The Brewster Homestead is located in western Griswold at the northeast corner of Preston and Brewster Roads. It is a -story wood-frame structure, five bays wide, with two small interior chimneys. It is finished in vinyl siding, although its original (c. 1740) clapboards are underneath. A -story ell extends to the rear of the house. The main facade is five bays wide, with the main entrance at the center, sheltered by a late 19th-century hip-roofed porch. The interior retains a number of original features, including plaster walls, gunstock posts in the framing, and paneled fireplace surrounds. The basement includes the foundational remains of a large chimney which was removed in the 19th century, at the same time that the original main staircase was replaced. The homestead stands on a remnant of a large property which
Mohegan sachem
Uncas gave to Jonathan Brewster, son of
William Brewster, a founding elder of the
Plymouth Colony. Simon Brewster, a descendent of Jonathan's brother Love, developed a parcel as a farm beginning in 1740, probably building this house near its center. The house remained in the hands of Brewster's descendants until 1996, when Ron and Kate Bauer bought it and ran a bed and breakfast called Homespun Farm for 15 years. A portion of the original estate is now the site of a golf club across Preston Road, and the house is associated with , much of it open land. ==See also==