Look to your left-you’ll spot a sturdy, two-story stone house with a slanted roof and shuttered windows, set right at the corner like it’s been keeping an eye on the street for centuries.
Imagine the year is 1757-the streets are muddy, horses clip-clop by, and you can almost smell the woodsmoke wafting from inside this handsome Georgian stone home. This is the Parsons-Taylor House, built over 250 years ago for William Parsons, who was basically the town’s early VIP, but it’s got an extra twist-America’s very own Founding Father, George Taylor, once lived and breathed here. Picture Taylor himself, pacing “his” rooms, caught up in the drama of revolutionary times, probably mumbling about taxes or tea. Inside, there’s a swirling, elegant staircase tying together four stories, as if daring secret messages to travel between floors. After Taylor’s death in 1781 (he actually died right here-spooky, right?), the home took on new life. Since 1906, the Daughters of the American Revolution have kept this place vibrant and cared-for, like guardians of its tremendous stories. In 1980, it officially made America’s National Register of Historic Places, so now everyone who passes by-just like you-can feel the echoes of history humming right through those thick stone walls. Makes you wonder: if those walls could talk, would they whisper a tale of revolution… or kindly ask you to wipe your feet?
