The main village in Cornwall, Connecticut, looks like a postcard. Mature trees and beautiful, historic homes line the bucolic streets with sweeping views of the Litchfield Hills in the distance; it is what many envision when they think of New England charm. This stately Federal style mansion is sited deep on its lot beyond a field and dates to the first decades of the 19th century, it is the villages grandest early home. The house was built for Amos Barnes, but supposedly remained unfinished when he died suddenly. Barnes widow sold the property to the local Foreign Mission School as a dormitory for students. The schools (in my opinion, problematic) mission was to educate students of non-Christian cultures, including Native Americans, East Asian, and Hawaiian pupils, for them to become missionaries, preachers, translators, teachers, andhealth workersin their native communities in the Christian faith. These types of programs furthered the erasure of other cultures and promoted Christianity in all corners of the world, but I digress. In 1826, this home was acquired by Frederick Kellogg, the long-time town clerk and Judge of Probate, who owned the propertyuntil his death in 1891.