William H. McGuffey Birthplace at Its Original Site, West Finley, Pennsylvania, 1932

THF133827 / William H. McGuffey Birthplace at Its Original Site, West Finley, Pennsylvania, 1932

Artifact Overview

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1932

Collection Title

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2008.0.1.13

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 7.375 in
Width: 11.5 in

Keywords	United States, Pennsylvania, West Finley Photographic prints Photographs Houses Dwellings Birthplaces Cabins (Houses) Original sites McGuffey, William Holmes, 1800-1873 William Holmes McGuffey Birthplace Henry Ford (Organization). Greenfield Village

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.