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This house was built in 1787 for Elihu Kent, Jr., who lived here with his wife Elizabeth and their four children, Rebecca, Betsy, Samuel and Azel. Elihu was a farmer and tavernkeeper, and he also served in the American Revolution alongside his father, Elihu Kent, Sr. He was captured at he Battle of Long Island and subsequently spent a long time in one of the infamous sugar house prisons in New York City, where, according to historical records, he “suffered greatly.”
Although Charles Kurvin inherited the Elihu Kent, Jr. House, he wanted a more modern house and built this Queen Anne house next door between 1912 and 1914 leaving the Kent House vacant for 50 years. He added a carriage house to the new house which is similar to the one at the Kent House.
The Terrett House can be found at the interesection of Mountain Road and South Grand Street. It is a building consisting of two attached structures with the oldest building dating back to 1750. For many years the building was the Terrett House Hotel and tavern. In 1837, the first post office in West Suffield was operated out of the Terrett House, the tavernkeeper serving as the postmaster.
Kent’s second home.