Joseph Webb House

Infobox_nrhp | name = Joseph Webb House
nrhp_type = nhl

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caption = Joseph Webb House in 2008
location= 211 Main Street, Wethersfield, Connecticut
lat_degrees = 41
lat_minutes = 42
lat_seconds = 41.6
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 72
long_minutes = 39
long_seconds = 13.4
long_direction = W
locmapin = Connecticut
area =
built = 1752
architect = Joseph Webb, Sr.
architecture = Georgian
designated = January 20, 1961cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=672&ResourceType=Building
title=Joseph Webb House |accessdate=2007-10-03|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = October 15, 1966cite 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=66000885

Joseph Webb House is a historic Georgian-style house in Wethersfield, Connecticut that was the site of a five day military conference during the American Revolutionary War. General George Washington came to Wethersfield in order to plan with Rochambeau, the French commander. These plans led to the Siege of Yorktown, the last major battle of the war. Washington, in his words, "lodged...at the house of Joseph Webb", on the May 17, 1781. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961.,cite web|url=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/66000885.pdf "Webb House", February 28, 1975, by Blanche Higgins Schroer, Charles E. Shedd, Jr., and Charles W. Snell] |293 KB|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination|date=1975-02-28|publisher=National Park Service] ,cite web|url=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/66000885.pdf Webb House--Accompanying 5 photos, exterior and interior, from 1967 and 1974.] |2.15 MB|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination|date=1975-02-28|publisher=National Park Service]

References

External links

* [http://www.webb-deane-stevens.org/historic_houses_and_barns.html Joseph Webb House at Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum]