![]() ![]() ![]() It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969. In 1781, shortly before the Battle of Yorktown, Lafayette's army camped at Chelsea, and the Marquis de Lafayette used the house as his headquarters. In 1764, Thomas Jefferson attended the wedding of an old friend, John Walker, at Chelsea sources commonly say (and Jefferson eventually, in 1805, seemed to acknowledge) that he later repeatedly made improper advances to his friend's wife, all of which she rejected. ![]() ![]() It was built in 1709, and consists of a two-story, brick main block with a hipped roof and 1 + 1⁄ 2-story, gambrel roofed rear ell. He is also the author of the New York Times bestsellers Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power, American Gospel, and Franklin and Winston. ![]()
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