Chapman House

Confederate Father and Son

This is the Chapman House, built in 1803 and the home of one of Union’s most prominent families. Augustus A. Chapman and his son, George Beirne Chapman, both served the Confederacy in the Civil War.

Augustus Chapman, ...

The Chapman-Ruffner House

Boyhood Home of the “Fighting Chapmans”

Immigrant Peter Ruffner built this house about 1739. Before the Civil War, William A. Chapman bought it, and three sons reared here later fought for the Confederacy. For their exploits as members of Col. John ...

Chapman-Taft House

97 Elm Street

Chapman-Taft House

Erected by Charles & Sarah Chapman

in 1861. Bought in 1873

by Dr. Cincinnatus A. Taft leading

Hartford physician & Mark Twain's

family doctor. Members of the

Taft family resided here

for nearly forty years.

Restored in 1979 by

Raynald B. Cantin, Esq

Park level created ...