Bissell Tavern-Bissell's Stage House - Windsor, Connecticut - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

"The Bissell Tavern is a single-family, two-story frame dwelling, five bays wide by two bays deep with a ridged, hip roof pierced by end chimneys.  A one-story rear ell and an attached shed extend 44 feet behind the main structure.  It is located at 1022 Palisado Avenue in the north end of Windsor, Connecticut. In the early 1700s this road was the northern extreme of a linear settlement which began at the Palisado Green, an early settlement area of Windsor.  Today, this street is part of a secondary, north-south thoroughfare-between the Massachusetts' line, Windsor and Hartford. The Bissell Tavern is two miles north of Windsor center and a half-mile west of the Connecticut River in a semi-rural, agricultural and residential area. Surrounding buildings were constructed from the late nineteenth century through the mid twentieth century...

The Bissell Tavern is significant for several reasons. First, its original owner, Ebenezer Fitch Bissell, Sr., was a member of a prominent early Windsor family which was active in agricultural, military, and commercial affairs during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Second, Bissell's son and grandson and later his grandson's brother-in-law, Nathaniel Lynds (Lines), operated an inn and tavern at this location from approximately 1816 to 1833. During this time, it was a convenient stopping place along the thoroughfare 'from Hartford and Windsor, Connecticut, to Northampton and Boston, Massachusetts. Third,  the Bissell Tavern is a good and relatively well-preserved example-of late Georgian domestic architecture and contributes to the understanding of Palidaso Avenue's lineal historical development. In addition, the Bissell Tavern is also believed to be the only remaining eighteenth century tavern in Windsor." - National Register Nomination

The tavern has recently been restored and serves as a single family home.

Street address: 1022 Palisado Ave. Windsor, Connecticut County / Borough / Parish: Hartford Year listed: 1985 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Person, Architecture/Engineering Periods of significance: 1750-1799 Historic function: Commerce/Trade Current function: Domestic Privately owned?: yes Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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