The neighboring Perkins-Rockwell House and the Nathaniel Backus House are operated as a museums by Faith Trumbull Chapter, NSDAR.
Nathaniel Backus House
Built in 1750, is notable for its later Federal-style detailing. The house is named for Nathaniel Backus, Jr. and originally stood on lower Broadway. In 1951, it was saved from demolition
and moved to Rockwell Street.
Perkins-Rockwell House
Built c.1818 by Joseph Perkins, a merchant and Revolutionary War
soldier. His daughter, Mary Watkinson Perkins married John Arnold
Rockwell, a lawyer who served in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Nathaniel Backus House
Perkins-Rockwell House