Noah Webster Home at Its Original Site, New Haven, Connecticut, circa 1880
THF236365 / Noah Webster Home at Its Original Site, New Haven, Connecticut, circa 1880
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Artifact Overview
Noah and Rebecca Webster built their comfortable home in a fashionable middle-class neighborhood of New Haven, Connecticut, during the early 1820s. They lived only a few blocks from New Haven's town green and very near Yale College. The house, shown here (right), was situated close to the street, as were most urban homes of the early 19th century.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1880
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
EI.1929.455
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 5.125 in
Width: 7.125 in
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Noah Webster and his wife Rebecca had this comfortable New Haven, Connecticut, home built in their later years to be near family and friends, as well as the library at nearby Yale College. While living in this house, Webster published his famous American Dictionary of the English Language in 1828. His dictionary aimed to capture distinctively American words and spellings for the first time.