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GENERAL SAMUEL STRONG HOUSE
54 West Main Street
General Samuel Strong (1762-1832) was a farmer, businessman, mayor,
legislator, first president of the Vergennes Bank and a war hero. During
the War of 1812 with Britain, he responded to a call for volunteers in 1814
to counter the British Army that threatened Plattsburgh, New York across
Lake Champlain. A longtime member of the Vermont militia, he was
chosen to command the Vermont volunteers who played a significant role
in forcing the British to retreat to Canada. Although born in Connecticut,
he grew up in Addison, Vermont. He moved to a home along Otter Creek
in Vergennes in 1793 with his wife, Mercy and four children. He owned a
sawmill and invested in timberland and farmland in nearby Panton. By
1796, he was able to build an elegant mansion on West Main Street in the
Federal and Georgian styles, described in the National Register of Historic
Places as one of
