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Alpheus Quicy

1774–1875

United States

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Alpheus Quicy (1774–1875) was an American stonemason who built a number of houses and other buildings in Connecticut. Quicy, whose surname is sometimes misspelled as "Quincy," was a free Black man. He is credited with building various structures around Connecticut in the 1800s, including at least two stone houses in Manchester, Connecticut −- the Trebbe house on East Center Street and the Walter Bunce house on Bidwell Street − and portions of the Collins Axe Company factory buildings in Canton, Connecticut.

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