Walter Deming

Walter Deming (---) was a farmer in West Hartford, who owned land west of Main Street on Farmington Avenue. When Farmington Avenue was opened in 1800, it ran through his farm. He built a tavern on the northeast corner of his land soon after the road was opened.

At a later date, the tavern came into the possession of a man who was a degenerate descendant of one of the early families of the town, and under his management it became a disreputable place. The premises were sold a little later for a private residence and continued as such until sold in 1857 to the Baptist Church as a site for a church building.