Home of Silas Deane Museum
203 Main St, Wethersfield, CT 06109, USA
Connecticut, USA
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EST. 1766
EST. 1766
1766
Deane, Silas
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Home of Silas Deane Museum.
Silas Deane’s original 1760s Georgian house survives as a furnished museum within the Webb-Deane-Stevens complex. Restored period rooms, collections, gardens, and preserved architectural details interpret Deane’s household and diplomatic career, with the building maintained by Connecticut’s Colonial Dames.
About Home of Silas Deane Museum
The Deane house is a two-story wood-frame structure, four bays wide, with two asymmetrically placed interior chimneys, and a two-story ell extending to the rear. The main entry, in the second bay from the right, is flanked by pilasters and topped by a crowned and dentillated pediment. The interior features original woodwork, including pilasters and fully paneled fireplaces, and an elaborate stairway balustrade. The house was built in 1766 by Silas Deane.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at Home of Silas Deane Museum
Trained as a lawyer, Deane became involved in resistance to attempts by the British Parliament to levy taxes on its colonies in the late 1760s, served in the First Continental Congress in 1774, and was elected to the Second Continental Congress in 1775. Deane was selected in March 1776 by that Congress to represent it in dealings with the Kingdom of France. Deane successfully negotiated the secret agreement by which France supported the nascent United States prior to its formal entry into the American Revolutionary War in 1778, after signing a formal treaty of alliance negotiated by a commission that included Deane. He later became disenchanted with the rebel cause, and died in exile in Europe.
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