Raise the Roof’s fourteenth sponsored Habitat build was an exciting build project at 387 Lenox Street in New Haven Connecticut, rebuilding, restoring, and preserving an historic structure that is now the home of the family of Edwin and Ada Sanchez. The structure at 387 Lenox Street was built in the 1830s as the home of Merritt Brown, an oyster fishing captain. The home is part of an important historic district overlooking the Quinnipiac River and holds a spot on the National Register of Historic Places. The property had long stood vacant and blighted, but with the effort and care of many Raise the Roof and Habitat volunteers, who worked alongside the family and friends of Edwin and Ada, the house was restored and transformed to hold a family and its place in the neighborhood. Many donated and danced to raise the funds to sponsor this build. (Raise the Roof’s signature fundraising event is our annual Gala of Stars: Dancing for the Cause.)