 Ashlawn , also called the Joshua Perkins House , is a two @-@ story , central @-@ hall frame farmhouse dating from the 18th century in Sprague , Connecticut . The house 's namesake is its first owner , Joshua Perkins , a farmer and son of the prominent Captain Matthew Perkins , a farmer and founding member of the Hanover Society . Ashlawn 's main house has a five @-@ bay front facade with pilasters supporting broken @-@ base pediments . The inside has well @-@ documented woodwork for its moldings and wainscotting . The house has integrated an older structure , likely a central @-@ chimney structure built in the second quarter of the 18th century , as an ell . 
