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Photographer: Canton CT website
Taken: Unknown
Caption: Phoebe Humphrey House site, 277 Albany Turnpike
Additional Description: "Where the Collinsville Savings Society is located once stood a simple, center chimney saltbox built in 1759. Born in 1763, Phoebe Humphrey was home alone at age 16 when she drove off two Hessian soldiers with a hot fireplace poker after they surprised her and demanded the bread she was baking. The local DAR chapter is named after her. The house was destroyed by vandals in 1929. A brownstone post with a plaque on the bank’s east side memorializes Phoebe Humphrey."
Submitted: November 2, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.
Database Locator Identification Number: p547297
File Size: 0.060 Megabytes

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