Samuel Huntington Birthplace
- Samuel Huntington Birthplace
Infobox_nrhp | name =Samuel Huntington Birthplace
nrhp_type =nhl
caption =
location= Scotland, Connecticut
locmapin = Connecticut
lat_degrees = 41 | lat_minutes = 41 | lat_seconds = 55 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 72 | long_minutes = 5 | long_seconds = 8 | long_direction = W
area =
built = 1700-1722
architect = Unknown
architecture = Other
designated = November 11, 1971[cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1173&ResourceType=Building]
title=Samuel Huntington Birthplace |accessdate=2007-10-03|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = November 11, 1971[cite 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 = 71001009
Samuel Huntington Birthplace in Scotland, Connecticut was the boyhood home of Samuel Huntington, the American statesman. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress where he signed the Declaration of Independence. He also served as Governor of Connecticut, and as the first presiding officer of the Congress of the Confederation, the first central government of the United States of America.
The house was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1971.[citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/71001009.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Samuel Huntington Birthplace] |294 KB|date=June 18, 1971 |author=Charles W. Snell |publisher=National Park Service. PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/71001009.pdf Accompanying 1 photo, exterior, from 1971.] |593 KB] It is a large clapboarded two-story frame saltbox with a gable roof and a large stone chimney. It is largely unaltered and is a notable example of vernacular architecture.][ It is located on the north side of Connecticut Route 14, two miles west of its intersection with Connecticut Route 97.]References
External links
[http://huntingtonhomestead.org/ Huntington Homestead]
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