Average (mean) square footage for new single-family homes fell from 2,736 to 2,714 for the second three months of the year. On a less volatile one-year moving average, the recent trend of leveling home size can be see on the graph above, although current sizes remain elevated.
Washington obliged and would soon foil Benedict Arnoldâs attempt to betray his country. Arnold was one of six children to his father Benedict Arnold III and his mother Hannah King. He was born in Connecticut Colony on January 14, 1741. Arnoldâs childhood was rough but typical of that day.
After Arnold died in 1801, Peggy auctioned the contents of their home, the home itself, and many of her personal possessions to pay off his debts. She died in London in 1804, reportedly of cancer, and was buried with her husband at St. Mary's Church in Battersea on August 25, 1804.