William Holmes McGuffey Birthplace at Its Original Site, Washington County, Pennsylvania

THF251509 / William Holmes McGuffey Birthplace at Its Original Site, Washington County, Pennsylvania

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Photographic print

Collection Title

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

EI.1929.2671

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.125 in
Width: 10.000 in

Keywords	United States, Pennsylvania, West Finley Photographic prints Photographs Original sites William Holmes McGuffey Birthplace

Artifact
William Holmes McGuffey Birthplace
This log home is typical of Scots-Irish log structures built in the densely forested area of southwestern Pennsylvania during the late 1700s. Anna and Alexander McGuffey lived here for five years and had three children before moving west to Ohio. Their second child, William Holmes (1800-1873), went on to create the popular Eclectic Readers for frontier schoolchildren.