Joseph Rainey House

** Freedom Trail Site **

This property was purchased by Joseph Rainey on May 20, 1874 and was owned by him for the remainder of his life. It was used by his family as a summer residence. Rainey is best known for being the first African American elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, serving for the State of South Carolina. He was elected to five terms, holding office from 1870 to 1879, and during this period introduced petitions for the passage of civil rights legislation that would guarantee African Americans their full constitutional rights. He dramatized his stand on the issue of access to public accommodations by his refusal to leave the dining room of a hotel in Suffolk, Virginia, forcing the owners to remove him from the premises. The Rainey family was active in the First Church of Windsor and, in 1876, Rainey spoke at the town's observance of the American Centennial celebration. This home is privately owned and not open to the public

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Old Poquonock Burying Ground
Poquonock Bridge
Pierson House, 1807
Founders of Windsor Monument, 1930
Dr. Hezekiah Chaffee House, ca. 1767
John Mason Statue, 1889 & 1996
Horace Hayden Memorial, 1910
Rev. William Russell House, 1755
Strong-Howard House, 1757-1830
First Church in Windsor Meetinghouse, 1794
Palisado Cemetery, 1633
Bart's Restaurant, 1946
Farmington River Railroad Bridge, 1867
Union Street Fire Station, 1927
Amy Archer-Gilligan House, ca. 1880
Windsor Train Station, 1869-1870
Washington Lodge #70, 1902
Freight House, ca. 1870
Tunxis Theater, 1922
Hayden-Thompson Building, ca. 1850
Mason Building, 1908
World War II Memorial, ca. 1950
Tobacco Reliefs, 1943
U.S. Post Office, 1963
Mullaley Building, ca. 1875
World War I Memorial, 1920 & 1957
Col. James Loomis House, 1822
Murphy Building, ca. 1875
John E. Luddy House, 1921
Old Post Office Building, ca. 1885
Loomis Fountain, 1903
Mack Brick Plaque, 1830
Roger Ludlow Plaque, 1914
Windsor Town Hall, 1965-1967
Windsor Federal Building, 1956
Huntington House, 1902
Windsor Trust Building, 1929
Veterans of Foreign Wars Building, 1941
Rev. Reuel Hotchkiss Tuttle House, 1865
Plaza Building, 1929
Grace Episcopal Church, 1865
To the Patriots of Windsor, 1929
Windsor Grist and Saw Mill, ca 1862
Warham Mill Marker, 1933
Col. Oliver Mather House at the Windsor Public Library, 1777
St. Gabriel Church, 1916
Deerfield World War II Honor Roll
Windsor/Deerfield Garden Apartments
Mills House
Stanadyne
Capt. Thomas Allyn House
Samuel and Elijah Mills House
Taylor and Fenn
Poquonock Fire Company
St. Casimir's Lithuanian Society
The Elijah Barber House
Wilson Fire House
Keney Park
Elm Grove Chapel, 1894 and Cemetery
Joseph Rainey House
Riverside Cemetery
Roger Ludlow School
John Fitch High School
Washington Park
Stony Hill School
William Best House
Archer Memorial A.M.E. Zion Church
Drastic Park Dinosaur Sculptures
Mojo’s Breakfast, Lunch and Catering
Windsor Historical Society

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