Noah Webster House, West Hartford

Noah Webster House, West Hartford – Hartford Daily Photo

West Hartford, located in Hartford County, is in central Connecticut and borders the city of Hartford. A former parish of Hartford, area delegates petitioned the General Assembly to form their own town in 1854. An early farming area, West Hartford also had mills, tanneries, and blacksmith shops. By the late 19th century it was a thriving industrial area. Today, West Hartford is a mix of residential and commercial areas and is the home of the American School for the Deaf, the University of Hartford, and St. Joseph’s College. It is also the birthplace and childhood home of Noah Webster.

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Places

Connecticut Freedom Trail. “Bristol Gravesite,” 2012. Link.
“Elizabeth Park,” 2016. Link.
“Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford,” 2017. Link.
West Hartford Libraries. “Local History,” 2016. Link.
West Hartford Historical Society. “Noah Webster House,” 2016. Link.

Documents

Rockwell, Frederick C. “Map - Town of West Hartford.” Hartford, CT: F. C. Rockwell, ca 1915. Connecticut History Online. Link.
Connecticut State Library Digital Collections. “West Hartford - WPA Architectural Survey,” 2013. Link.
“West Hartford Collection.” Connecticut Digital Archive, n.d. Link.
West Hartford Public Library. “West Hartford History Online,” 2016. Link.

Books

Celebrate West Hartford, Miriam Butterworth, Ellsworth S. Grant, and Richard Woodworth. Celebrate! West Hartford: An Illustrated History. West Hartford,  CT: Celebrate West Hartford, 2001.
Burr, Nelson. From Colonial Parish to Modern Suburb: A Brief Appreciation of West Hartford. West Hartford, CT: Noah Webster Foundation and Historical Society of West Hartford, 1982.
Connecticut Historical Society, and William S. Porter. “Historical Notices of Connecticut Published Under the Patronage of the Connecticut Historical Society - Containing Hartford and West Hartford.” Elihu Geer’s Press, 1842. Library of Congress. Link.
Hoffman, Betty. Jewish West Hartford: From City to Suburb. Charleston,  SC: History Press, 2007.
Faude, Wilson. West Hartford. Portsmouth,  NH: Arcadia, 2004.