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The two rooms to the left are a dining room and a pantry that has a dumbwaiter to the kitchen in the cellar. The
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Vincent sold the house to Julia O'Sullivan in 1919. Francis McGuire purchased the house in 1956, and used it to house the offices of his law firm; it would later pass to James McGuire, who in 2013 sold the house to the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut for $ 325,000. The foundation stated it would continue to preserve the house's historical integrity.
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The Acors Barns House has gone through several owners over its lifetime. In 1862, the house passed from Acors Barns to his son
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