748 Plainfield Pike, Sterling, Connecticut. County/parish: Windham.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 23, 2002. NRIS 02000867.
The Dorrance Inn, also known as the Samuel Dorrance House, is a historic former inn at 748 Plainfield Pike in Sterling, Connecticut, built about 1722. It is notable as a place that hosted officers of the French Army in 1781 and 1782, as it was along the march route taken by French commander Rochambeau's troops on their march to meet the Continental Army under General George Washington. Dorrance's Inn is one of a few places mentioned by name in multiple accounts written by French officers. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002 and is a contributing building in the Sterling Hill Historic District.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/132353578