Webb House Museum
CT - Hartford, Connecticut, USA
211 Main St, Wethersfield, CT 06109, USA
MUSEUM
VISITOR INFORMATION
TICKET REQUIRED
Open Wednesday through Sunday, 10am-4pm, May through October and in December, with guided tours at 11am, 1pm and 3pm.
FREE PUBLIC PARKING
There is on-site parking. Guided tours may be limited on very hot days, above 90 degrees.
SITE FEATURES
Surviving Structures
May-October house tours and special December programmes concentrate public visiting opportunities. Webb House-specific monthly attendance peak unconfirmed.
May-June or September-October for guided house tours and gardens while avoiding the hottest period. Check the current museum calendar and heat-related tour cancellations.
HISTORIC SITES NEARBY
Nearby Historic Sites
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Landmark
WHO WAS HERE
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George Washington
Marquis de Lafayette
Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau
Henry Knox
About Webb House Museum
Joseph Webb Jr.’s house became an important headquarters during the decisive 1781 campaign. George Washington and the comte de Rochambeau met here in May 1781 to discuss combined American-French strategy. Initially considering an attack on British-held New York, the allied commanders later marched south and trapped Cornwallis at Yorktown. Washington again stayed at the house during the army’s movement through Connecticut.
The original 1750s Joseph Webb House survives as a furnished museum within the Webb-Deane-Stevens complex. Restored period rooms, collections, gardens, conserved architectural fabric, and adjoining historic houses are maintained by Connecticut’s Colonial Dames and interpreted through guided tours and educational programs.
History happened here at Webb House Museum
The house's fame stems from George Washington's five night stay there, where he planned the Siege of Yorktown with French general Comte de Rochambeau. Smithsonian magazine writer Howard Hugh suggests that the red wool flock wallpaper in the bedchamber where Washington slept was hung in anticipation of the general's arrival.
Webb sold the house in 1790 and it passed through different owners until it was purchased by Judge Martin Welles around 1820.
PEOPLE WHO LIVED HERE
PEOPLE WHO DIED HERE
PEOPLE AT REST HERE
EXTERNAL LINKS
Webb Deane Stevens Museum, Joseph Webb House: https://wdsmuseum.org/on-site/historic-houses/joseph-webb-house/
Webb Deane Stevens Museum, historic campus: https://wdsmuseum.org/on-site/
Webb Deane Stevens Museum, visit: https://wdsmuseum.org/visit/
National Park Service, Joseph Webb House NHL record: https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/66000885
National Park Service, Wethersfield district nomination: https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/08f857b4-de15-4473-a4de-ae1e23653664