Buttolph-Williams House

Infobox_nrhp | name =Buttolph-Williams House
nrhp_type =nhl


caption =
location= 249 Broad St., Wethersfield, Connecticut
lat_degrees = 41
lat_minutes = 42
lat_seconds = 39.41
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 72
long_minutes = 39
long_seconds = 3.95
long_direction = W
locmapin = Connecticut
area =
built = 1711
architect = Unknown
architecture = Other
designated = November 24, 1968cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=801&ResourceType=Building|title=Buttolph-Williams House |accessdate=2007-10-03|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = November 24, 1968cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=68000048

Buttolph-Williams House is the oldest surviving home in Wethersfield, Connecticut. This early 18th century house exemplifies the traditional style of the pioneering Puritan settlers. The house has diamond-paned casement windows and weathered and blackened clapboards. The house plays a role in the Newbery Medal-winning book The Witch of Blackbird Pond, by Elizabeth George Speare. [ [http://www.ctlandmarks.org/buttolph.php Buttolph-Williams House, The Antiquarian & Landmarks Society] ] It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1968.Note: A National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination document should be available upon request from the National Park Service for this site, although it appears not to be available on-line from the [http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreghome.do?searchtype=natreghome NPS Focus search site] .] citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/68000048.pdf Photo set to accompany text of NRHP Inventory-Nomination document for Buttolph-Williams House: 4 photos, exterior, from 1974 and 1967.] |2.02 MB|author=Unnamed|date=Undated|publisher=National Park Service]

References

External links

* [http://www.webb-deane-stevens.org/williams_house.html Webb Deane Stevens Museum, which operates the house]
* [http://www.hartnet.org/ALS/Buttolph-Williams%20House%20.htm Buttolph-Williams House, at The Antiquarian & Landmarks Society] Older website with exterior photo.
* [http://www.ctlandmarks.org/buttolph.php Buttolph-Williams House, at The Antiquarian & Landmarks Society] New website with interior photo.
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.ct0368 Older Williams House, Wethersfield, Hartford County, CT: 1 photo and supplemental material] , at Historic American Building Survey