On August 12, a historic residence went under the hammer.
The auction resulted in JP Morgan Chase buying 6 Oxen Hill Road close to the historic district at Canterbury Turnpike for $120,000. The sign in front of the house is dated 1743 and has the name Michael Darrow Homestead. Marian K. O'Keefe and Catherine Smith Doroshevich's book ‘Norwich Historic Homes and Families’ says that Michael Darrow built the house in 1743. He was a farmer and an ancestor of Clarence Darrow, a famous lawyer.
Eunice I. Robbins owned the home before it foreclosed and Eastern Savings Bank settled for its possession. The bank started the auction bid around $60,000. The .42-acre property, appraised for $180,000, comes with the house, carriage house, and a garage. As the house is on the National Register of Historic Places, all renovations must follow specific guidelines.
Brown Jacobson attorney David S. Williams ran the sale, and anyone who wanted to bid on the house had to put down a deposit for $18,750 payable by check. Although 10 people put in a deposit, it ended in a bidding war between two of them. Hartford's McCalla Raymer attorney Heather McRoberts ultimately won the property, representing JP Morgan Chase. The bank works internationally but has its main headquarters in New York City.
As part of Norwich's history, the renovated house would make a picturesque scene for Holiday Cards.
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