded, the ends shingled. There are four front windows, 12/12 sash, and five0light top lights over the front and side doors. Inside, there is a chair rail in the two front rooms and beaded wainscoting in the southeast rear room. A small blind cellar is entered through a trap door in the floor.
This is a story-and-a-half saltbox on a stone foundation, the walls in front and rear clapboarded, the ends shingled. There are four front windows, 12/12 sash, and five light top lights over the front and side doors. Inside, there is a chair rail in the two front rooms and beaded wainscoting in the southeast rear room. A small blind cellar is entered through a trap door in the floor.
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