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Home of ‘lobster roll founder’ lists in Weston

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The home at 187 Georgetown Road in Weston just listed, asking $1.2 million for the chance to net the house that was once home to the family that claims to have invented the lobster roll.

The Perry family constructed and cared for the home for almost 200 years. In 1934, Harry Perry, who ran the local “Perry’s Meat/Fish Market,” began serving hot buttered lobster on French bakery rolls. Soon, other restaurants discovered the idea, and the family market posted a new sign that read, “Home of the Famous Lobster Roll.” Perry’s Meat/Fish Market was in operation from the turn of the century until the 1960s. The home is being marketed by William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty agent Ryan Cornell of Wilton.

 The Walter Perry Home was built in 1830, and originally situated in what was once known as the Valley Forge District of Connecticut. When the Saugatuck River was dammed to create the Saugatuck Reservoir in the 1930s, the entire Valley Forge village was abandoned, with several of the houses, including this one, relocated to preserve their structure and make way for the rising water. In 1938, Edgar Perry, the last generation of the family to own the residence, purchased the Weston land on which the home now stands.

Today, the original Perry home has been expanded and renovated, while still maintaining many of its antique qualities. The heart of the 3,637 square-foot residence is a kitchen with an open floor plan that neighbors a great room, which opens up to the home’s backyard.

Related: Best of Summer: The lobster rolls of Southwest Connecticut


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