Webster, Noah, Birthplace - West Hartford, CT - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

His father had mortgaged the farm, along with this farmhouse, to pay for young Noah's education at Yale - obviously a case of money well spent.


The museum applied for a 2003 Save America's Treasures grant to carry out interior repairs to plaster, trim, hearth and chimney and a sinking interior stair; to accurately re-paint appropriate surfaces, to design and install a climate control system and to remove inappropriate single-pane uv filters and replace them with uv filtration film

Discover Noah Webster. Webster’s birthplace helps to tell the story of one man’s vision and his impact on American culture. Through the promotion of education, laws, human rights, and language, Noah Webster helped to create a national identity for a fledgling nation. Though he accomplished much more during his life, Webster is best remembered for authoring two of America’s most influential books, the Blue Back Speller and the American Dictionary.

Street address: 227 S. Main St West Hartford , CT County / Borough / Parish: Hartford Year listed: 1966 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Person Periods of significance: 1750-1799 Historic function: Domestic Current function: Recreation And Culture Season start / Season finish: From: 01/01/2009 To: 12/31/2009 Hours of operation: From: 9:00 AM To: 5:00 PM Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Privately owned?: Not Listed Secondary Website 1: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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