Silas Deane's house in Wethersfield is of the Georgian style popular at the time but is an exception to the rule of symmetry for houses. Notice that the front door is off center with only one window to the right and two to the left. The foundation stones on the side are smooth and attractive while those in the front are rough and not so pretty. This indicates that originally there had been some sort of porch on the house when it was built. A porch was not common on houses of the time. The size of the door (see image) is another indication of this being the house of a very wealthy man who seemed to be showing off.

There are few items inside the house today that were there when Silas and his family were in residence. Silas was abroad for the last fourteen years of his life, his fortune was lost, his wife had died and there were many owners of the house in the 200 years before it was brought back to life as a museum in the 1970s to honor the life of Silas Deane. The Museum was able to buy and received as gifts chairs, beds, chests, ceramics, and cooking equipment, for example, that were of the kind that Silas would have had. But what you are about to see are not the actual furnishings from about 1775, with a few exceptions which will be pointed out as you tour the house.