Perkins-Bill House

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5-9 Wahoo Ave, Groton, CT 06340, USA

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N41° 23' 59" W72° 5' 19"   (41.399722222222, -72.088611111111) Start navigation »

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The Perkins-Bill House is a historic house at 1040 Long Cove Road in the Gales Ferry section of Ledyard, Connecticut. It is a 1-1/2 story gambrel-roofed Cape, five bays wide, with a central chimney and three gable-roofed dormers. A recessed ell extends from the northeast end of the main block.
Built circa 1775 by Solomon Perkins, Sr., it is locally significant as a well-preserved gambrel-roofed Cape of the period, and for the role played by Perkins, his son Solomon, Jr., and Benjamin Bill, Jr., the house's next owner, in the American Revolutionary War. All three were defenders of the fort in Groton that was attacked by British forces under the overall command of Benedict Arnold in the 1781 Battle of Groton Heights.
The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

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