Shaw Mansion

Built in 1756 by Captain Nathaniel Shaw, Senior, Shaw Mansion in New London, Connecticut, served during the War of the American Revolution as the Continental, Colonial, and State naval office of Nathaniel Shaw, Junior. He was appointed naval agent by the Continental Congress on April 23, 1776, by the Colony of Connecticut on July 10, 1776, and by the State of Connecticut on October 21, 1778, and served until his death on April 15, 1782. Among the guests were General George Washington on April 9 and 10, 1776, Marquis de Lafayette on August 22, 1824, Governor Jonathan Trumbull, Major General Nathanael Greene, Commodore Esek Hopkins, and Captain Nathan Hale. The New London County Historical Society purchased it for its permanent home in 1907.

New London, Connecticut · United States