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Capt. Josiah Cowles House
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| Location: | 184 Marion Ave., Southington, Connecticut |
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| Area: | 1.1 acres (0.45 ha) |
| Built: | 1728 |
| Architectural style: | Colonial, New England Colonial |
| Governing body: | Private |
| MPS: | Colonial Houses of Southington TR |
| NRHP Reference#: | 88003102[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | January 19, 1989 |
The Josiah Cowles House was the residence of Captain Josiah Cowles, one of the early settlers of Southington, Connecticut. Cowles was born in Farmington, Connecticut on November 20,1713.[2] He settled in an area that would become the town of Southington, in an area called Plantsville. [1]
Cowles was a justice of the peace and a captain in the local militia. He held a number of town offices, and was viewed as a leading man in town.[2] At the very first town meeting after the incorporation of Southington, held November 11,1779, the residents appointed Cowles, along with Jonathan Root to a committee to "provide for the families of officers and soldiers in the field."[3]:378
In 1774, Cowles was appointed to a committee to deliver provisions to Boston, in response to the British blockade of Boston harbor.[3]:180
The house seems most likely to have been built around 1750.[4]
It is one of 25 early houses in Southington that were covered in a Multiple Property Submission study.[5]
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