^{This house is one of the surviving 18th century houses in West Hartford, and is a fine example of the double overhang center chimney style. The house is located on a section of land which originally belonged to Samuel Sedgwick, one of the most prominent of the early settlers of the West Division. When Benjamin Colton, Jr. son of the first pastor of the West Division's Congregational Church, purchased the land from Benjamin Sedgwick, there was an old house standing. Whether this house incorporates any of the original house is not known. Colton's son Joseph inherited the land and house, and his daughter married Dr Edward Brace, who owned the house during much of the 19th century. Brace was the town's only physician.}

^{Hartford Land Records 7:585; 45:6; 35:187; 66:323; 66:460 Hartford Probate Records : Samuel Sedgwick; Joseph Colton West Hartford Land Records Hall, West Hartford, pp. 67-68 , 234-5 Maps 1854, 1869 , 1896, 1909, 1923 Atlases}