John Randall House

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John Randall House
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LocationBehind 41 CT 2, North Stonington, Connecticut
Coordinates 41°24′59″N71°51′37″W / 41.41639°N 71.86028°W / 41.41639; -71.86028
Area13.3 acres (5.4 ha)
Built1685-1720
Architectural styleGeorgian
NRHP reference No. 78002877 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 1, 1978

The John Randall House is a historic house on Connecticut Route 2 in North Stonington, Connecticut. Its earliest section dates to 1685, with the main block reaching its present configuration before 1720. [2] [3] The house was restored in the 1930s by early preservationist Norman Isham and listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 1, 1978. [1]

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Description and history

The John Randall House is set on a rural parcel of land down a long lane on the west side of Route 2, about 2,000 feet (610 m) north of its junction with Interstate 95. It is a 2+12-story wood-frame structure, five asymmetrical bays wide, with a massive central stone chimney and clapboarded exterior. Its main entrance is framed by pilasters and a corniced entablature. The house is framed with inch-thick planking, a common technique of the period, although the planking was usually thinner, and is suggestive of two distinct periods of construction. The eastern parlor has a large fireplace wall finished in wooden paneling, the fireplace flanked by pilasters. The western parlor has a period built-in cabinet, wainscoting, and original plasterwork. The house was part of a farm named Anguilla Farm by the namesake son of the original proprietor, John Randall, a husbandman and Sabbatarian from England.

Darius Randall, a descendant who lived in the John Randall House was an abolitionist and the home was a stop on the Underground Railroad with a trap door in the Keep (Hearth Room) that leads to a secret room where slaves were hidden. In 1997, Randall’s Ordinary received this recognition from the Connecticut Historical Commission. [4]

Two emancipation releases have been found in the Stonington Town Records signed by William Randall: On March 24, 1808, William Randall “emancipated and made free a Negro man named Jabe Slave being 29 years of age well and healthy.” On March 11, 1807, William Randall freed “Rose, a 26-year-old Negro slave, who was well and healthy.” [5] https://mystoningtonancestors.wordpress.com/2011/08/13/randalls-ordinary-underground-railroad/

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References

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  2. Historic Buildings of Connecticut website retrieved on 2021-04-16
  3. "NRHP nomination for John Randall House". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-01-31.
  4. House of John Randall: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:House_of_John_Randall_1666_-_1720
  5. Mystic and Stonington - a Storied Past and Present