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Discover the people who lived there, the places they visited and the stories they shared.
Col. Elderkin House, Windham, Conn.
Said to be the first brick house in this country.
Bricks brought from Holland.
"Brick house built in Windham, by Col. Jedediah Elderkin, an officer in the Continental Army, for his son, after the Revolutionary War. Torn down in 1912. The bricks were brought from Holland and the nails were hand wrought."
A Modern History of Windham County, Connecticut: A Windham County Treasure Book, Volume 1
Allen B. Lincoln
S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1920
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Discover the people who lived there, the places they visited and the stories they shared.
Col. Elderkin House, Windham, Conn.
Said to be the first brick house in this country.
Bricks brought from Holland.
"Brick house built in Windham, by Col. Jedediah Elderkin, an officer in the Continental Army, for his son, after the Revolutionary War. Torn down in 1912. The bricks were brought from Holland and the nails were hand wrought."
A Modern History of Windham County, Connecticut: A Windham County Treasure Book, Volume 1
Allen B. Lincoln
S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1920
Postcard
Posted in the Past: Revealing the true stories written on a postcard
 - Col. Elderkin House, Windham, Conn.
Said to be the first brick house in this country.
Bricks brought from Holland.
"Brick house built in Windham, by Col. Jedediah Elderkin, an officer in the Continental Army, for his son, after the Revolutionary War. Torn down in 1912. The bricks were brought from Holland and the nails were hand wrought."
A Modern History of Windham County, Connecticut: A Windham County Treasure Book, Volume 1
Allen B. Lincoln
S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1920){kind=small}