This house is named after Master Builder Isaiah Davenport. He and his crew built this house in 1820. Davenport and his household, which included his family, lived here from 1820 to 1827. Along with being a home, Davenport wanted to show people he could build fine houses by using his own home as an example.

The house was completed circa 1820 and is now over 200 years old.

The attic was where enslaved workers slept and was also used for storage.

The attic would have had very simple furnishings such as a mat and a crate.

It was used for important events in the lives of the Davenports—celebrations as well as funerals.

At the time that the Davenport House was built, wallpaper was very popular to have in one’s home.

Outside the Davenport house does not look the way it did when the Davenports lived in it. Where the garden is was once a working space for the enslaved workers. There would have been animals—a cow and chickens—as well as a wood pile, a small barn (which we call a carriage house), and an outhouse where people used the bathroom.