Buildings of New England

In 1828, Isaac Goodell (1770-1856), a merchant and farmer in Chaplin, Connecticut built this small shop just down the road from his house to sell his goods and serve as the village’s post office. Like his own home, the shop was designed in the Federal style with a symmetrical facade and fanlights as a transom and in the gable end. The building eventually was converted to a residence and appears to still be a home today, with one of the windows boarded up (hopefully in the process of restoration).