Joseph Webb House
- Also Known As: Webb House
- Address: 211 Main St
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1752/00/00 | Mehitabel Nott Webb Deane | Home | Framed by Judah Wright, Webb House is built for merchant Joseph Webb and his wife Mehitabel Nott. | |||
1753/12/03 | Samuel Blachley Webb | Born | Samuel Blachley Webb is born the second son of merchant, Joseph Webb, and his wife, Mehitabel Nott Webb. | |||
1761/04/05 | Mehitabel Nott Webb Deane | Widow | Joseph Webb II dies at age 34 leaving Mehitabel a widow with six children and a prosperous mercantile business. | |||
1764/00/00 | Silas Deane | Work | Executor of the estate, Silas Deane, assist the widow Mehitabel Webb financially and emotionally. Joseph Webb Jr, age 12, inherits the Webb house. | |||
1765/00/00 | Samuel Blachley Webb | Home | Since Mehitable oldest son, Joseph junior, would be of legal age soon, the decision is made that her older children from her previous marriage will stay in the Webb home when the new Deane home is completed. | |||
1781/05/00 | Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur | Patriot Commander | General Rochambeau meets with Washington at the Webb house in Wethersfield, Connecticut, to plan the Siege of Yorktown. | |||
1781/05/00 | Samuel Blachley Webb | Patriot Commander | Samuel Webb meets with Washington and French General Rochambeau at his childhood home in Wethersfield, Connecticut, to plan the Siege of Yorktown. | |||
1781/05/00 | George Washington | American Commander in Chief | George Washington stays five night stay in the Joseph Webb House, where he plans the Siege of Yorktown. | Siege of Yorktown | ||
1916/07/04 | Wallace Nutting | Owner | After extensive redecorating, including the installation of painted murals in the hallway and front parlors, Wallace Nutting opens the house to the public for tours and as a sales area and studio. | |||
1919/00/00 | Wallace Nutting | Owner | Nutting sells the Webb residence, one of his "The Wallace Nutting Chain of Colonial Picture Houses", to the Colonial Dames of Connecticut to be preserved as a house museum. |
Particulars for Joseph Webb House: | |
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Area of Significance | Architecture |
Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Sight Category | Building |
Architectural Style | Georgian Architecture |
Criteria | Historic Event |
Area of Significance | Military |
Level of Significance | National |
Criteria | Person |
Owner | Private |
Historic Use | Single dwelling |
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