Noah Webster House

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Noah Webster Birthplace
(U.S. National Historic Landmark)

Location:	227 South Main St., West Hartford, Connecticut
Coordinates:	41°44′46.27″N 72°44′47.4″W / 41.7461861, -72.7465Coordinates: 41°44′46.27″N 72°44′47.4″W / 41.7461861, -72.7465
Built/Founded:	1758
Architect:	Unknown
Architectural style(s):	No Style Listed
Designated as NHL:	December 29, 1962^[1]
Added to NRHP:	October 15, 1966^[2]
NRHP Reference#:	66000886
Governing body:	Local

The Noah Webster House is a historic house museum located at 227 South Main Street, West Hartford, Connecticut. It was the home of American lexicographer Noah Webster, and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1962.^[1]^[3]

Main article: Noah Webster

The house was probably built circa 1748 as part of a 120-acre (0.49 km²) farm, and is a typical New England wooden-frame residence of that era. It has since been extended and is now 2.5 stories in height with an irregular shape. In 1758 it was the birthplace of Noah Webster, author of the first American dictionary (1828). His father mortgaged the farm, including this farmhouse, for Noah to attend Yale University.^[3]

The house was continuously occupied until 1962, when it was given to the town. In 1966 it opened as a museum. It currently contains several items with Webster associations, including early editions of Webster's Dictionary of the American Language and Blue-backed Spellers, as well as china, glassware, a desk, and two clocks that Webster owned as an adult.

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