Solomon Lockwood House (1790)

Solomon Lockwood, son of Capt. Joseph Lockwood, probably built his house in 1790, the year he married. His home was one of the few center-hall structures in town. Four rooms were built off the center hall, and two chimneys stood on each side of the house. An 1827 document refers to Solomon Lockwood as an innkeeper. His own will (1841) refers to his “mansion house”. In 1868, Daniel Rockwell purchased the house, where his young nephew, Norman Rockwell, occasionally visited. In the late 1930s, the property was home to the Rainbow Tea House and Shop; its profits went to the Association for the Aid of Crippled Children in New York City.